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Biography
Dr. Beckerman has held a faculty position at ICO since 1983. He completed an undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis in Applied Science in Electrical Engineering. He completed his optometry degree at SUNY College of Optometry, and a Fellowship at ICO in pediatrics an low vision. He is a nationally recognized expert in Sports Vision who has worked with professional baseball, basketball, soccer and the Junior Olympic games. He is currently assigned to supervise pediatric/ binocular vision clinic and teaches binocular vision laboraties. Dr. Beckerman maintains a private practice Glenview Vision Care which is an externship site for 4th year ICO students.
Special Interests
Pediatrics/ Binocular Vision, Sports Vision
Education
1982-1983 Illinois College of Optomtery
1978-1982 SUNY College of Optometry
1975-1978 Washington University
1975 Hill School of Insurance
Experience
1983 - Present Various Positions, Illinois College of Optometry
1975-1982 Beckerman Agency, Inc. Licensed Insurance Agent
Awards & Honors
2008 Editors Commendation Optometry Magazine
1998 Sports Vision Optometrist of the Year - American Optometric Association
1996 Craig McFarlane Award - Prevent Blindness America
Professional Organizations
Fellow American Academy Optometry
Illinois Optometric Association
American Optometric Association
AOA Sports Vision Section
Optimist Club International
Publications
Beckerman, S. A. Hitzeman, S. A. (1993). What the Literature Says About Sports Vision. Optometry Clinics (Vol. 3. No. 1). (pp. 145-159). Norwalk, CT.: Paramount Publishing.
Beckerman, S., Zost, M. (1993) Management of Sports Related Injuries. Chicago: Illinois College of Optometry.
Beckerman, S., Lee, D.Y. Clinical Implications of the Erroneous Use of the Verhoeff Stereopter, Journal of the American Optometric Association, 65;5, pp 328-331, 1994
Beckerman, S., Zost, M., Effect of Lighting Levels on Performance on the Wayne Saccadic Fixator and Wayne Peripheral Awareness Trainer, Journal of Behavioral Optometry, 5:6 , pp 155-157, 1994
Beckerman, S., Fornes, A. Effects of changes in Lighting Level of Performance on the Acuvision Trainer. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 68:4 pp 243-49, 1977
Block, S. , Beckerman, S. , Berman, P. Vision Profile of the Athletes of the 1995 Special Olympics World Summer Games. Journal of the American Optometric Association, 68:11 pp 699 - 708, 1997
Sexton-Radek, K., Beckerman, S., Hasty, K, An Investigation into the Use of Sportsvision Therapy to Enhance Performance Levels of Female Athletes. Journal of Optometric Vision Development, Vol 29, Spring 1998 pp28-33.
Beckerman, S. , Hitzeman, S. The Ocular and Visual Characteristics of an Athletic Population. Optometry, Vol.72 , No. 8, August 2001 pp. 498-509
Beckerman, S. , Hitzeman, S. Sports Vision Testing of Selected Participants in the 1997 and 1998 AAU Junior Olympic Games Optometry, Vol.74 , No. 8, August 2003
Beckerman, S. Ochi da Sport Sport & Medicina vol. 4 August 2003
McMahon, J. , Beckerman, S. Testing Safety Eyewear: How Frame and Lens Design Affect Lens Retention Optometry vol 78 No. 2 February 2007
Beatty RM, Bakkum WB, Hitzeman SA, ,Beckerman SA. Sports vision screening of Amateur Athletic Union junior olympic athletes: a ten year follow up Optom Vis Perf 2016 6; 4(3) 124-131
Foreman K, , Baas EA, Sanghera NK, Bakkum WB, Beckerman SA. Test retest reliability of the
Wayne saccadic fixator in professional soccer players Optom Vis Perf 2016 6; 4(3) 132-136
Sanghera NK, Baas EA, Foreman K, Beckerman SA Sports vision eva;uation findings in an elite
athletic population up Optom Vis Perf 2016 6; 4(3) 137-146
Smolyansky V, Morettin CE, Hitzeman SA, Beckerman SA, Test retest reliability of the King Devick
test in elite Junior Olympic athletes Optom Vis Perf 2016 6; 4(3) 147-154
