Dr. Richard Kavner, FCOVD is a leading author and clinician in the field of developmental and behavioural optometry. He has extensive experience from decades of providing advanced care to patients of all ages including; pediatric, special needs, concussions, strokes, and athletes.
Dr. Kavner graduated from the Massachusetts College of Optometry with a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Optometry. He also completed graduate studies at Queens College and the Gesell Institute of Child Development. He has contributed to many institutions, holding prestigious positions including working as Chief of the Optometric Clinic at the Fort Hamilton Army Dispensary. Additionally, he worked at many hospitals in various leadership and consulting positions. He was Chief of the Behavioral Vision Laboratory and chairman of many optometric institutions specializing in the fields of vision therapy, sports vision, binocular vision and perception.
Dr. Kavner has contributed greatly to many research projects and has published countless articles with his findings in various optometric journals on a vast range of topics. These include vision and school achievement, treating amblyopia with pleoptic therapy, optometry for the special needs community, and brain damage, just to name a few. He has published a book and lectured extensively on so many topics in the developmental and behavioral optometry field. He has won various awards and accolades for his tremendous contributions to optometry as we know it.
