The Ophthalmology Section of the NMA is proud to announce the NMA/Roger Martin Glaucoma Screening Initiative. This allows NMA physicians to receive direct assistance from Roger W. Martin an expert in glaucoma screening and a patient with glaucoma to assist with organizing community/church glaucoma screenings around the United States. Many times as physicians we are asked to help with glaucoma screenings and screening for diseases of the eye in the community. This program facilitates this in the following manner:
How It Works
Location and identifying your target population is the single most important aspect of a successful glaucoma screening. Health Fairs, Church events, community functions and African American organizations events are just a few venues that are inexpensive to cost free ways to establish your presence in the community and make a significant humanitarian contribution at the same time.
You’re Staff
The Day of the screening Roger Martin will work along side you and a staff of volunteers to insure that the glaucoma screening is the highest quality and that all in attendance are treated with kindness and dignity as they would be in your office. Church organizations and service groups can provide volunteers to help with registration of patients, acuity and running of the FDT’s (field of vision analyzers). It is up to your office and community group to establish these connections.
Screening Protocol
• Registration, we provide registration form that is a NCR duplicate system. It includes ocular and family history as well as disclaimer.
• Acuity from 10 feet Snelling 20 foot equivalent.
• Field of Vision using Humphreys FDT we provide from 3 to 10
• Tonometry 5 Tono Pens we provide Tono pen tip covers (PRACTICE SUPPLIES PROPARACAINE)
• Pachymetry 4 hand-helds
• Direct Examination using hand held ophthalmoscopes and Pan Optics
Optional Non Mydryatic Retinal Imaging, Topcon NW200. We will ship to your office one week prior to screening NW200 complete with laptop for one of your techs to become familiar with and use at the screening. If you feel there will be any media coverage this will be the hook that draws them in. In addition NW 200 gives a detailed view of the optic nerve without dilating until now not seen at a typical glaucoma screening.
All power cords, extensions, power strips, alcohol wipes, tissue, pens and hand sanitizer are provided the day of the screening.
The practice/community center is responsible for location arrangements table’s, chairs, volunteers and a shipping address for the equipment.
Mr. Martin will arrive one day before the screening unless specifically asked to be earlier. This program has conducted glaucoma screenings successfully in thirty-five states. Mr. Martin has personally have been involved with the screening of more than 80,000 people and manage to learn something new every day.
About Roger Martin
Roger Martin is the third Generation of his family to have glaucoma both mother and grand mother went blind from the disease. It was while taking his mother for her treatment that Roger was discovered to have glaucoma. Dr Robert Ritch knowing Roger had given up his health insurance two weeks before to save a failing restaurant told Roger he was part of a family and treated Roger for free. It was that single act of kindness that started Roger off on his mission to become a glaucoma advocate in the United States.
Rogers work as volunteer and professional have helped educate millions of Americans to Glaucoma Risk Factors with articles and network TV, health-watch segments. To date Roger has screened over 80,000 people in 35 states. Rogers has given courses at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ASCRS, and American Optometric Association. His work has been featured in New York Times , Readers Digest, USA Today, Ophthalmology Management, Review of Optometry, Review of Ophthalmology, Optometric Management, Connecticut Magazine and the Lion.
Currently Roger Martin leads a Glaucoma Educational Screening Program for Allergan/Lumigan known as Partnership for Sight. This program is aimed at educating African – American, Hispanic and other at risk population’s about the dangers of glaucoma and the benefits of regular dilated eye exams. Over 40,000 Americans in our inner cities, have been served by teaching hospitals medical schools, residency programs, churches, health fairs, service organizations and private physicians bringing the highest technology available at no cost! On behalf of Allergan Roger asked any Ophthalmologist interested in working in serving the community to contact him.
