The mission of the Vision Rehabilitation Residency program with an emphasis in Low Vision Rehabilitation is to provide qualified post-doctoral optometric graduates with advanced clinical experiences and knowledge in all aspects of low vision rehabilitation through direct patient care in multi-disciplinary clinical settings. The residency involves the management of patients with visual impairment including central and peripheral field loss, brain injury, and multiple impairments with optical devices, assistive technology, and specialty contact lenses, as indicated. Additionally, the residency program will promote the development of life-long learning skills by engaging in didactic and scholarly activities that will enable residents to provide high quality patient-centered care throughout their optometric career. Residents who complete the program are prepared to provide advanced clinical care and serve as educators and leaders in low vision rehabilitation.

Founded in 1981, the University of Houston College of Optometry Residency Program in Vision Rehabilitation with an emphasis in Low Vision Rehabilitation is a one-year advanced training program designed to enhance the resident's clinical skills and knowledge base in low vision, brain injury rehabilitation, primary care and patient management through direct patient care, self-study and scholarly pursuits. The Residency program has one position available. The primary clinical experiences take place at the University Eye Institute and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX. The program also provides opportunities to rotate through rehabilitation hospitals, non-profit clinics, occupational therapy offices and ophthalmology practices. Residents will encounter and manage advanced visual impairment including central and peripheral field loss, brain injury, and multiple impairments and will prescribe optical devices, assistive technology, and specialty contact lenses, as indicated. Residents participate in ocular emergency triaging and care and interact with various optometric and ophthalmological subspecialists as well as occupational therapists within and external to the University Eye Institute. In addition, Residents have the opportunity to participate in the teaching and training of optometry students through assignments as clinical instructors, grand rounds participants, seminar lecturers, and laboratory assistants.