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Barry S Kran, OD, FAAO
EDUCATION
September 1997 – December 1997
Therapeutic Didactic Course (NEWENCO/MSO) 90 hour course successfully
completed.
November 1996
Therapeutic Clinical Course (SUNY/MOPAC) 30 hour program successfully
completed.
June 1985 – June 1986
Vision Training Resident. State University of New York, State College of
Optometry. Extensively involved in all aspects of binocular vision and vision
training as well as rotations in many of the college’s additional clinics.
Responsibilities included: clinical instruction, research, presentations to peers
and peer review.
September 1981 – June 1985
Doctor of Optometry – June 1985
State University of New York, State College of Optometry, New York, New York.
September 1974 – May 1978
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry – May 1978
State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York
P R O F E S S I ON A L E X P E R I E N C E
June 2004
Chief of Service  Individuals with Disabilities Service, New England Eye
Institute.
July 2001 – Present
Associate Professor  The New England College of Optometry. Responsibilities
include clinical and didactic instruction in the Pediatrics / Binocular Vision
Department and research.
July 2001 – Present
Optometric Director  New England Eye Institute Low Vision Clinic at the Perkins
School for the Blind, Watertown, MA.
May 2000 – August 2003
Instructor in Ophthalmology  New England Eye Center, Tufts University School
of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Mitchell Strominger, MD,
Director
January 1992 – January 1999
Consulting Optometrist  Paul A. Dever State Facility in Taunton, MA.
Optometric care provided to the mentally disabled residents of this facility.
October 1990 – April 2000
Owner  Attleboro Eye Associates, P.C. An independent optometric practice
adjacent to LensCrafters.
September 1988 – September 1990
Owner  Family Vision Care. (Millis, MA) An independent full scope optometric
practice.
August 1986 – December 1990
Associate Professor  New England College of Optometry. Responsibilities
included include clinical and didactic instruction in the Pediatrics / Binocular
Vision Department as well as participation in various committee activities.
RESEARCH
 Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group; Ambylopia Treatment Study (ATS),
Clinical Investigator NEI U10 EY 11751, December 2002 – December 2004
 Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study, Clinical Investigator, Gold Standard
Optometrist, NEI 1U1O EY 12534-01A1, September 2001 – Present
 Vision Training Service, SUNY State College of Optometry. Co-developed and
studied the reliability of a new ocular motor assessment battery. July 1985 – June
1986
 Laboratory of K.J. Ciuffreda, O.D., Ph.D. Schnurmacker Institute for Vision
Research, SUNY State College of Optometry. Studied the effect of non-congruent
visual stimuli on the accommodative and vergence systems in normals in order to
determine possible adaptive changes in tonic levels of accommodation and vergence.
July 1985 – June 1986
PUBLICATIONS
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Kran B, Suckow M, Lyons S. Chapter 26 Visual Concerns in the Child with
Special Needs in Visual Development, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Pediatric
Patient. Edited by Robert Duckman, OD submitted.
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Harb E, Kran BS Pfiffer Syndrome: Systemic and Ocular Manifestations.
Optometry. Submitted
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Kran, BS, Wright D. Low Vision Services at US School for the Blind. Optometry
and Vision Science 2004; 81(12S):264.
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Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Comparison of Preschool Vision Screening
Tests as Administered by Licensed Eye Care Professionals in the Vision in
Preschoolers Study: Ophthalmology April 2004;111(4):637-650
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Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. The Electronic Visual Acuity Tester:
Testability in Preschool Children. Optometry and Vision Science. 2004; 81:238244
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Kran BS. Chapter 4 Exodeviations in Essentials of Clinical Binocular Vision Edited
by Erik Weissberg,OD, Butterworth-Heinemann Medical, 2004.
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Holmes JM, Beck RW, Kraker RT, Cole SR, Repka MX, Birch EE, Felius J,
Christiansen SP, Coats DK, Kulp MT. Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group.
Impact of patching and atropine treatment on the child and family in the
amblyopia treatment study. Archives of Ophthalmology. 121(11):1625-32, 2003
Nov.
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Pediatric Eye Disease Group. A comparison of atropine and patching
treatments for moderate amblyopia by patient age cause of amblyopia, depth
of amblyopia, and other factors. Ophthalmology. 110(8):1632-7; discussion 17378, 2003 Aug.
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Flynn M, Kran BS. Stickler syndrome: Diagnostic and Management Challenges.
Optometry and Vision Science. 80:12s, Dec 2003.
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Kran, BS, Cuiffreda, KJ. Non-Congruent Stimuli and Tonic Adaptation. AM J
Optom & Physiol Optics, September 1988
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Kran BS, Duckman R. Divergence Excess Exotropia. J Am Optom Assn,
November 1987.
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Kran BS. Visual Efficiency Training for the Low Vision Population: A Case
Report. J Opt Vis Dev, September, 1987
LECTURES & PRESENTAT IONS
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Breaking barriers to the care of individuals with visual and other impairments.
COPE # 3 hour Invited Presentation to the first joint meeting of vision related
professionals, ODs and pediatric ophthalmologists in CT. Sponsored by
Connecticut Board of Education Services for the Blind, May 2005
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Collecting conventional information in an unconventional manner: Breaking
B\barriers to the care of individuals with visual and other impairments. COPE
# 10350-GO 2 hour Invited Presentation to the first joint meeting of VT ODs, RTs
and TVIs. Co-sponsored by the Vermont Association for the Blind and the Perkins
Training Center, April 2005
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Modifications of Examination Procedures for Individuals with Disabilities.
Invited presentation at the Shriver Center Waltham, MA October 2003
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Collecting conventional information in an unconventional manner: An
introduction to the care of individuals with visual and other impairments.
COPE # 10350-GO Presented at the annual meeting of American Academy of
Optometry, Dallas, TX 2003
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Home Based Vision Therapy for the Primary Care Optometrist. COPE # 9521FV. One hour program presented as part of the NEEI/NEWENCO Faculty CE
Series, June 2003.
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Assessment of the Special Needs Population (1 hour) COPE # 8377-GO
Presented as part of the Massachusetts Society Optometrists sponsored program in
November 2002.
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Invited lecturer U Mass Course # SPE-G514 Visual Functioning: Ed & Med
Rehab of the Eye. Six hours of material including basic ophthalmic optics and the
components of a functional low vision evaluation. February 2002 and 2003.
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Accommodative and Vergence Disorders in a Primary Care Setting. Three hour
invited lecture given at the January 1994 MSO winter meeting in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico.
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Non-congruent Stimuli and Tonic Adaptation. Presented at the annual meeting
of the American Academy of Optometry, Toronto, Canada, December 1986.
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Visual Efficiency Training for the Low Vision Population. Given at the 31st
Annual Skeffington Symposium on Vision, Washington, D.C., January 1986
C OU R S E S
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Course Master of Diagnosis and Management of Binocular and Accommodative
Anomalies. New course integrating materials and lecturer from related content area.
Implementation of Web-CT content and communication. Beginning of phased
process of developing new lab materials and self assessment materials. Summer
2003, Spring & Summer 2004, Spring 2005
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Optometric treatment of non-strabismic binocular and accommodative
anomalies. Presented to participants in the NEWENCO-Wenzhou Medical College
joint program. Presented in Wenzhou, China. Fall 2002
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Course Master of Diagnosis and Management of Binocular and Accommodative
Anomalies. A 35 hour lecture and 20 hour lab course taught to second year
students at the New England College of Optometry. Spring 2002
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Diagnosis and Management of Strabismus and Amblyopia. A 60 hour course
given to Ph.D.s in the P.O.D. Program at the New England College of Optometry.
Summer 1990
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Diagnosis and Management of Binocular, Oculomotor and Accommodative
Disorders (of a non-strabismic nature). Taught one third of a 60 hour course
given to Ph.D.s in the P.O.D. Program at the New England College of Optometry.
Spring 1989 & 1990
P R O F E S S I ON A L A C T I V I T I E S
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Participant in the first inter-professional and International Summit on
Cortical/Cerebral Vision Impairment. Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute,
San Francisco, CA. Participants included a small number of international and
national ophthalmologists, several vision scientists, several optometrists, vision
teachers, low vision therapists, orientation and mobility specialists and several
parents of children with CVI. April 2005
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Moderator of Round Table discussion on the importance of collaboration among
vision professionals working with individuals with visual and other impairments. Half
day program that involved Dr D Maino as keynote speaker along with a panel of
other vision professionals and optometrists. The audience consisted of physicians,
optometrists, administrators from two special needs schools, administrators from the
MCB and DMR as well as BAB and TVIs and O&M specialists. First meeting of its
kind at NEWENCO. April 3, 2003
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Participant in AOA/AAO Summer Invitational Research Institute. Purpose of the
program is to engage optometrists in the many aspects of conducting state of the art
clinical research. The goal is to see the participants go on to perform significant
research projects. Faculty included ODs, MDs, and PhDs involved in significant
research projects. There was also participation by NIH and NEI. August 7-11 2002
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS/SERVICE
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Member of Faculty Affairs Committee, New England College of Optometry. Fall
2004 – Present
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Member of Professional Issues Committee, Division 7 (Low Vision) National
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually
Impaired. (AER) December 2004 - Present
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Member of Program Education Committee for the 2004 New England Regional
AER meeting. March 2004 - November 2004
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Outreach lecture to the Massachusetts Association of the Blind. January 2004.
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Member of Curriculum 2010 Committee, New England College of Optometry
December 2000 – June 2001
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Assistant Chairperson of the MSO Continuing Education Committee.
September 1994 – January 1998
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Member of the MSO / NEWENCO Continuing Education Committee. January
1991 – June 1994.
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Chairperson of the Charles River District of the Massachusetts Society of
Optometrists. September 1989 – December 1990
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Referee for the Journal of the American Optometric Association. August 1988 –
December 1989
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Director on the Board of Directors of Congregation B’nai Shalom, Westborough,
MA. June 2001 – May 2003
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President of the Board of Directors of Visions Unlimited, a Massachusetts notfor-profit organization dedicated to helping visually impaired young adults. October
2000 – Present
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LensCrafters Gift of Sight Program. Annually provide numerous eye examinations
and follow-up care to the needy. 1993 – 2000
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Vision USA. Participates annually in this charity eye examination program. 1992 –
Present
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Member of the Northborough-Southborough Regional School Committee.
Numerous activities including active participation on the Building Sub-committee,
Collective Bargaining Committee as well as various policy subcommittees. June
1995 – May 1999
LICENSURE
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Massachusetts (DPA & TPA)
P R O F E S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I ON S
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Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry - December 2001
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Member of the American Optometric Association
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Associate member of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development