Hello, and welcome to the Siwoff Low Vision Center!
We are very eager to see you for your first visit. Our goal here at the Siwoff Low Vision Center is to help visually impaired patients regain the confidence and independence they have lost due to a decline in vision. Dr. Ronald Siwoff is a forerunner in the field of low vision, treating a wide range of diagnoses and making breakthroughs in low vision research.
Your first appointment will be an in-depth examination. In this appointment, we will perform a variety of tests in order to have a complete overview of your ocular health. We will evaluate every aspect of your visual pathway, from the eyelid to the brain, and everything in between! This appointment is approximately two hours long, but very gratifying and informative.
Front Desk
When you walk into our office, you will be greeted with smiles from our office staff. They will help you with your registration. You will then be introduced to one of our optometric technicians. The tech will interview to learn your medical history and presenting problems. They will test your visual acuities and perform other routine testing, such as autorefraction and keratometry. After these preliminaries, a customized battery of tests will be designed to meet your specific diagnostic and visual functional needs. Some of these tests may include digital retinal imaging, Ocular Computer Tomography (OCT) of optic nerve, macula, and cornea; Patterned Electrogram Mapping (PERG) of your retina to determine the locus of best seeing; Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) to maximize visual potential of your brain; and mapping of your visual fields (OCTOPUS).
Dr. Siwoff personally evaluates all of the test results and designs a customized therapeutic plan and prescription, which includes some or all of the following: spectacle rx, contact lens rx, medication rx, referral to Primary Care Physician (PCP), referral to other specialist, equipment loan, dispensing of therapeutic materials, homework and implementation instructions, followup plan.
Call the office for scheduling and appointment dates. Please print our registration form and bring it with you for your appointment.