05/29/2026
๐๏ธ Today, a team of the best in the industry from the Miami Lighthouse CVI Collaborative Center presented the findings of their ongoing, first-of-its-kind research at the Envision and VisionServe Alliance 2026 Conference in Columbus, Ohio.๐
Presenters:
โข Virginia Jacko, President & CEO of Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
โข Professor Carlos Mendoza-Santiesteban, MD PhD, Neuro-Ophthalmologist and Surgeon, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
โข Michael Berger, TVI, Miami Lighthouse Academy
โข Franรงois Sainfort, MD PhD FACHE Chair and Professor, Nova Southeastern University
๏ปฟ๏ปฟDuring the past two years, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has collaborated with the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Nova Southeastern University , and Nicklaus Children's Hospital to address the number one cause of bilateral visual impairment in children in the developed world, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI).
๏ปฟ๏ปฟ๐ง Also referred to as Cerebral Visual Impairment, CVI is a vision disorder resulting from damage to the brain central visual pathways and/or the cortex involved in visual processing.๏ปฟ๏ปฟ
CVI accounts for 18% of childhood blindness in the United States.
This research is crucial; less than 20% of patients with CVI are receiving an accurate diagnosis!
Learn more in our article in the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, here โ https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X261439126
To learn more about our CVI Collaborative Center, visit โ https://miamilighthouse.org/CVICenter.asp
Together, we prove it's possible to see without sightโข! ๐
