Mark Menezes Curriculum Vitae

Academic qualifications

BSc (Hons) Optometry, University of Manchester 1988
Fellowship of the Australian College of Behavioural Optometrists 1992

Professional roles

Studying for Fellowship in Behavioural Optometry 1991-1993 specialising in treatment of dyslexia, dyspraxia, autistic spectrum, sports vision, acquired brain injury mentored by Professor Ed Howell, Melbourne, Australia, Graham Peachey OD, Wodonga, Australia, Hans-Peter Abel OD, Sydney, Australia, Mike Smith OD, Hobart, Australia.
Optometrist in Low Vision and Auditory Rehabilitation Unit, Leichhardt, NSW, Australia 1991-2.
Principal Optometrist in Mental Health Unit, Beechworth, VIC, Australia 1991-2.
Conference speaker in Visual Assessment of Dyslexia, Bristol, UK 1993.
Setting up dyslexia clinic in private practice in Newport, Shropshire, UK 1993-4 the practice winning ‘Eyecare Specialist Practice of the Year’ award for 1993-4.
Leader of a team of optometrists performing visual skills screening on young footballers at Lilleshall Football School of Excellence, Lilleshall, Shropshire, UK in 1994 including a young Michael Owen
Briefing, selecting and lecturing athletes prior to Sports Vision Screening at first Sports Vision Association Conference, Birmingham, UK 1994. (including England Commonwealth Games Badminton players and County squash and tennis players)
Part of a team of optometrists setting up a Learning Disability Clinic dealing with dyslexia and dyspraxia, University of Manchester Optometry School 1995-6
Lecturer in Behavioural Optometry, University of Auckland, New Zealand 2002.
Teaching in Binocular Vision Clinic, Optometry Clinic, University of Aston, UK dealing with dyslexia, dyspraxia, autistic spectrum, amblyopia and strabismus 2003-2014
Lecturer in ‘Visual Aspects of Mental Health Conditions’ at Institute of Psychoanalysis, Maida Vale, London 2007 meeting representatives of the Institute of Psychoanalysis and Moorfields Eye Hospital
Lecturer in ‘Visual Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation’ part of a Master’s degree in Brain Injury Rehabilitation at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham 2010-2012
Presentation on ‘Visual Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Evanston, Illinois, USA, April 2011 meeting a representative of the Illinois School of Optometry
Presentation to West Midlands Brain Injury Forum, Birmingham, UK on ‘Visual Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation’ Oct 2011.
Presentation to The Connected Group, a brain injury self-help group, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK on ‘Visual Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation’ 2012
Presentation of a case study of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, April 2012
Presentation at UKABIF 4^th Annual Conference on Visual Aspects of Acquired Brain Injury, Birmingham, UK. November 2012
Presentation at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Study Day on Visual Aspects of Acquired Brain Injury, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, July 2013
Presentation at ICBO International Behavioural Optometry Conference on Two Case Histories of Brain Injury Rehabilitation, September 2014
Poster presentation at ICBO, ‘A Neuro-Optometric Approach to Brain Injury as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Care Team’. September 2014
Presentation at Developmental Practitioner’s Conference, Wolverhampton on ‘Vision in the classroom’ September 2014 with Professor Julian Elliott as the other principal speaker
Presentation at Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School, Stourbridge, West Midlands on ‘Behavioural Optometry’ May 2015
Presentation at Midland Optical Society, Birmingham, ‘Prescribing for asthenopia, symptomology and prism prescribing in general optometric practice’ Nov 2015
Presentation at Optometric Education Meeting, Singapore ‘Neurodevelopmental Optometry: Brain Injury Rehabilitation’ Jan 2016
Presentation at National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ‘Neurodevelopmental Optometry: Brain Injury Rehabilitation’ Jan 2016
Presentation by Zoom to a Case Management Team on Visual Rehabilitation of Brain Injury Patients’ Aug 2020 organised by HeadFirst Specialists in Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Academic

Founder member of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists
Committee member of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists 2004 -2007
Member of Education Committee of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists, co-opted as required
Member of the Eye and Mind Society, an interdisciplinary group of Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, Orthoptists, Psychologists and Psychiatrists based at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and the Institute of Psychoanalysis, Maida Vale, London 2005-2008
Membership Secretary and Committee member of the Eye and Mind Society 2006-2007
Sessional lecturer Binocular Vision/dyslexia clinic University of Manchester 1996-1997
Sessional lecturer Binocular Vision/dyslexia clinic University of Aston 2003-2014
Visiting lecturer University of Birmingham 2010- 2012
Visiting clinician Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Brain Injury Unit, September 2012 to June 2015
Advising Clinician Special Care Unit, Newcastle Hospital, July 2013 to June 2015
Reviewer for ‘Vision Development and Rehabilitation Journal’
Member of Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association
Member of European Society of Optometrists
Member of Association of Optometrists
Member of the British College of Optometrists
Professional witness for Association of Ophthalmic Practitioners re behavioural optometry in medico-legal cases

Academic Papers

Acquired brain injury: part 1 Neuro-optometric rehabilitation Optometry Today 2013
Acquired brain injury part 2 Examining the patient with ABI Optometry Today 2013
Acquired brain injury part 3 Managing the patient with ABI Optometry Today 2013
Point/Counterpoint: Point: Office Vision Therapy Activities at Home are a Necessary Part of the Program Optometry & Visual Performance Vol 1/Issue 5 2013
A Neuro-Optometric Approach To Brain Injury As Part of a Multi-Disciplinary Care Team Poster Presentation ICBO Conference, Birmingham 2014