SPA-Neuro SIG Webinar: Seeing Beyond Stroke: Collaborative Approaches to Visual Rehabilitation

Stroke survivors often face complex visual deficits, including low vision, visual field loss, ocular motility issues, and visual perception challenges. Understanding and addressing these visual impairments is crucial for their recovery.

Join us to discover the critical role of Orthoptists in managing visual rehabilitation for stroke survivors. You'll gain insights into specialised ocular testing procedures and effective treatments for visual impairments.

Learn how a collaborative approach between professionals can enhance recovery for stroke survivors.

Don’t miss out—let’s work together to expand our understanding of visual rehabilitation and improve patient outcomes! 

Speaker:

Mr Kakeru Ode

Senior Orthoptist

Singapore National Eye Centre

Kakeru is an experienced orthoptist with 10 years of practice and has a clinical interest in neuro-ophthalmology and visual rehabilitation. A graduate of the University of Sheffield, UK, with an MMedSci in Vision and Strabismus, he was instrumental in the development of a stroke and traumatic brain injury visual rehabilitation protocol in SNEC.

Currently, Kakeru is the first orthoptist in SingHealth undergoing advanced clinical practice training in neuro-ophthalmology and paediatric ophthalmology.

Passionate about education and raising awareness of the Orthoptics profession, Kakeru actively fosters collaboration with healthcare professionals to enhance multi-disciplinary patient care.