Nancy G. Torgerson, O.D., FCOVD Nancy G. Torgerson, OD, FCOVD Carrie Murphy, O.D., FCOVD Anita Maher, O.D. 16006 Ash Way, Suite 101 Lynnwood, WA 98087 Phone: 425-787-5200 Fax: 425-787-5252 Private Practice, Alderwood Vision Therapy Center, Lynnwood, Washington since 1984 Satellite, Alderwood Vision Therapy Center, Redmond, Washington since 2013 Education Fellow of College of Optometrists in Vision Development Pacific University College of Optometry: O.D. Degree Pacific University: B.S. Degree, Visual Science Houghton College: General Science Affiliation and Activities Member American Optometric Association Member Optometric Physicians of Washington Member King County Optometric Association Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development Associate in the Optometric Extension Program Foundation Member of the Sports Vision Section of the American Optometric Association Member of Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association Offices and Committees Western University College of Optometry Clinical Assistant Professor, Pamona, CA (2012- Present) Pacific University College of Optometry Adjunct Clinical Professor, Forest Grove, OR (2003-Present) University of Missouri College of Optometry Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. Louis, MO (2011-2012) Optometric Physicians Association Children s Vision Task Force (2009-2010) International Examination and Certification Board, College of Optometrists in Vision Development (2004-2007) College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Immediate Past President (2003) AOA Children s/binocular Vision Advisory Team (2001-2003) College of Optometrists in Vision Development, President (2001-2002) College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Vice President and President Elect (1997-2001) Pacific University College of Optometry, Member of Core Development Group (8/1999) Washington Optometric Association Binocular Vision Committee Chairman (1996) College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Western Regional Director (1995-1997) Evergreen Head Injury Re-Entry Center Board (1994-1999) College of Optometrist in Vision Development International Examination and Certification Board (1992-1994) National Director of Regional Clinical Seminars; Optometric Extension Program Foundation (1992-1994) Washington State Board of Optometry 1989-1993 (Chair 1992-1993)
2 C.O.V.D. State Director (1989-1992) N.W. Regional Clinical Seminar Director Optometric Extension Foundation (1989-1992) King County Give a Day Project Committee Chairman (1989) Washington Optometric Association Youth Involvement Chairman (1988-1989) Head Start Vision Consultant, Snohomish County (1985-1992) Washington Optometric Association Public Information Committee Chairman (1985-1986) Optometric Extension Foundation State Director (1984-1989) President Snohomish County Optometric Society (1984-1985) Secretary Washington Optometric Association (1984-1985) Lectures and Workshops Vision and Autism: Optometric Insights and Envisioning New Possibilities for Those on the Autism Spectrum. Morristown, Tennessee (06/16) The Bossy Eye: Seeing Amblyopia From a Different Perspective. Kane Hall, University of WA, Optometric Physicians of WA State. 3/10/2016 Neuro Rehabilitation: The Visual Piece. University of Washington, Department of Physical Therapy. (2/11/16) Essentials of a Visionary Team Approach. College of Optometrists in Vision Development. (03/2015) Mirror, Mirror. 07/2015. Charleston, South Carolina. Neuro Rehabilitation and Vision. Evergreen Rehabilitation. (04/2015) Autism and Vision. Specialty Eyecare Group, Kirkland, WA (2015) When a Student Struggles: Visual Factors that Significantly Impact Learning. 2015 General and Special Education Conference. Lecture for Rehab Seminars, Seattle, WA. (03/2015) with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for Tri-Cities Optometric Society, Pasco, WA. (01/2015) with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for Great Western Council of Optometry, Portland, OR. (10/2014) Vision and Autism. Lecture for Great Western Council of Optometry, Portland, OR. (10/2014) Vision and Autism. Lecture for Kansas Optometric Association, Wichita, KS. (10/2014) Vision and Autism. Lecture for Kansas Children's Vision and Learning Conference, Wichita, KS. (10/2014) Vision and Learning. Lecture for Kansas Children's Vision and Learning Conference, Wichita, KS. (10/2014) Visionary Team. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, San Diego, CA. (10/2014) with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, San Diego, CA. (10/2014) with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for Vision Help, San Francisco, CA. (05/2014) Vision and Learning. Lecture for St. Thomas School, Medina, WA. (04/2014) Vision and Autism. Lecture for PAVE-Sanet Seminar, San Diego, CA. (03/2014) When Vision Works Well. Lecture for Evergreen Home Health Services, Kirkland, WA. (03/2014)
Visual Clinical Pearls Teens to Senior. Lecture for King County Optometric Society. (01/2014) Vision and Persons with Atypical Neuro-Development. Lecture for Colorado Vision Training Conference. (10/2013) Teaming up with Pediatric Ophthalmology. Lecture with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for Southern Educational Council of Optometry (SECO), Atlanta, GA. (03/2013) Collaboration between Developmental Optometry and Pediatric Ophthalmology. Lecture with Thomas Lenart, MD, PhD for SECO, Atlanta, GA. (03/2013) The Joys and Challenges of Managing Patients with Autism. Lecture for SECO, Atlanta, GA. (03/2013) The Joys and Challenges of Working with Children on the Autism Spectrum. Lecture for SECO, Atlanta, GA. (03/2013) Vision and Persons with Atypical Neuro-Development. Optometry s Contribution to Solving the Puzzle. Lecture for Optometry s Meeting, San Diego, CA. (05/2012) Applied Concepts Course; Vision and Learning. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Las Vegas, NV. (10/2011) Visual Challenges of Infants and Preschoolers. Lecture for Kindering Center, Bellevue, WA. (06/2011) Vision and Autism. Lecture for Washington State Board of Optometry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (04/2011) Visual Challenges for Students with Special Needs Including Autism, Brain Injuries, Learning Disabilities and Multiple Disabilities. Lecture for Washington Special Education Conference. (03/2011) The Visual Piece of Sensory Integration: Vision Development of a Neurotypical Child and the Instructional Challenges for Those with Vision & Learning Differences. Lecture for Washington Special Education Conference. (03/2011) Applied Concepts Course; Vision and Learning. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Puerto Rico. (10/2010) Vision and Autism. Lecture for British Association of Behavioral Optometrists, London, England. (05/2010) Vision and Autism. Lecture for College of Optometrist in Vision Development, Denver, CO. (10/2009) Vision and Autism. Lecture for Consejo Mexicano de Optometria Funcional, Mexico City, Mexico. (07/2009) Autism Spectrum Disorders: General Assessment & Optometric Treatment Strategies. Joint Conference on Theoretical and Clinical Optometry. Lecture for Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. (06/2009) When a Child Struggles. Lecture for Seattle School District School Nurses, Seattle, WA. (01/2008) Vision Therapy. Workshop for Eastside Children s Therapies, Bellevue, WA. (11/2007) Vision, So Much More than 20/20. Workshop for Eastside Children s Therapies, Bellevue, WA. (11/2007) HTS, PTS, VTSII and Vision Therapy. Lecture for College of Optometrist in Vision Development, Orlando, FL. (10/2007) When Your Child Struggles. Lecture for Homeschool Opportunities for Merging Education, Mill Creek, WA. (09/2007) Vision and Development. Lecture for Cascade Children s Therapy, Mill Creek, WA. (09/2007) More than 20/20. Imagine Children s Museum, Everett, WA. (09/2007) Hitting Clinic. Workshop for Little League, Everett, WA. (09/2007) 3
Vision Birth to Three. Lecture for Cascade Children s Therapy, Mill Creek, WA. (09/2007) Neurology of Vision. Lecture for Speech and Language Therapists, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. (07/2007) When Your Child Struggles. Lecture for Washington State Homeschool Association. (06/2007) Baseball and Vision. Hitting Clinic. (04/2007) Vision and Acquired Brain Injury. Lecture with Kathleen Bell, MD and Janet Powell, OT for National Occupational Therapists Association. (04/2007) Visual Needs of People with Parkinson s. Lecture for Booth Gardner Parkinson Center, Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA. (03/2007) Vision and Development. Lecture for Northwest Montessori School, Seattle, WA. (02/2007) Vision and Learning, Children in Need. Lecture for Edmonds Lions Club, Edmonds, WA. (02/2007) Vision and Learning. District Meeting. Lecture for Lions Club, Seattle, WA. (01/2007) Vision Is More than 20/20. Imagine Children s Museum, Everett, WA. (01/2007) Vision. Lecture for North Sound Christian Schools. (01/2007) Vision and Acquired Brain Injuries. Lecture for Stevens Hospital, Edmonds, WA. (01/2007) Vision and Acquired Brain Injury. Lecture for Marysville Rehabilitation Center, Marysville, WA. (12/2006) Keep Your Eye on the Ball. Hitting Clinic and Screening. (10/2006) Vision and the Autism Spectrum. Parent Support Group, Des Moines, WA. (10/2006) From Command and Control to Collaborate and Connect. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development. (10/2006) Hitting Clinic. Workshop for Girls High School Softball, Kirkland, WA. (10/2006) Vision and Learning. Lecture for Lions Club. (10/2006) Vision Birth to Three. Lecture for Boyer Children s Center, Seattle, WA. (09/2006) Neuro-Ocular-Vestibular Dysfunction. Lecture for Evergreen Medical Center, Kirkland, WA. (09/2006) Optometric Management of People with Traumatic Brain Injury. Lecture for Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, WA. (09/2006) Vision and Development, Birth to Three. Lecture for Little Red Schoolhouse. (04/2006) Hierarchical Networking in Visual Thinking and Awareness. Lecture for Colorado Vision Therapists. (04/2006) When Your Child Struggles. Lecture for Snohomish County Library. (10/2005) Learning and Vision. Lecture for Auburn Adventist Academy, Auburn, WA. (10/2005) Vision and Brain Injuries. (05/2005) Asperger s Syndrome; Vision beyond 20/20. Lecture for Providence Hospital, Everett, WA. (09/2004) Visual Needs and Special Needs. Lecture for Parents of Foster Children. (05/2004) Lecture for Northwest Region College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR. (09/2003) Special Populations. (04/2003) Vision and Traumatic Brain Injuries (04/2003) Learning Problems: The Vision Connection. (02/2003) Vision Therapy. Lecture for Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, OR. (01/2003) Traumatic Brain Injury. New Zealand. (04/2000) Vision and Special Needs. New Zealand. (04/2000) Lecture for NW Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. (09/1999) 4
5 Vision and Special Needs. San Diego Vision Forum. San Diego, CA. (08/1998) Pearls in the Clinical Use of Prism. Lecture for Washington Association of Optometric Physicians, Bellevue, WA. (04/1998) Clinical Pearls and Prisms. San Jose Vision Forum. San Jose, CA. (08/1997) Eyes on Reading. Washington State Homeschool Convention. Seattle, WA. (06/1997) Binocular Vision. WAOP Conference. Portland, OR. (05/1997) Regional Clinical Seminar. Lecture for Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Denver, CO. (03/1997) Great Lakes Convention. Lecture for Optometric Extension Program. (05/1996) Regional Clinical Seminar. Lecture for Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Seattle, WA. (03/1996) Vision and Learning. National Meeting. Lecture for American Optometric Student Association, Portland, OR. (1/1996) Vision and Autism. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Atlanta, GA. (10/1995) Regional Clinical Seminar. Lecture for Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Irvine, CA. (02/1995) Lecture for Optometric Extension Program Foundation, Yachats, OR. (08/1995) A Behavioral Approach to Vision and Autism. Washington State Autism Conference. (1994) Piaget and Vision: Stage Not Age. Lecture for College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Chicago, IL. (10/1993) Vision and Learning. Lecture for Project Orbis, Philippines. (10/1991) Annual Meeting. College of Optometrists in Vision Development. (10/1991) Building a Vision Therapy Practice. Lecture for Eastern States Congress, New York, NY. (04/1991) Perceptive Perspective. Lecture for Heart of America, Kansas City, MO. (1991) Research Vision Changes and Eyeglasses after Traumatic Brain Injury. University of Washington, Janet Powell, OT, PhD. (2012) Prismatic Correction on Rehabilitation Post Traumatic Brain Injury. University of Washington, Janet Powell, OT, PhD. (2003) Vision Skills and School Performance. (1992) Publications Torgerson, N. (2014, June 16). What Collaboration Can Do: A Pediatric Ophthalmologist, an Optometrist, and Putting the Patient First. Retrieved July 4, 2014, from http://www.practiceupdate.com/expertopinion/1040/0/5 Torgerson, N., & Press, L. (2012). The Process of Communication. In Visual Diagnosis and Care of the Patient with Special Needs. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Torgerson, N., & Powell, J. (2011). Evaluation and Treatment of Vision and Motor Dysfunction Following Acquired Brain Injury from Occupational Therapy and Neuro- Optometry Perspectives. In Vision Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. Torgerson, N. (2009). Insights into the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients within the Autism Spectrum: A Patient's Story. Optometry & Vision Development, 40(3), 176-183.
6 Author of Series for Assistants for Optometric Extension Program. Torgerson, N., & Rose, M. (1994). A Behavioral Approach to Vision and Autism. Journal of Optometric Vision Development, 25, 269-275. Awards Washington Optometric Physician of the Year Award 2015 Getman Award for Clinical Practice (2009) Strathmore s Who s Who (2002, 2003) Who s Who National Registry, life member (2000) College of Optometrists in Vision Development, Presidents Award (1997) American Optometric Student Association, Speakers Award (1996) KISS, Kindness in Staff: OEP (1996) Head Start Volunteer Award Outstanding Young Woman in America Award (1988)