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Curriculum Vitae Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Dental Medicine Format Date Prepared: 14 April 2015 Name: Kevin Edward Houston, OD, M.Sc. Education 1998 2003 B.S. O.D. Zoology Doctor of Optometry Eastern Illinois University Indiana University Institution Hudson Valley Veterans Administration Hospital, Montrose, NY Institute for Sports Vision and Ridgefield Family Eye Care, Ridgefield CT. Indiana University School of Optometry Clinics, Bloomington-IndianapolisGuanajuato Mexico Optometry Rotations Year 2002 Title Optometry Intern Specialty Ocular Disease Rotation 2002 Optometry Intern Vision Therapy and Primary Care Rotation 2002-2003 Optometry Intern Primary Care, Low Vision, Ocular Disease, Pediatrics Faculty Academic Appointments 01/07-07/11 Clinical Assistant Professor 1/07-present Instructor Optometry-Vision Rehabilitation 7/11-present Instructor in Ophthalmology 3/13-present Investigator Ophthalmology-Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Schepens Eye Research Institute Ophthalmology Indiana University School of Optometry Indiana University School of Medicine Harvard University School of Medicine Harvard University Appointments at Hospitals/Affiliated Institutions 7/07-7/11 Staff Optometrist 10/11- Staff 3/12- Staff Optometrist Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Vision Rehabilitation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Other Professional Positions: 1 Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston/Cape Cod 7/04-7/07 7/04-7/07 7/03-7/04 Optometrist (part-time) Optometrist (part-time) Optometrist Gottlieb Vision Group, Stone Mountain GA Tulman Eye Group, Duluth GA Mitchell Optical, Mitchell IN Major Administrative Leadership Positions Local None Regional None National and International 2007-2011 Dean Appointed Member 2010 Steering Committee Chair 2011 Chair 2012 Immediate Past Chair Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) Low Vision Educators Special Interest Group Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) Neuro-rehabilitation Educators Special Interest Group (SIG) Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) Neuro-rehabilitation Educators Special Interest Group (SIG) Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) Neuro-rehabilitation Educators Special Interest Group (SIG) Committee Service Local 2014 2013 2013-2014 2008-2009 2008 2008 Distinguished Lecture Series Committee Review Committee, AMD Fellowship Program Review Committee, Best Paper Contest Program Awards and Honors Committee Faculty Development Committee Clinical Operations Committee SERI/MEEI SERI/MEEI SERI/MEEI Indiana University School of Optometry Indiana University School of Optometry Indiana University School of Optometry Regional: None National and International 2012- Member 2010present 2010 Member Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Low Vision Rehab Group American Optometric Association Vision Rehabilitation Section (AOA-VRS) AOA-Vision Rehabilitation Section Resource Manual Committee Committee Member Professional Societies 2 20062007-2011 2007-2011 2011- American Academy of Optometry 2007Low Vision Rehabilitation Society of Indiana 2007-2011 American Optometric Association Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Grant Review Activities: 2013 AMD Fellowship Program Fellow Member Member Member SERI/MEEI Editorial Activities Reviewer Optometry-The Journal of the American Optometric Association (former) Other Editorial Roles: None Honors and Prizes 2014 Minnie Turner Award Minnie Flaura Turner Foundation For outstanding research in vision impairment 2014 Member in Training Poster Award Finalist Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Poster Title: Biased Collision Judgments in Patients with Left but not Right Hemianopia 2011 Journalism AwardManuscript of the Year Journal of Behavioral Optometry Article: Houston, K. Measuring Visual Midline Shift Syndrome and Disorders of Spatial Localization: A Literature Review and Report of a New Clinical Protocol. J Behav Opt 21(4) 2010. 2006 Fellow American Academy of Optometry Oral Exam and 5 case reports 2002 Excellence Award Rigid Gas Permeable Lens Institute Excellence in fitting and instruction with gas permeable contact lenses 2000 Optometric Honor Society Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Fraternity Academic Achievement 1999 AFVA Scholarship American Foundation for Vision Awareness Academic achievement, financial need, and resident of Indiana 1998 Excellence in Pre- Warner-Hinz fund, Academic achievement and financial need 3 medicine Award Eastern Illinois University Report of Funded and Unfunded Projects Funding Information Current 20112015 Harvard Clinical Scientist Development Program NIH K12EY016335 Trainee ($664,968 over 4 years) Goals: Develop the skills needed to conduct independent clinical research Past 20102013 Development of a Novel Computerized Perceptual-Motor Training Program to Improve Adaptation to a Visual Field Expanding Device for Hemianopia DoD DMRDP 090420 Co-Investigator Goals: Develop a computerized perceptual-motor training software for use with visual field expanding peripheral prism glasses for patients with hemianopia and hemineglect. Current Unfunded Projects 2013 Restoring Vision After Hemianopia: fMRI Investigations of Adaptation Training 2013 Collision Judgments of Stroke Patients in a Virtual Reality Walking Environment 2014 Magnetic Levator and Orbicularis Prosthesis for Reanimation of the Blink Report of Local Teaching and Training Teaching of Students in Courses: 2012, 2013 Introduction to the Visual System Post-Docs, RAs, and Medical Students Schepens Eye Research Institute 1 hour lecture on Binocular Vision Laboratory and Other Research Supervisory and Training Responsibilities: 2012- Supervision and Training of Research Assistants (4), SERI 10% Effort Report of Regional, National and International Invited Teaching and Presentations 4 Invited Presentations and Courses No presentations below were sponsored by outside entities Regional: 12/2/2014 10/28/2014 10/14/2014 7/24/2014 5/28/2014 3/18/2014 3/7/2014 9/12/2013 10/2/2013 1/17/2013 3/5/2012 8/15/2012 12/5/2012 Invited Speaker, K-pro Meeting, Mass Eye and Ear, Boston MA. Title: Non-surgical Restoration of Eyelid Motility Using Neodymium Magnet Systems. Invited Speaker SERIes Seminar, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA. Title: Non-surgical Restoration of Eyelid Motility Using Neodymium Magnet Systems Invited Speaker, Harvard Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA. Title: Identifying Vision Problems After Brain Injury Invited Speaker Residency Conference, New England College of Optometry, Boston MA. Title: Ophthalmic Prisms in Neuro-Rehabilitation. Invited Speaker, Kessler Foundation Stroke Rehabilitation Laboratory, West Orange, NJ Title: Spatial Dysfunction, Spatial Neglect, and Prism Adaptation Invited Speaker, Outpatient Therapy Inservice at Spaulding Rehab Hospital, Boston MA. Title: Spaulding Vision Clinics. Invited Speaker, Harvard Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Grand Rounds. Title: Ophthalmic Prisms in Neuro-Rehabilitation. Invited Speaker, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Marshfield, MA. Title: Vision Rehabilitation. Invited Speaker, Schepens Eye Research Institute SERIes Seminar. Title: Exploring the Limits of Perceptual-Motor Adaptation in Hemianopes Treated with Peripheral Prisms. Invited Speaker, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network Healthy Living Series. Title: Low Vision Rehabilitation: The Latest Research and Technology. Invited Speaker, Mass Eye and Ear Research Faculty Meeting. Title: Computerized Perceptual Motor Training For Use With Visual Field Expanding Prisms. Invited Speaker, Occupational Therapy Inservice at Spaulding Rehab Hospital, Boston MA. Title: Binocular Vision Management and Treatment for the Inpatient Team. Invited Speaker, New England College of Optometry Research Seminar Series. Title: Computerized Perceptual Motor Training For Use With Visual Field Expanding Prisms. National 11/15/2014 11/9/2014 9/13/2013 10/23/2012 9/21/2012 Invited Speaker Paper Presentation (abstract), American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Denver CO. Title: Rightward Asymmetries in the Collision Judgments of Patients with Homonymous Field Defects are Explained by Subclinical Left Hemispatial Neglect. Invited Speaker, Braintree National NeuroRehabilitation Conference, Cambridge, MA. Title: Vision Problems After Brain Injury. Invited Speaker, Indiana University School of Optometry Reunion Weekend CE, Bloomington, IN. Title: Neuro Grand Rounds. Invited Speaker Paper Presentation (abstract), American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Title: Peripheral Prism Glasses for Hemianopia Improve Obstacle Detection when Walking. Invited Instructor, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation Conference, St. Louis, 5 09/22/2011 09/21/2011 09/21/2011 09/21/2011 09/12/2009 10/23/2008 10/22/2008 MO. Title: Workshop on Binocular Vision and Vision Therapy for the Visually Impaired. Invited Speaker, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation Conference, St. Louis, MO. Title: Can I see well enough to get a smartphone? Invited Speaker, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation Conference, St. Louis, MO. Title: Evidence-Based Vision Assessment for Driving. Invited Instructor, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation Conference, St. Louis, MO. Title: Workshop on the Rehabilitation of Hemianopia. Invited Instructor, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation Conference, St. Louis, MO. Title: Workshop on Prism Adaptation for Left Hemispatial Neglect After Brain Injury or Stroke. Invited Speaker, Envision National Low Vision Rehabilitation and Research Conference, San Antonio, TX. Title: Prism Adaptation for Left Hemispatial Neglect After Brain Injury or Stroke. Invited Speaker, Low Vision Section Symposium of the American Academy of Optometry National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Invited Speaker, American Academy of Optometry National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Prism Adaptation for Left Hemispatial Neglect. International: None 2014 2013 Poster Presentation (abstract), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Title: Biased Collision Judgments in People with Left but not Right Homonymous Field Defects. Poster Presentation (abstract), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Title: Is Perceptual Motor Adaptation in Hemianopes Wearing Peripheral Prisms Possible? Report of Clinical Activities and Innovations Current Licensure and Certification January 31, 2013 Massachusetts TPA certified Optometrist, #4864 Practice Activities 2015- Vision Rehabilitation Service 2012- Inpatient and Outpatient Vision Rehabilitation 3/2012- Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic 7/2012 Mass Eye and Ear Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston and Cape Cod Mass Eye and Ear 3 sessions (½ day) per week 2 Sessions per week Not currently active Clinical Innovations None Report of Technological and Other Scientific Innovations 2010 - 2012 Visuomotor Task Board. Clinical tool to aid in the quantification of eye-hand 6 2012 - current 2014 - current 2014 - current coordination measurement. In use clinically and for research in the Boston area, and clinically at my alma matter, Indiana University School of Optometry. Not patentable. Magnetic Levator and Orbicularis Prostheses For Reanimation of the Blink. Prototype devices under development used in an IRB approved human subjects study at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston and Cape Cod. Smartphone app for strabismus measurement. Will be described in a poster presentation at the 2015 ARVO. Stick-on rigid 57Δ peripheral prisms; described in print (electronic) submitted to MEE IP office. Released as not patentable. Still under development and planned for commercialization. Report of Education of Patients and Service to the Community No activities below were sponsored by outside entities Activities 20132011 Healthy Living Lecture Series Glasses for Children with Albinism in Tanzania Health Fair Special Olympics “opening eyes” School Vision Screenings IU Health Fair Mexico Free Clinic Mission Trip 2009 2005-2006 2002 2002 2002 2003 Club Rotaria vision Screening, Cialo Mexico Spaulding Rehab, Cape Cod Under the Same Sun inc and the Rotary Club of Fishers Indiana Eye Care Community Outreach and IUPUI Special Olympics-Atlanta Georgia Headstart (Indiana) Indiana University Volunteer Optometric Services for Humanity (VOSH) Rotary Club of Cilao Educational Material for Patients and the Lay Community No educational materials below were sponsored by outside entities. Books, monographs, articles and presentations in other media: 2006 Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV show: Health and the Eye NA Educational material or curricula developed for non-professional students: None Patient educational material Recognition 2002 Recogimiento de servicio Desarrollo Integral de La Familia (Mexico) 7 2010 Certificate of Recognition Eye Care Community Outreach Report of Scholarship Publications Peer reviewed publications in print or other media 1. Houston K. Bioptic Update. Indiana Journal of Optometry. Spring 2009 (12)1 2-6. 2. Houston, K. Measuring Visual Midline Shift Syndrome and Disorders of Spatial Localization: A Literature Review and Report of a New Clinical Protocol. J Behav Opt 21(4) 2010. 3. Houston, K. Vision Care of the Brain-Injured Patient. Review of Optometry 150(3) 2013. 4. Goldstein JE, Jackson ML, Fox SM, Deremeik JT, Massof RW; Low Vision Research Network Study Group. Clinically Meaningful Rehabilitation Outcomes of Low Vision Patients Served by Outpatient Clinical Centers. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Apr 9. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.0693. [Epub ahead of print] 5. Goldstein JE, Chun MW, Fletcher DC, Deremeik JT, Massof RW; Low Vision Research Network Study Group. Visual ability of patients seeking outpatient low vision services in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Oct;132(10):1169-77. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.1747. 6. Brown JC, Goldstein JE, Chan TL, Massof R, Ramulu P; Low Vision Research Network Study Group. Characterizing functional complaints in patients seeking outpatient low-vision services in the United States. Ophthalmology. 2014 Aug;121(8):1655-62.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.02.030. Epub 2014 Apr 24. 7. Houston KE, Tomasi M, Yoon M, Paschalis E. A prototype external magnetic eyelid device for blepharoptosis. Tran Vis Sci Tech. 2014;3(6):9, http://tvstjournal.org/doi/full/10.1167/tvst.3.6.9, doi:10.1167/tvst.3.6.9 Non-peer reviewed scientific or medical publications/materials in print or other media 1. Houston K, Perras B, Stumpf C. Minimum Acuity Demands for Smartphone Use. Visibility 2010; 5(1)10-13. Professional educational materials or reports, in print or other media Low Vision Manual-Indianapolis Online Continuing Education Course Vision Rehabilitation Procedures Manual-Spaulding Rehab Prism Adaptation Training Video Maxi Printing Services, Indiana University Evidence Based Visual Assessment for Driving Author: Kevin Houston, OD COPE #26779-NO (Exp 8/1/2012) Electronic PDF document .wmv format 8 Optometry Students Optometry and Ophthalmology Residents, Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, Driving Rehabilitation Specialists (CDRS), Occupational Therapists Optometry and Ophthalmology Residents, Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, Occupational Therapists Select Optometrists by personal request Clinical Guidelines and Reports 1. Clinical Protocols: Rehab of Hemianopia, Prism Adaptation for Hemispatial Neglect. Protocols used in Indiana University Clinics, and taught (workshop course) at National Envision Meeting. 2. Clinical Protocols- Hospital Approved Clinical Vision Rehab Protocols (Spaulding Rehab Hospital): Rehab of Hemianopia, Hemispatial Neglect, and Strabismus. Published in Houston, K.E. (2013), Vision Care for the Brain-Injured Patient. Review of Optometry, 150 (3), 73-83. 3. American Optometric Association Vision Rehabilitation Section Resource Guide for Brain Injury Visual Rehabilitation. Used by the US VAMC Optometry service and available online to members of the AOA-VRS at www.aoa.org Thesis: Collision Judgments of Patients with Homonymous Field Defects. Defended 19 June, 2014, New England College of Optometry. Abstracts, Poster Presentations and Exhibits Presented at Professional Meetings 1. Kollbaum E, Houston K. (2007) Visual demands for cell phone use. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry National Meeting. 2. Houston K, Depeau M. (2010) Optic Ataxia with Hemispatial Neglect responds to practice on a visuomotor task. Poster Presentation, American Academy of Optometry National Meeting. 3. Houston KE, Churchill JH, Luo G, Woods RL, Peli E, Bowers AR. Peripheral prism glasses for hemianopia improve obstacle detection during virtual walking (abstract). Optom Vis Sci 2012;89:E-abstract 120979. 4. Houston KE, Jeffrey Churchill, Jean Paul Wiegand, Eli Peli, Gang Luo, Robert Goldstein, Russell L. Woods, Alex R Bowers. Is perceptual-motor adaptation in hemianopes wearing peripheral prisms possible? Pilot study preliminary results (abstract). IOVS 2013; 2759. 5. Tomasi M, Churchill J, Wiegand JP, Houston KE, Peli E, Bowers AR, Luo G. Peripheral prisms increase blindside eye and head scanning movements during outdoor walking in hemianopes: preliminary results (abstract). IOVS 2013; 2758. 6. Houston KE, Liu R, Sheldon S, Peli E, Goldstein, RB, Luo G, Woods RL, Bowers AR. Biased Collision Judgments by People with Left but not Right Hemianopia (abstract). IOVS 2014; 4130. 7. Houston KE, Luo G, Woods R, Peli E, Bowers AR. Rightward Asymmetries in the Collision Judgments of Patients with Homonymous Field Defects are Explained by Subclinical Left Hemispatial Neglect. Optom Vis Sci 2014;90:E-abstract 140P17 8. Houston KE, Peli E, Bowers AR. Collision Judgments of People with Left Hemispatial Neglect in a Walking Simulator Compared to Lane Position in a Driving Simulator. Optom Vis Sci 2014;90:E-abstract 145080 9. Houston KE, Peli E, Goldstein RB, Bowers AR. Visual field expanding peripheral prisms improve detection of roadside pedestrians in patients with hemianopia. Archives of Physical 9 Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 95, Issue 10, e-Abstract 38. Narrative Report (limit to 500 words) Kevin Houston is a Doctor of Optometry and scholar in the Harvard Vision Clinician Scientist Development Program at Mass Eye and Ear. He is recognized by his peers as an expert in brain-injury vision rehabilitation and is frequently asked to lecture both locally and nationally. His area of excellence is investigation, where he currently focuses on the development and testing of optical devices and therapies for patients with hemianopia and hemispatial neglect, two common and debilitating visual consequences of brain injury. Recent work funded by the NIH and DoD used a virtual reality walking simulator to uncover visual errors in collision judgments in right but not left brain injury, which may lead to better understanding of mobility problems and lead to new and better treatments. This work was recognized by the Minnie Flaura Turner Foundation for excellence in visual impairment research, and by the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology as a member-in-training scientific poster award finalist. He also recently completed a study attempting to provide a more natural perception of a prismatically restored visual field in patients with hemianopia through the development and testing of a touch screen perceptual-motor training software. Results were positive with improved accuracy in the restored visual field and significantly improved detection performance in a driving simulator. This work has been presented nationally and is being prepared for publication. His clinical area of excellence has been as an advocate for and provider of inpatient brain-injury vision rehabilitation. He recognized early in his career the opportunity to efficiently and compassionately provide vision rehabilitation care for people alongside their inpatient physical rehabilitation. This service had been unofficially provided by occupational therapists who recognized their limited training and advocated for having optometrists on staff. The inpatient service he provides includes diagnosing vision impairments, providing staff and patient education, making suggestions for compensatory tactics, providing treatment of double vision with press-on prisms or occlusion, and early and supervised intervention for hemianopia with field expansion (prisms). A career goal has become integration of vision rehabilitation into the multidisciplinary rehab team and training of optometrists to address this enormous unmet need. While other optometrists have provided this type of service, no official training program exists and there are not enough trained optometrists to staff the many rehabilitation hospitals. As a clinical assistant professor of vision rehab at Indiana University, he gained his first appointment at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana in 2007, adding inpatient and outpatient brain injury vision rehabilitation to the established low vision rehabilitation training program. With several colleagues at other colleges of optometry he created and was the inaugural chair of the neuro-rehab educator’s special interest group, which meets annually at the academy of optometry meeting with the goals of developing a unified curriculum and coordinated fellowship program. Upon arriving in Boston in 2011 he assumed leadership for the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network vision service, expanding the inpatient service at Boston and initiating an inpatient service at Cape Cod. 10