Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses dry eye with Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program participants Aidan Moore, co-founder and executive director of the Dry Eye Foundation , and Pam Gaio, an individual living with dry eye. July is Dry Eye Month at Prevent Blindness. Dry Eye Month is supported by OCuSOFT Inc. , a privately held eye and skin care company dedicated to inno...

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses cataracts with  Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program participant and cataract patient Ashley Mangen, who is also a member of the Prevent Blindness Ohio  board of directors. Find out more about safe summer celebrations and firework safety .

This month on the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, host Christopher Hord talks to Emmy Award-winning writer and performer Ellen Gould. Ms. Gould discusses the musical she created about her experience as a person living with Stargardt Disease, titled “Seeing Stars.”   Find out more: The Focus on Eye Health Webinar Series https://preventblindness.org/focus-on-eye-health-webinar-series/...

April is Women's Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness. Host Christopher Hord talks with Sherrol Reynolds, O.D., Professor of Optometry at Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry, Chief of the Davie Primary Care Clinic, Director of the Retina Clinic, and long-time Prevent Blindness volunteer about what women need to know to help protect their vision and keep eyes healthy, spec...

In this episode, host Christopher Hord discusses the new Prevent Blindness Children's Vision Screening Training Course with Donna Fishman, Director of the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness. Also in this episode: March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month The Person of Vision Dinner honoring Jim McGrann , March 11 Keratoconus Week at Prevent Blindness , March 23-2...

In our February episode, host Christopher Hord talks about AMD and Low Vision Month, discusses Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) with Eva Potts, president and co-founder of Mary Carmel's Light , and speaks with ASPECT Program graduate Daria Bannerman about her journey with ROP. AMD and Low Vision Awareness Month at Prevent Blindness is sponsored by EyePoint, Inc.   It Started With an Eye Exam is funde...

Join us for the first episode of season two of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast. Host Christopher Hord discusses glaucoma and the coming work of Prevent Blindness with Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness.   Find out more about glaucoma .

Host Christopher Hord discusses Thyroid Eye Disease week and conducts a round-table discussion on diabetes and eye health with Talana Townsend,  ASPECT program graduate and President & Communication Chair of  Visually Impaired Advocates  in Houston; with Dr. Rajeev Ramchandran, Retina specialist at the University of Rochester; and with Nita Sinha, Senior Director of Public Health at Prevent Bl...

Host Christopher Hord interviews Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Advocacy Program member Evelyn Jordan about her journey with Stargardt disease and her work as an advisory board member of PhoneFaith , a live dial-in outreach ministry for adults who are blind or have low vision. Prevent Blindness affiliate, Prevent Blindness Texas, has launched a new podcast. October is Contact Lens Safety Month a...

In this episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, host Christopher Hord talks with Dan Roberts, M.M.E., editor-in-chief of Living Well With Low Vision and Founding Director of MD Support, Inc.   Also in this episode: August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month at Prevent Blindness. On September 17, 2025, Prevent Blindness will hold its final Swing Fore Sight golf tournamen...

In our July episode: Host Christopher Hord discusses the Prevent Blindness ASPECT patient advocacy program with Prevent Blindness staff Julie Grutzmacher, director of patient advocacy & population health initiatives; Jeanetta Price and Elisabeth Edwards, ASPECT program managers.  Certified mindfulness teacher Eric Cooley  provides an overview of mindfulness as it relates to vision loss and bli...

On this episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast: The new Disney/Pixar movie, Elio, highlights eye patching and children's vision . Apply to join the Prevent Blindness ASPECT Patient Engagement Program . June is Cataract Month . Sara Brown, Senior Director, Government Affairs with Prevent Blindness; Dan Ignaszewski, Executive Director of the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research...

In this episode of the Focus on Eye Health Podcast, Bryan and Bradford Manning, co-founders of Two Blind Brothers, discuss Stargardt disease , one type of Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) with Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. Bryan and Bradford also share the inspiration behind their company, which dedicates 100% of profits to curing blindness. Also in this episode, information ab...

Episode 2 of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health podcast features: an interview with Kim Owens about her son Kai's experience with vision loss and how she and her son became blindness advocates. April is Women's Eye Health and Safety Month .  A reminder to register for the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Summit.

In our inaugural episode the Focus on Eye Health Podcast, hosted by Christopher Hord: -March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month -An interview with Prevent Blindness President & CEO Jeff Todd -Music by Jason Consolacion -Join us for the 2025 Focus on Eye Health Summit: Perspectives in Vision - Helping families remove barriers to eye care after receiving a referral from a vision screening.

Hosted by advocate Chris Hord, the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast premieres in March, 2025. At Prevent Blindness we promote vision health and eye care for all. We educate people about protecting their sight. We provide resources for the blind and low vision community and their allies, and we celebrate their achievements. Each monthly half-hour episode features information of interes...