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Graduation pics and the best start to summer with @audanceline!! 💕🤍

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Before the @nyknicks’ Trey Jemison III reached the NBA Finals, his sports eye care journey began at UAB. Now becoming the first former UAB Blazer to appear on an NBA Finals roster, Jemison’s story highlights the importance of eye safety, prevention and specialized care for all athletes. 🕶️🏀

Read more about his journey through sports eye care at the link in our bio.

#NBAFinals #SportsEyeWear #EyeSafety #UAB #UABSportsMedicine

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Beyond grateful. What a ride these four years have been. Thank you to all my teammates and brothers for the memories I’ll never forget. Thank you to my coaches for believing in me and pushing me to grow. And thank you to God for guiding me through it all. I’m not who I am today without each of you. These four years have truly been a blessing. Love y’all.

Forever JC. 22 signing off.

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Ready for a new season supporting the athletes of Lawson State Community College! 💪 UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine is committed to helping the Cougars succeed by delivering comprehensive pre-participation physicals, making sure they’re prepared to compete at their best all season long.

#LawsonState #CougarStrong #UABSportsMedicine

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Teaching Tuesday. Listen and learn from Jillian Bulman @jillian_bulz and Dr. Terry Schwartz about their research presented at #AAPOS2025 "Dual-Modality Assessment of Pediatric Visual Photosensitivity: Questionnaire and Stimuli-Based Evaluation." Fascinating collaborative research with the goal to help improve a child's life and quality of life. Great job Jillian & Dr. Schwartz! #pediatricophthalmology #kidseyes #photosensivity #aapos2025 #pediatriceyeresearch #womeninophthalmology #teachingtuesday

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A Visionary Journey Begins! Our little patient was +9, super farsighted, and his parents had no idea! During a routine well-child check, the pediatrician performed a vision screening with a photo screening instrument. The parents quickly understood the next steps and booked an appointment with us before even leaving the parking lot! We discovered the significant farsightedness and knew we could help. We can’t wait to see how his new vision will boost his energy and adventures!
#VisionCare #PediatricHealth #Farsightedness #EyeCare #HealthyVision #ChildrensHealth #Optometry #uab

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👁️🏈 Dr. Keith Smithson joins Dr. Katherine Weise at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to highlight an exciting program on campus: Blazer Vision! 🏆👓⁠
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This unique collaboration between the Athletic Department and the Optometry Department gives every team at UAB a dedicated eye doctor to handle the vision and eye care needs of each athlete. ⁠
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Whether it's sharper vision on the field or quick recovery from eye injuries, Blazer Vision is giving athletes the winning edge. 💪🔥⁠
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Do you want to gain a winning edge? ⁠
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🌟 Elevate your game with Sports Vision Pro's new Essential Training Kit! 🏆 Upgrade your vision and gain that competitive edge you've been striving for visit our website sportsvisionpros.com for more details.⁠
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#BlazerVision #UAB #DrKeithSmithson #DrKatherineWeise #EyeCare #AthleteHealth #Optometry #SportsVision #PerformanceEdge #EyeOnThePrize #UABAthletics

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Thursday Inspiration. What is PEDIG? Formed in 1997, the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group is a collaborative network dedicated to facilitating multicenter clinical research in amblyopia, strabismus, and other eye conditions that affect children. It is funded by National Eye Institute (NEI) and there are currently over 100 participating sites (offices) with over 300 pediatric ophthalmologists and pediatric optometrists in the United States and Canada. Link in bio to listen to Dr. Stacey Pineles and Dr. Kathy Weise, Co-Chairs of PEDIG, talk about current and upcoming research and how medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings can get involved. Check it out & you will not regret getting involved--impactful research for children and life-long frienships with colleagues. Credit: https://public.jaeb.org/pedig #pedig #amblyopia #strabismus #research #aapospodcast #littleeyesbigtopics #nationaleyeinstitute #aaoeye #aaposeye #pedsophtho #kidseyes #pediatricoptometry #pediatricophthalmology #womeninmedicine #thursdayinspiration

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Fun Fact Friday. What is ATS23? ATS23 is Amblyopia Treatment Study #23 and it is the most recent and current enrolling clinical trial of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (PEDIG). ATS23 is for children 4 to 7 years of age, to determine if treatment with 1 hour per day, 6 days a week of watching dichoptic movies/shows wearing the Luminopia headset is non-inferior to treatment with 2 hours of patching per day, 7 days a week with respect to the change in amblyopic eye distance VA from randomization to 26 weeks. PEDIG is a collaborative large network of pediatric ophthalmologists & pediatric optometrists dedicated to facilitating multicenter clinical research for over two decades and is funded by NEI. The July AAPOS 'Little Eyes, Big Topics' podcast was released today and highlights Dr. Stacy Pineles & Dr. Kathy Weise, PEDIG Co-Chairs. See link in bio to listen. #amblyopia #dichoptictreatment #patching #clinicaltrials #luminopia #aaposeye #aaoeye #pediatricophthalmology #pediatricoptometry #pedig #nei #ats23 #funfactfriday https://www.luminopia.com https://public.jaeb.org/pedig

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In 2017, former UAB football star Jermaine Brown Jr. lost his vision in his left eye. Although his family took him to eye clinics, his blurry vision worsened and soon affected his football career. Brown’s athletic trainer realized he was having trouble seeing and immediately contacted UAB Eye Care to provide him with a detailed eye exam through BlazerVision.

BlazerVision is a partnership between UAB Athletics, UAB School of Optometry and the Department of Ophthalmology that provides each student-athlete with comprehensive eye care, acute game-time care and state-of-the-art concussion baseline testing.

During his eye exam with Dr. Kathy Weise, she realized that Brown had a warped cornea in his left eye. Soon after, she diagnosed him with keratoconus, a condition where the cornea thins and becomes misshapen.

After consulting her colleagues, contact lens experts at UAB Eye Care prescribed Brown scleral lenses that provided him with clearer vision by acting as a new surface for his cornea. Scleral lenses are custom fit to each patient’s eye and are used for patients with misshapen corneas or for several other conditions that impact someone’s vision or quality of life.

Brown’s vision was corrected in his freshman year and has helped him have a successful athletic and academic career. “I can see clearer and it has allowed me to perform better as an athlete. “I am thankful to everyone at UAB Eye Care, but especially Dr. Weise. She is the best and has always treated me like family,” Brown says.

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The UAB football team begins its American Athletic Conference era with its first game under the helm of coach Trent Dilfer tonight! Dr. Kathy Weise, who leads our BlazerVision program, will be on the sidelines providing care eye care to players. BlazerVision provides UAB athletes with pre-participation examinations, comprehensive eye care, acute game-time care and state-of-the-art concussion baseline testing. Go Blazers! #winasone

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Yesterday, our Sports & Exercise Medicine team preformed physicals for the USA Wheelchair Rugby athletes! These were the first standardized preseason physicals for any sport in the National Paralympic Committee. We were honored to provide care for these athletes. Thank you to @usawr and @lakeshorefoundation for your partnership! #Paralympics #UABSportsMedicine.

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