Kara Crumbliss, OD

Dr. Crumbliss received her optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2003 and completed a residency in Low Vision and Ocular Disease at the ICO and the Deicke Center for Visual Rehabilitation in 2004. Upon joining the faculty of the Illinois College of Optometry on a part-time basis in 2004, she also began practice as a Low Vision Consultant with The Chicago Lighthouse. Dr. Crumbliss enjoys teaching students through their observation of her education of patients about their eye conditions and the relation to the patients function. This connection with patients is what inspired her practice of low vision rehabilitation and the teaching of students and residents followed suit. Dr. Crumbliss lectures to patient groups and students and residents in optometry and ophthalmology regularly. Her goal is to help individuals with vision loss find strategies, devices and technology to assist them in living with vision loss and to to ensure patients receive prompt diagnosis and treatment to minimize their vision loss.