Webinar: Diabetes + Your Eyes: A Conversation Around Patient-Centered Care

Prevent Blindness will be hosting a free webinar for patients that will explain how health care providers coordinate care for persons with diabetes, talk with each other, and consider your needs as a patient. We will hear from a person living with diabetes who has diabetes-related eye disease, along with leading doctors from throughout the U.S. who care for individuals with diabetes.  

In this webinar you will learn: 

• What patient-centered care is and why it’s important in maintaining your eye health.

• Learn about the different types of health care providers and supporting health professionals care for people with diabetes and eye health.
• Understand how improved care coordination and communication among your health care providers is important for your overall health.

Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MQR804pJReyBeagY-_DCTg

You will have the opportunity to ask questions and learn from the experts.

Panelists include:

• Ophthalmologist: Kristen Nwanyanwu, MD, MBA, MHS, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University
• Primary care physician and health services researcher: Michael Barnett, MD, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health

• Vision rehabilitation specialist: Susan A. Primo, OD, MPH, FAAO; Director, Optometry and Vision Rehabilitation Service, Emory Eye Center; Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Emory University School of Medicine
• Diabetes research & education: Patricia Grant, MS, PhD, Vice President of Research, The Chicago Lighthouse; Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Patient: Tamica Nelson
• Moderator: Jeff Todd, President and CEO at Prevent Blindness

For more information, visit: https://preventblindness.org/events/webinar-diabetes-your-eyes-2022/.