Education

SUNY College of Optometry, MS, 2002

SUNYCollege of Optometry, OD, 2002
Honors: Dean’s List, Beta Sigma Kappa, COVD

CUNY Brooklyn College, BA, 1997
Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List, Golden Key National Honor Society

Certification/Licensure

• 2005-Present: Paragon – Corneal Refractive Therapy

• 2003-Present: AO MONOPLEX Prosthetic Fitting Certification

• 2002-Present: New York State Optometric License and TMOD Certification

Clinical Appointments

• 5/08-Present: Associate Clinical Professor at the University Optometric Center of New York
  Extensive vision and eye health examinations in specialty clinics including ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, vision therapy and perceptual therapy.

• 7/03-5/08: Assistant Clinical Professor at the University Optometric Center of New York.
  Extensive vision and eye health examinations in specialty clinics including ocular disease, specialty contact lenses, vision therapy and perceptual therapy.

• 7/03-7/07: Attending: Assistant Clinical Professor at Ezra Medical Center
  An external clinical affiliate of the State University of New York College of optometry.  Extensive vision and eye health examination in the pediatric population specializing in vision therapy and perceptual therapy. 

• 7/03-7/06: Attending: Assistant Clinical Professor at Woodhul Medical Center
  An external clinical affiliate of the State University of New York College of Optometry.  Extensive eye health examinations; specializing in ocular disease, glaucoma management, pre- and post-operative cataract surgical care.

• 7/02-6/03: Cornea and Contact Lens Fellowship affiliation with the University  Optometric Center of New York.
  Extensive vision and eye health examinations with emphasis in specialty contact lenses including toric lenses, gas permeable lenses and prosthetic lenses.  Supervised fourth-year optometry interns in Contact Lens Clinic. In addition, worked with Eric R. Mandel, MD at Mandel Vision providing extensive vision and eye healthcare including pre- and post-op LASIK care.

Admitting Privileges

• 7/03-6/06: Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center

Teaching Experience

• 6/06-Present: Writer’s Workshop: for all residents affiliated with State University of New York

• 7/03-Present: First-Year Methods Procedures Laboratory Instructor

• 7/02-6/07: Contact Lens Laboratory Instructor

  • Teaching second-year interns fundamentals of assessment and procedures in soft contact lenses.

  • Teaching third year-interns fundamentals of assessment and procedures of gas permeable lenses.

• 7/02-Present: Contact Lens Review Lecture

  • Lecture review and preparation for second-year midterm and final: Contact Lens I

  • Lecture review and preparation for third-year midterm and final: Contact Lens II

Research

• 7/04-7/07: Acquired Brain Injury Retrospective Study Group: Co-Investigator

• 7/02-7/03: Ciba Vision Comparison of Soft Contact Lenses in Dry Eye: Principle Investigator

• 7/01-6/02: The Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus Study (CLEK). 

• Patient Recall: Develop procedures for enhanced patient retention.

• 7/01-6/02: Assistant coordinator for Dr. Kenneth Ciuffreda OD, PhD Amblyopia Study

• Summer 1999: NIH - T35 Summer Research Fellow for Dr. Kenneth Ciuffreda OD, PhD

Grants

• 2002-2003: Ciba Vision Research Grant $2,500

Activities

• Educational Policy Committee

• Dean Search Committee

• Committee on Admission

• Committee on Affirmative Action and Cultural Diversity

• Committee on Faculty Development

• Fellow, American Academy of Optometry

• Fellow, College of Optometrist in Vision Development

• Member, American Optometric Association

Honors/Awards

• ASCO – Summer Institute for Research

• ASCO – Summer Institute for Faculty Development

• Promising Inventor Award

• COVD

• Beta Sigma Kappa

• Dean’s Honor List

• Biocompatibles Eyecare Innovative Research Award – two years consecutively

• Foundation for the Development of Humanity Scholarship

Presentations

Patel H., Rutner D.  Pellucid Marginal Corneal Degeneration Associated with Keratoconus: A Case Series.  Presented at American Academy of Optometry October 2008 Annaheim CA.

Sherman J., Rutner D., Madonna R, Myopic Peripapillary Retinoschisis Without Macula Schiesis as a Potential Cause of Profound Vision Loss. Presented at American Academy of Optometry October 2008 Annaheim CA. 

Mandadakis N., Rutner D.,  A Case of Episcleritis and Corneal Endotheliitis in a Patient with Sarcoidosis. Presented at American Academy of Optometry October 2008 Annaheim CA. 

 N. Kapoor, I.B. Suchoff, K.J. Ciuffreda, E. Han, D. Rutner, S. Craig. Characteristics of Visual Field  Defects in Acquired Brain Injury: A retrospective Analysis. Presented at ARVO April 2008.

Nath S, Sherman J, Rutner D, Madonna R, Bass L. SD OCT Study in High Myopes Reveals 360 Degree Peripapillary Retinoschisis as a Novel Explanation of Blindness.  Presented at ARVO April 2008.

Kapoor, N, Ciuffreda KJ, Rutner D., Suchoff IB., Craig S, Han ME. Oculomotor Vision Therapy in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis.  Presented at American  Academy of Optometry October 2007 Tampa FL.
             
Rutner D., Madonna RJ., McLeod M., Beyer S., Nehmad L Inevestigation of Long-Time Patients of the Glaucoma Service at the University Optometric Center. I. Patient Demographics.  Presented at American Academy of Optometry October 2007 Tampa Florida.

Rutner D., Suchoff I, Ciuffreda KJ, Kapoor N, Han ME, Craig S.  Visual Field Defects in Acquired Brain Injury.  Presented at COVD October 2007 St. Petersburg Florida

Ciuffreda K.J., Rutner D., Kapoor N. Suchoff IB., Craig S, Han ME. Oculomotor Rehabilitation in Acquired Brain Injury Presented at ARVO May 2007

Madonna R, Nehmad L., Rutner D., Bathija B., Cuevas A., Correlation Between Visual Function and Glaucoma Severity in Patients with Moderate Open-Angle Glaucoma. Paper Presentation at American Academy of Optometry 2006 Denver Colorado.

Bauman M., Rutner D., Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type II (dense deposits disease): Case Report. Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Optometry 2006 Denver, CO

Ciuffreda KJ., Kapoor, N., Rutner, D., Suchoff IB., Han E., Craig S., Occurrence of Motor Dysfunction in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis. Presented as a Poster at ARVO May 2006 Ft. Lauderdale.

Han ME, Bell SB, Rutner D, Kapoor N, Ciuffreda KJ, and Suchoff IB. Medications Prescribed to Brain Injury Patients and their Effects on the Progress of Vision Rehabilitation: a Retrospective Analysis. Poster Presented at the College of Optometric Vision Development (COVD) Conference, Orlando, FL. November 2005.

Kapoor, N., Rutner, D., Ciuffreda KJ., Bell S., Han E., Suchoff IB., Occurrence of Ocular Disease in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis. Presented as a Poster at ARVO May 2005 Ft. Lauderdale.

Han E., Bell S., Rutner, D., Kapoor, N., Ciuffreda KJ., Suchoff IB. Medications Prescribed to Brain Injury Patients: A Retrospective Analysis. Presented as a Poster at ARVO May 2005 Ft. Lauderdale.

Madonna R., Rutner D., Bulwa G., Bilateral IOL Subluxation Secondary to Exfoliation Syndrome. Presented as a Poster at the American Academy of Optometry December 2004 Tampa FL.

Rutner D., Ciuffreda KJ., Soft contact Lenses to Improve Motor and Sensory Function in Congenital Nystagmus: A Case Study. Presented as a Poster at the American Academy of Optometry December 2004 Tampa FL.

Hooker P., Rutner D., FitzGerald D., Vricella M., Monocular Deprivation in an Identical Twin. Presented at American Academy of Optometry December 2002; San Diego, California.

Rutner D., Visual Feedback Training System for Young Children with Oculomotor Dysfunction. Presented at the Binocular Vision Perception, and Pediatric Optometry Section Symposium American Academy of Optometry December 2003 Dallas TX.

FitzGerald D., Hooker P., Vricella M., Rutner D., Monocular Deprivation in an Identical Twin. COVD Annual Conference. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 2002

Ciuffreda K.J, Rutner, D., A New and Objective Visual Feedback Oculomotor Training System Presented at American Academy of Optometry December 2001; Philadelphia, PA.

Publications

Han ME, Craig S, Rutner D., Ciuffreda KJ, Kapoor N, Suchoff IB. Medication Prescribed to Brain Injury Patients: A Retrospective Analysis. Optometry 2008.

Craig S, Kapoor N, Ciuffreda KJ, Suchoff IB Han ME, Rutner D. Profile of Selective Aspects of Vsual Symptomatic Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study.  Journal of Behavioral Optometry 2008; 19(1) 3-6.

Ciuffreda KJ, Rutner D, Kapoor N, Suchoff IB, Craig S Han ME, Vision Therapy for Oculomotor Dysfunctions in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis Optometry 2008; 79(1) 18-22.

Rutner D., Prescribe Appropriate Care System Based on Lens, History and Ocular Health Primary Care Optometry News 2007

Rutner D, Kapoor N, Ciuffreda KJ, Han ME, Craig S, Suchoff IB. Frequency of Occurrence and Treatment of Ocular Disease in Symptomatic Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury: A Clinical Management Review. Journal Behavioral Optometry 2007 18(2)

Rutner D., Madonna R.J., Spontaneous, Bilateral Intraocular Lens Dislocation in a Patient with Exfoliation Syndrome, Optometry 2007;78(5) 220-224.

Han ME, Craig S, Rutner D., Ciuffreda KJ, Kapoor N, Suchoff IB., Medication Prescribed to Brain Injury Patients: A Retrospective Analysis. In Review Optometry

Suchoff IB., Kapoor N., Ciuffreda KJ., Rutner D, Han ME, Craig S., The Frequency of Occurrence, Types, and Characteristics of Visual Field Defects in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis In Review Optometry

Ciuffreda KJ, Rutner D, Kapoor N, Suchoff IB, Craig S Han ME, Vision Therapy for Oculomotor Dysfunctions in Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis In Review Optometry

Craig S, Kapoor N, Ciuffreda KJ, Han ME, Rutner D, Suchoff IB, Profile of Selective Aspects of Visual Symptomatic Individuals with Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study In Press Journal of Behavioral Optometry

Ciuffreda K.J., Kapoor N., Rutner D., Suchoff I.B., Han M.E., Craig S., Occurrence of Oculomotor Dysfunctions in Acquired Brain Injury: A retrospective Analysis. Optometry 2007; 78(4) 155-161.

Rutner, D., Kapoor, N, Ciuffreda, K.J., Suchoff, I, Craig S., Han M.E. Frequency of Occurrence of Ocular Disease in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis, Brain Injury
2006 20(10):1079-86.

Rutner D., Ciuffreda K, J.  Soft Contact Lenses to Improve Motor and Sensory Function in Congenital Nystagmus; A Case Study. J. Behavioral Optometry 2005:16(1) pg 17-20.

Hooker P. J., FitzGerald D. E., Rutner D and Vricella M., Monocular Deprivation in an Identical Twin. Optometry 2005 76(10) pg 579-587.

Rutner, D., Ciuffreda, K.J., Visual Feedback Oculomotor Training System for Young children, Journal of Behavioral Optometry, J Behavioral Optometry 2002, 13 (4) p91-98.

Book Chapters

Bartolone A., Rutner D., "Quantification of Refractive Error." in: Duckman RH ed. Visual Development Diagnosis and Treatment of the Pediatric Patient. Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. 2006 pg. 244-259.

Ciuffreda, K.J., Tannen, B., Rutner, D., "Multi-sensory feedback therapy for oculomotor dysfunction." in: Hung GK, Ciuffreda KJ, eds. Models of the Visual System. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, 2002, 741-769.

Lectures

• Rutner D. What's New in Contact Lenses. Presented at Optometric Education Series October 2007, New York

• Rutner D., Greater Success with Soft Contact Lens Fitting. Cope #12711-CL Presented at Envision Continuing Education Series, December 2005, New York.

• Rutner D., RGP Fitting. Cope #12711-CL Presented at OSCONY, Continuing Education Series, December 2004, New York.

• Rutner D., Greater Success with Soft Contact Lens Fitting. Presented at OSCONY, Continuing Education Series, October 2003 New York.