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Dr. Musick attended Florida State University and
received his doctor of optometry from the School
of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Upon graduation in 1976, he received the Dean's
Award for the highest academic record in the school's
history and was selected as the ODK Most Outstanding
Professional Student in the UAB Medical Center.
He was also the recipient of the AOA Outstanding
Clinician Award and Bausch and Lomb Outstanding
Contact Lens Clinician Award.
Dr. Musick has practiced in Kentucky
since 1976 and provides primary eye care services
with special interests, training, and credentials
in low vision rehabilitation. He was the nation's
highest scorer on the National Board of Examiners
in Optometry's Treatment and Management of Ocular
Disease in 1994. He has previously chaired the
NBEO Exam Council and presently serves on the
NBEO PMP Exam Construction Committee. He is a
fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and
currently one of fifty doctors internationally
to achieve diplomat status in the AAO's Low Vision
Section. He chairs the Section's Ocular Disease
Exam and is a member of the Executive Council.
He has authored several nationally published articles
on ocular disease and low vision rehabilitation
including a book chapter in Remediation and Management
of Low Vision. In 1997, he received the Kentucky
Rehabilitation Association's Charles McDowell
Education and Advocacy Award. He has served on
the Continuing Education Committee of the Kentucky
Optometric Association for several years, receiving
the President's Award for outstanding service
to the profession in 1996.
Dr. Musick is married to Helen Denmark
Musick and they have three children, Nathan, Laura
and Will. He is a member of the professional staff
of the Kentucky Eye Institute, practicing primarily
in Nicholasville and also conducting low vision
clinics in Louisville.
Primary Eye Care is providing for
"most" of the vision and eye problems
that "most" people have "most"
of the time. It is the foundation for maintaining
good vision and healthy eyes through one's lifetime.
This care protects us in regards to acute eye
problems such as "pink eye" or eye injuries;
long term eye conditions such as "lazy eye"
or cataracts; and refractive errors such as near-sightedness,
far-sightedness or astigmatism.
While acute eye problems, such as
eye infections, usually cause symptoms and alert
us to seek prompt care, certain long-term conditions,
including glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular
degeneration, and ocular tumors, may go unnoticed
until late in the disease process. Early detection,
diagnosis, and treatment of such conditions often
greatly reduces the risk of vision loss and blindness.
In some instances, you will need to be referred
to other eye care or health providers, such as
ophthalmologists, for additional care or surgery.
People who have difficulty seeing
fine detail or have reduced side or peripheral
vision even with the best conventional glasses,
contact lenses or medical or surgical care are
said to have Low Vision. These patients have difficulties
with ordinary activities such as reading their
mail or newspaper, watching TV, driving a car
or even recognizing faces.
The goal of low vision rehabilitation
services is to achieve the maximum visual efficiency
possible for the patient's personal, social, vocational,
and educational needs. In many cases, a consultation
with a doctor with specialized training in low
vision can result in the prescribing of devices
that will help the patient meet their needs.
Office Locations in Kentucky:
Nicholasville
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