Karen B. Wilson, OD

Karen B. Wilson, OD

Clinic Director
Caring for Champions – Vision Clinic
Munroe-Meyer Institute
985450 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-5450
402-559-2170  |  Email Dr. Wilson

Specialty Certifications

• CentraSight Provider for VisionCare, Inc.: Providing optometric evaluations, referrals and follow-up for the IMT device; Implantable Miniature Telescope (2017)
• Eschenbach Low Vision Provider (2014)
• Professional Physician for NovaVision; Coordinating care of patients undergoing VRT; Visual Restoration Therapy, for vision loss due to optic neuropathy and cerebral vascular accidents (2016)
• ImPACT Provider; Visual skills testing for concussion assessment (2015)
• Preferred Provider for the University of Nebraska Medical Center Concussion Clinic (2015)

License

• Optometry License #1145, State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, renewed biannually since 2000
• DEA license #MW0566262, United States Drug Enforcement Administration, renewed every three years since 2003

Education

• Doctor of Optometry and Bachelor of Visual Science, Southern California College of Optometry, 1981-1985

Presentations

• “New Technology in Low Vision Workshop”: presented to area optometrists at Heartland Eye Consultants, Omaha, Nebraska (June 2019)
• “Vision Interventions for Occupational Therapists”: presented to occupational therapy students at Creighton University Occupational Therapy Program, Omaha, Nebraska (November 2018, annually since 2015)
• “Vision is more than 20/20: Vision Deficits and Treatment following Acquired Brain Injury”: presented to patients and providers at the Nebraska Brain Injury Alliance Conference, Kearney, Nebraska (March 2018)
• “Visual Perceptual Dysfunction and Parkinson’s Disease”: Presented to patients and providers at the Advances in Parkinson’s, the Continuum of Care Conference, coordinated by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska (October 2015)
• “Visual Rehabilitation of the Neurological Impaired”: presented to occupational, physical and speech therapists at Immanuel Hospital Rehabilitation Department, Omaha, Nebraska (June 2012)
• “Acquired Brain Injury and Prism Treatment: Field Expansion with Peli Prism”; presented to occupational therapists at Methodist Hospital Rehabilitation Department, Omaha, Nebraska (January 2012)

Professional Affiliations

• Neuro-Optometric Rehab Association (member, attending continuing education conference annually since 2011)
• American Optometric Association (member since 2009)