Micaela Gobeille, OD, MS, FAAO, Dipl AAO LV

Credentials

Dipl AAO LV, Diplomate, Low Vision Section, American Academy of Optometry
Fellowship, Lions Low Vision Rehabilitation, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
FAAO, Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
Residency, Primary Eye Care, Vision Therapy, and Low Vision Rehabilitation, Northport Veteran’s Affairs Hospital
MS, Vision Science, New England College of Optometry
OD, New England College of Optometry

Areas of Expertise

Professional Honors & Awards

Research Awards
2020 Travel Grant Recipient, ARVO
2018 Allergan Resident Travel Fellowship, American Academy of Optometry
2017 Edward I. Goodlaw Student Travel Fellowship, American Academy of Optometry
2017 Minnie Flaura Turner Fund for Impaired Vision Award
2016 Beta Sigma Kappa Student Research Grant
2016 Envision-Atwell Award
2015 NIH T35 Research Training Fellowship

Clinical, Academic, & Extracurricular Awards
2018 William Feinbloom Low Vision Award, NECO
2018 Bill Mattingly Memorial Scholarship, El Paso Community Foundation
2018 Alumni Scholarship, NECO
2017 VOSH-ONE Student Grant Award, VOSH-ONE
2017 Beider Moral Obligation Scholarship, NECO
2017 Allard Compassionate Clinician Award, NECO
2016 Walmart Scholarship
2016 J. Pat Cummings Scholarship, American Optometric Foundation
2014-2018 Presidential Scholarship, NECO
2014-2018 Alumni Leadership Scholarship, NECO
2014-2018 Irving Fradkin Honorary Scholarship, NECO

Practice Locations

Boston Medical Center
Carroll Center for the Blind
NECO Center for Eye Care, Commonwealth

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Optometry (AAO), Diplomate
American Optometric Association (AOA)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Connecticut Association of Optometrists (CAO)
Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), Connecticut chapter

Research Interests

Low Vision

Publications & Presentations

• Gobeille M, Bradley C, Goldstein J, Massof R. Calibration of the Activity Inventory Item Bank: a patient-reported outcome measurement instrument for low vision rehabilitation. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021;10(6):12, https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.0.0.2748.
• Gobeille M, Patel S, Meltzer B, Fischer M. Evaluation of diplopia complicated by advanced visual field loss: A clinical application of luster testing. Optom Vis Perf 2020;8(3): 122-7.
• K Squier, M Gobeille. (2019) ‘Optical Principles and Magnification of Devices’ Low Vision Rehabilitation. Ridgeview Publishing.
• Gobeille M, Malkin A, Jamara R, Ross N. Utilization and abandonment of low vision devices prescribed on a mobile clinic, Optom Vis Sci 2018; 95: 859–864. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001267
• Gobeille M, Malkin A, Jamara R, Ross NC. Clinical outcomes of low vision rehabilitation delivered by a mobile clinic. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2018; 38: 193–202. doi: 10.1111/opo.12440