Omar Podcast Interview

Omar Mohiuddin OTR/L, MS, MPH

Occupational Therapist

Duke Eye Center – Vision Rehabilitation & Performance

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Omar earned his graduate degrees in Occupational Therapy and Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has worked in both clinical and non-profit eye care settings as well as academia doing research in the field of preventive medicine. Before pursuing his career in OT, he worked in the public health sector for several years serving underprivileged communities and addressing health disparities. He worked for the Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center at the UAB School of Medicine on several different grants looking at barriers to accessing care, engaging minorities, addressing communication issues such as health literacy, and finding ways to reach out to otherwise inaccessible populations. I He now works at the Duke Eye Center with Vision Rehabilitation & Performance where he sees clients with age-related and acute onset vision impairment and addresses how these changes in vision affect occupational performance challenges in activities of daily living and instrumental ADLs including community and work accessibility, functional mobility, and driving safety.  He also runs an acquired brain injury clinic addressing functional visual symptoms stemming from neurological conditions as well as a sports-vision clinic evaluating and training dynamic visual skills in athletes to improve on-field performance. As an occupational therapist, his focus is to maximize his clients’ independence and potential towards meeting their functional goals. Outside of work, he runs a non-profit called Eye Shine Foundation whose mission is to create social and recreational opportunities for visually impaired youth in the triangle region of North Carolina to participate in and explore leisure pursuits, socialize with peers, build social skills, and improve overall well-being.

 

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