Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast

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/   Stargardt Disease https://preventblindness.org/stargardt-disease/   Inherited Retinal Diseases https://preventblindness.org/inherited-retinal-diseases/   Ellen Gould, Seeing Stars https://www.ellengould.org/seeing-stars  

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, specifically while managing chronic conditions such as diabetes. Find out more.

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 23-29 Webinar: Thyroid Eye Disease: Today’s Treatments, Tomorrow’s Research, and How to Take Action, March 19  

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 funded by a grant from Viatris Inc., a global healthcare company. Find out more about Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP).

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 Blindness. Find out more about: Diabetes Eye Disease Month The Prevent Blindness Audio Eye Health Library

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 at Prevent Blindness. World Sight Day is October 9 and was founded by the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). NOTICE: Due to the federal government shutdown, Prevent Blindness and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington have cancelled the Congressional briefing and screening event scheduled for World Sight Day on Capitol Hill. For more information Prevent Blindness World Sight Day events Contact Lens Safety Month Prevent Blindness Texas Eyespiring Podcast

In this episode of the Prevent Blindness Focus on Eye Health Podcast, host Christopher Hord interviews Dawn Wells, executive director of Angel Eyes Fitness and Nutrition and Brent Boon, executive director of Pacific West Music of the Blind. September is Sports Eye Safety Month.

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 tournament in conjunction with Vision Expo West in Las Vegas.

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 blindness. July is Dry Eye Month at Prevent Blindness Enjoy safe summer celebrations this Fourth of July. Protect your eyes from serious injury by avoiding consumer fireworks.

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 (AEVR) and the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEVR); and Philip Goglas II, Managing Partner at Health and Medicine Counsel, discuss implications of the Congressional budget reconciliation for eye and vision policies, threats to vision research funding, opportunities for grassroots advocacy, and the Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children (EDVI) Act. Prevent Blindness is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with Disney or Pixar, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. All product and company names are trademarks™ or registered® trademarks of their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.  

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 about the reintroduction of the EDVI Act, and a reminder to join Prevent Blindness for the free Focus on Eye Health Summit on May 14.

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 interest to people of all ages, the blind and low vision community, healthcare professionals, caregivers, policy-makers and allies. We'll provide regular updates on the programs and sight-saving services of Prevent Blindness. Find out more at PreventBlindness.org