Dr. Moore’s career as a pediatric optometrist has been devoted to studying the vision problems and therapeutic options for young children. His optometric career began at the Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Ophthalmology and the Harvard Medical School, where he practiced, taught, and carried out his research interests in pediatric eyecare for 22 years. Dr. Moore assumed the position of the Marcus Professor of Pediatric Studies at the New England College of Optometry in 1997 and served as a Department Chair for over a dozen years. Dr. Moore has published over 250 papers, posters, chapters, and two textbooks on a variety of subjects in pediatric optometry. His text, Eye Care for Infants & Young Children, published in 1997, became the standard textbook in pediatric optometry for students and practitioners for many years.
Dr. Moore has been involved in an array of clinical, research, and public policy efforts involving the vision of children. He has been a leader in efforts to develop broader, more rational, and more effective programs for vision care for children on local, state, national, and international levels. Dr. Moore is Co-Chair of the Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition and a member of the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health. He was a founding member and principal investigator in the National Eye Institute funded multi-center research study of vision screening of children, the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study, which aimed to develop an efficient and effective battery of vision screening procedures that are applicable to broad use in preschoolers throughout the United States, and in more recent phases of the study to evaluate the relationship between vision and learning in preschoolers.
He has been working on a number of international vision care projects (in Vietnam, Mongolia, Israel, Nicaragua, El Salvador, China, Philippines, India, South Africa, Ghana and throughout Europe) over many years, helping to further the development of optometric teaching, clinical care and research in collaboration with new and existing programs in the developing and developed world. Dr. Moore is a Professor Emeritus at the New England College of Optometry and remains active in his professional career.
Credentials
OD ’75, Massachusetts College of Optometry
BS, Biology, Boston University
Areas of Expertise
Professional Honors & Awards
2018 Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children’s Vision Award
2016 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, Prevent Blindness
2008 Honorary Fellow, Volunteer Optometric Service for Humanity International
2005 Andre Quamina Award for Outstanding Community Service, New England Eye Institute
2004 Editor’s Choice Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2000 Dupuis-Pellerin Award, “Faculty Member of the Year,” New England College of Optometry
1998 Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication, American Medical Writers Association,
“In recognition of the outstanding quality of the textbook “Eyecare for Infants and Young Children” in the Print Media Category.”
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Optometry (AAO), Binocular Vision and Pediatric Optometry Section
American Optometric Association (AOA), Chairman 1996-present
“…Responsible for writing and reviewing the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Care of the Patient with Hyperopia.”
Children’s Vision Massachusetts Coalition, Co-Chairman 1996-Present
Health Advisory Councils of Head Start programs in Boston, Haverhill, Lowell, Brockton Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Public Health School Health programs, Vision Care Consultant 2004-present
Massachusetts Governors Commission on Children’s Vision
National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Prevent Blindness America National Pediatric Eye Advisory Council and National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health
Academic Appointments
2018-present Visiting Professor Zefat Academic College Department of Optometry. Zefat, Israel
2017-present Visiting Professor Hanoi Medical University Departments of Optometry and Ophthalmology, Hanoi, Vietnam
2010-2015 Visiting Fellow, Center For Vision in the Developing World, St. Catherines College, University of Oxford (UK)
2010-2011 Visiting Professor Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland New Zealand
2017-present Professor Emeritus, New England College of Optometry
2005-2017 Marcus Professor of Pediatric Studies, Graduate Studies Program, New England College of Optometry
2001-present Mentor and Professor of Pediatric Optometry Wenzhou Medical School China
2001-2012 Chair Department of Specialty and Advanced Care, New England College of Optometry
1997-2017 Marcus Professor of Pediatric Studies, New England College of Optometry
1994-97 Adjunct Professor of Pediatric Optometry, New England College of Optometry
1993-98 Clinical Assistant in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School
Publications
NCBI Publications ResearchGate Publications
Books and Monographs:
- Moore BD, Augsburger A, Ciner E, Cockrell D, Fern K. Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline for Hyperopia 12/98 American Optometric Association. 12/98 (revised 2003 and 2008)
- Moore BD. Eye Care for Infants and Young Children. Butterworth-Heinemann Publishing, Boston. 1997. Major text book on optometric care of infants and toddlers. 400 pages, with 20 contributors. [Recipient of the 1998 Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication from the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association.]
- Moore BD. The cause of treatment failure in patients with unilateral congenital cataracts. “Congenital Cataracts”. Editors: E Cotlier, S Lambert, D Taylor. Proceedings of the 1992 London Symposium on congenital cataracts. Medical Intelligence Unit. RG Landes Company. Austin TX. 1994.
- Moore BD. Change in refractive error of young children with unilateral congenital cataracts. “Congenital Cataracts”. Editors: E Cotlier, S Lambert, D Taylor. Proceedings of the 1992 London Symposium on congenital cataracts. Medical Intelligence Unit. RG Landes Company. Austin TX. 1994.
- Scheiman MM, Amos CS, Ciner EB, Marsh-Tootle W, Moore BD, Rouse MW. Optometric Clinical Practice Guideline for Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination 6/94 American Optometric Association. 6/94 (Revised 1998, 2002, 2008).