Welcoming Dr. Kathy Weise to the SVP Advisory Board

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kathy Weise to the SVP Advisory Board. Dr. Kathy Weise is a Professor of Optometry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry in Birmingham, AL. She is the Director of Pediatric Optometry Services and the Pediatric Residency Supervisor. She has been involved with NIH-funded, multi-center clinical trials for more than two decades studying myopia, convergence insufficiency, and strabismus and amblyopia. She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group.

Dr. Weise is the daughter of Coach Larry Niemann and the niece of ICO grad, Dr. Robert Niemann. With an optometrist uncle and football coach dad, it is natural for her to gravitate toward sports vision. Dr. Weise created BlazerVision at UAB, a deliberately collaborative effort between UAB Optometry, UAB Ophthalmology, and UAB Athletics. As part of BlazerVision, each UAB NCAA, division I team on campus has an optometry faculty member as their team eye doctor, providing comprehensive and acute eye care in addition to baseline and post-concussion eye care to all athletes on campus. As the Director of BlazerVision and the UAB football team eye doctor, Dr. Weise plays an important role in research and clinical care on the UAB Sports Medicine team. 

 

Partners

Follow Us

 
Featured
September is Sports Eye Safety Month

September is Sports Eye Safety Month and SVP wants to highlight a recent video with Dr. Smithson and Prevent Blindness' CEO, Jeff Todd.

Game Day Eye Emergency Kit With Dr.Smithson and Dr. Kori Hudson
Maximizing Performance For Softball with Suzy Willemssen of Fastpitch Training
Concussion Screening with Dr.Keith Smithson - Video Message

Learn the crucial techniques to identify hidden issues and ensure early intervention. Knowledge is power when it comes to brain heal. Check out this important video message from Dr.Keith Smithson

Do you want to maximize your vision and sports performance?
 
Featured
Telehealth, Sports Vision, & Neurotracker
Telehealth, Sports Vision, & Neurotracker

Dr. Smithson discusses Telehealth resources available to sports vision professionals with NeuroTracker. 

Featured
Assistant Professor and Interim Director - Dr. Tad Buckingham.
Assistant Professor and Interim Director - Dr. Tad Buckingham.

He graduated from Pacific University, College of Optometry in 1994. Dr. Tad Buckingham has experience in fire and emergency services that allowed him to impact emergent eye care, and ocular injections, and to develop guidelines to manage medical emergencies in the primary care office.

The Importance Of Vision In Basketball And Ways To Improve Visual Skills
The Importance Of Vision In Basketball And Ways To Improve Visual Skills

Recently, we had an amazing conversation with Ernest Eugene from Orlando Magic and Eric Waters from Utah Jazz.⁠
We talked about vision's influence on basketball players' performance, and how athletic trainers can implement sports vision techniques into athletes' training programs.⁠

Dry Eye: Here Some Factors That Can Be Causing You Dry Eyes
Dry Eye: Here Some Factors That Can Be Causing You Dry Eyes

Dry eyes can influence your vision and cause problems during training or game, therefore it’s important to fix the issue.

What Are The Tints On Glasses?
What Are The Tints On Glasses?

There are many types of tints used in various types of glasses, and their function is not only to turn you into the number one fashionista (however, this function is also a good enough reason to buy a new pair of tint glasses into your collection😎).

Sports Vision Pros, LLCSVP Advisory Board