Nancy M. Mackowsky, OD, FCOVD, FNORA has been appointed as Chair of the Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association, International (NORA) Fellowship Committee, succeeding Derrick Tong, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FNORA, who will be stepping down from the position February 1, 2023. Dr. Mackowsky is a graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University of Health Sciences. […]

Dr. Mackowsky was again invited to moderate the 2022 NORA Fellowship Presentations session for this year’s fellow candidates working on completing the 3 levels of requirements needed for fellowship recognition.  She has served on the Fellowship Board after obtaining her own fellowship standing in 2017.  Each candidate was required to present a 12 to 20 […]

Dr. Mackowsky was invited to speak at this year’s NORA Clinical Skills, Level 3 (a.k.a Extended Concepts in Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation). “Spatial sense is the way we can establish a stable, constant relationship with our 3D surroundings. If a patient is not oriented in space at the subcortical level, then spatial organization, localization and identification […]

Thank you to the Fayetteville Brain Injury Support Group’s invitation to provide information about the field of neuro-optometry and how my clinic’s vision services can help those who still have unresolved issues secondary to a head injury. I enjoyed speaking about this topic and meeting the friendly faces over our Zoom meeting!