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NDPW SIG Newsletter - Fall 2020
In This Issue:

  • Message from the Chair
  • In the News
  • Request for Newsletter Contributions
  • Save the Date
Message from the Chair

I hope that this newsletter finds you and your family safe and healthy during these unprecedented times. I also want to thank you for your support of the Nutrition, Disease Prevention, and Wellness SIG over the years. As we continue to grow in our membership, we are working to increase active participation in our SIG meetings and events. I'd like to encourage every one of you to join us for an online event during Academy 2020 At Home. See below for information on our symposium and business meeting. 
 
We'd also like to hear your feedback. What would you like to see from the SIG in terms of newsletter content and future events? Do you have ideas to help promote the SIG and promote wellness education among fellow optometrists? Please feel free to reach out to me or any of our officers over the next several months to share your ideas, or to learn how to become an active member of the SIG.

Best regards,
April M. Lewis, OD, FAAO
Nutrition, Disease Prevention, and Wellness Chair
Request for Fall Newsletter Contributions

If you have cases, studies, or clinical pearls that you would like to share with us, we want to hear from you!! We would also love to hear your ideas for future NDPW SIG symposia and newsletters. Please forward to drwinter@creyecare.com.

Member News:
Are you sharing your NDPW knowledge at the upcoming Academy meeting or elsewhere? Please inform us of your accepted papers, posters, lectures or other publications. We would also love to hear of your personal awards and accomplishments. Please email to aprilmlewisod@gmail.com.

Campus Notes:
Do you have a Nutrition, Disease Prevention and/or Wellness group at your optometry school? We want to know about it! Please email drwinter@creyecare.com to share with us how you are including these important topics on your campus.
Save the Date

Business Meeting
This year is an election year for SIG and Section leadership. We need your help! Please attend our virtual business meeting to help elect and welcome the leadership team for the next two-year term. The business meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 20 from 7 to 8 pm, EST. Stay tuned for information on how to attend!


SIG Symposium
Optimizing Care of Your Aging Patient: Polypharmacy, Nutrition, and the Eyes
Presented by the Vision in Aging & the Nutrition, Disease Prevention, and Wellness SIGs
Tuesday, October 20, 1:00 to 3:00 PM EST

In geriatric care, the topics of polypharmacy and nutrition present opportunities for collaboration across multiple disciplines, including optometry. This symposium will cover the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes with normal aging, as well as potential problems with polypharmacy, including drug, supplement and food interactions. Compliance issues in relation to cognitive and physical abilities will also be addressed, and nutrition recommendations for the aging eye will be discussed, including an AREDS2 review.

Mission Statement

The mission of the Nutrition, Disease Prevention and Wellness SIG is to promote excellent patient care with lifestyle and nutritional support for prevention and management of eye diseases and related systemic disorders through professional education, scientific investigation, and multidisciplinary collaboration. We strive to foster camaraderie and mentorship for students, doctors, and researchers interested in nutritional science as it relates to eye care.
Leadership

Chair:
April M. Lewis, OD, FAAO

Vice Chair:
Christine Winter-Rundell, OD, FCOVD, FAAO

Immediate Past Chair:
A. Paul Chous, MA, OD, FAAO