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Lynn D Greenspan OD, PhD, FAAO, Diplomate PH/EV, FNAP

Professor

ldgreens@uab.edu
HPB 513

(205) 975-1727

Teaching/research interests: Acquired Neurological Vision Impairment

Office hours: By appointment

Education:

  • OD, State University of New York (SUNY), College of Optometry
  • PhD, Salus University

Dr. Greenspan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO) and a Diplomate in Public Health and Environmental Vision (PH/EV). She is also a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (FNAP) and has contributed to national optometric education through her service on the Associated Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) Interprofessional Education Committee. In addition, she serves on the American Optometric Association’s Evidence-Based Optometry (EBO) guideline development committee, supporting efforts to advance high-quality clinical practice standards.

Before joining the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, Dr. Greenspan was a faculty member at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University. Her teaching portfolio included ocular motility, optics, interprofessional management of acquired brain injury, and selected topics in vision science, perception, and psychophysics.

Clinical Specialty/Areas of expertise: Clinical experience includes providing vision assessment and rehabilitation for patients with diplopia and neurological vision impairment in the Rehabilitation Hospital.

Research interests: Interests include ocular motor assessment and management of restrictive ocular motility disorders and development of new technologies for vision care in patients with acquired neurologic injury.

Research Projects:

  • 2022-2025 AAO Cochrane Eye and Vision project group, Ocular motor disorders in children and adults with mTBI: a scoping review. Co-Investigators: Jacqueline Theis, Angela M. Chen, Allegra P. Burgher, Lynn D. Greenspan, Andrew Morgenstern, Aaron D. Salzano, Tiong Peng Yap, Mitchell Scheiman, Tawna L. Roberts; Completed: 1.12.2025.
  • 2022-Current Head-Cancelled Virtual Reality for Rehabilitation of Ocular Cranial Nerve Palsies. Principal Investigator: (PI); Katelyn Jordan, OD, FAAO, Co-investigator: Kevin E. Houston, OD, MSc, FAAO, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD, Dipl. AAO; In progress.
  • 2022-Current: Xenon Virtual Reality-1: A Diagnostic Study: New Technology, Principal Investigator (PI) Lynn Greenspan.
  • 2018 Vergence Endurance Test: A Pilot Study for Concussion Biomarker: Principal Investigator: Chang Yaramothu, PhD, Tara Alvarez, PhD, Lynn Greenspan, PhD; Completed.
  • 2017 Saccadic Eye Movements as an Indicator in Lingering Post Concussion Symptoms: Principal Investigator: Lynn Greenspan, PhD, Co-investigator: Chang Yaramothu, PhD, Mentor Tara Alvarez, PhD; Completed.

Publications:

  • 2025 Human Trafficking: Hidden in Plain Site – The Role of Eyecare Professionals, Anna Maria Baglieri, Naureen Haroon, Lynn Greenspan, Jasmine Marino, Donna Gavin, Richard Meetz, Rachel Brackley, Deborah A. Getz, Cecilia Koetting, Bridgette Keener, Peg Achenbach, Melissa Barnett. Women’s Health SIG & Public Health/Environmental Vision Section. Poster Presentation; 2025 American Academy of Optometry, October 7-11, 2025, Boston, MA.
  • 2025 Bilateral Orbital Compartment Syndrome from Facial Trauma: Management of Visual Sequelae, Ryan Feng, BS, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; 2025 American Academy of Optometry, October 7-11, 2025, Boston, MA.
  • 2025 Susac Syndrome: A Rare Case of Autoimmune Microangiopathy and its Visual Sequelae, Daniel Hoffman, OD, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; 2025 American Academy of Optometry, October 7-11, 2025, Boston, MA.
  • 2025 Human Trafficking and its Covert Presentation in Optometric Practice: Hidden in Plain Sight, Deb Getz, PhD, Donna Gavin, JD Lt. (ret), Jasmine Marino, Advocate, Rachel Brackley, OD, FAAO, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD, Symposium Chair, Symposium Presentation; 2025 American Academy of Optometry, October 7-11, 2025, Boston, MA.
  • 2025 Decremental Fresnel Prism Treatment in a Patient with Diplopia Following Orbital Trauma, Ryan Fengn, BS, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Lauren White, OD. Poster Presentation; 2025 Optometry's Meeting | 5th World Congress of Optometry, June 25, 2025, Minneapolis, MN.
  • 2025 What Goes Up Can Come Down: Vision Rehabilitation for Vertical Gaze Palsy Following Artery of Percheron Occlusion, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; 2025 Optometry's Meeting | 5th World Congress of Optometry, June 25, 2025, Minneapolis, MN.
  • 2025 Scoping Review: Intervention for Ocular Motor Disorders in Children and Adults With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Angela M. Chen, Allegra P. Burgher, Aaron D. Salzano, Lynn D. Greenspan, Tiong Peng Yap, Jacqueline Theis, Mitchell Scheiman, Tawna L. Roberts. Optom Vis Sci.; 2025 Feb 14. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000002237. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39951336.
  • 2024 Ocular Motor Sequelae in a Case of Primary Lateral Sclerosis and Differentiation from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lynn D. Greenspan OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; American Academy of Optometry, 2024 annual meeting; Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 2024 Head-Cancelled Virtual Reality for the Rehabilitation of Ocular Cranial Nerve Palsies: Early Results, Kevin E. Houston, Katelyn Jordan, Lynn Greenspan, Manarshjot Singh, Gang Luo. Poster Presentation; American Academy of Optometry, 2024 annual meeting; Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 2024 Skew Deviation: A Twist on Wallenberg Syndrome, Jessica Kaplan, OD, Lynn D. Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; American Academy of Optometry, 2024 annual meeting; Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 2023 A Proactive Approach to Visual Hallucinations: Outcomes of a Retrospective Study, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. ePoster Presentation; American Optometric Association, Optometry’s Meeting; Washington, DC, June 13, 2023.
  • 2023 Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: The Course of Visual Impairment and Recovery, Lauren White, OD, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PHD. ePoster Presentation; American Optometric Association, Optometry’s Meeting; Washington, DC, June 13, 2023.
  • 2023 Visual Recovery of Charles Bonnet Syndrome Following Hypoxic Brain Injury: A Case Report, Michael Leff, MD; Mithra B. Maneyapanda, MD; Lynn D. Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; AAPM&R November 15-19, 2023.
  • 2023 Guillain-Barré Syndrome: One Disease with Multiple Presentations, Elizabeth Lyter, BS; Lauren White, OD; Lynn D. Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; Pennsylvania Optometric Association, Spring Congress in Gettysburg, PA; April 1,2023.
  • 2023 Ocular motor disorders in children and adults with mTBI: a scoping review protocol; Jacqueline Theis, Angela M. Chen, Allegra P. Burgher, Lynn D. Greenspan, Andrew Morgenstern, Aaron D. Salzano, Tiong Peng Yap, Mitchell Scheiman, Tawna L. Roberts. BMJ Open. 2023 Oct 19;13(10):e073656. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073656.
  • 2023 Early Vision Assessment of Acquired Brain Injury in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility; and Interviews with Occupational Therapists Processed Using Artificial Intelligence: Lauren White, OD, Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; American Academy of Optometry, 2023 annual meeting; New Orleans, LA.
  • 2023 Comprehensive Adult Eye and Vision Examination, 2nd ed., The American Optometric Association (AOA) Evidence-Based Optometry Guideline Development Group: Dunn, J.; Faimon, D.; Greenspan, L.; MacDonald, T.; Masihdas, DK; Urbanski, C.; Sharma, M.; Welch, RM; Sacco, A.; Roth, JM; Newman, CD; Morgenstern, A.; Miller, SC; St. Louis, MO.
  • 2022 The Effects of Long Haul COVID-19 on Vision; Similarities to Post -Concussion Vision Symptoms and Findings: Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; American Optometric Association, Optometry’s Meeting; Chicago, IL, June 18, 2022.
  • 2021 Case Series: Periodic Accommodative Fluctuations after Concussion: Houston, KE, McDaniel CE, Greenspan LD, Tirandazi P. Optometry and Vision Science: December 2021, Volume 98, Issue 12, pgs. 1387-1393, doi: 10.1097/OPX.0000000000001810.
  • 2021 Practice Guideline/Clinical Report: Myopia Management; The American Optometric Association (AOA), Evidence-Based Optometry Guideline Development Group.
  • 2020 Cerebral Visual Impairment: Effective Rehabilitation for the Vision Consequences of Gerstmann Syndrome. Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. Poster Presentation; American Academy of Optometry, 2020 annual meeting; Nashville, TN.
  • 2020 Primary Eye Care of the Pediatric Patient. The American Optometric Association (AOA) Evidence-Based Optometry Guideline Development Group: Adamczyk, DT; Amos, JF; Barker, F; Casella, BP; Chous, LM; Greenspan, LD; Grover, LL; MacDonald, TR; Marsden, HJ; Masihdas, DK; McAllister, BD; Rittenbach, TL; Urbanski, C; Miller, SC; Kneib, BA. St. Louis, MO. Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination. Optometric Clinical Practice. 2020; 2(2). https://doi.org/10.37685/uiwlibraries.2575-7717.2.2.1007
  • 2019 Vergence Endurance Test: A Pilot Study for a Concussion Biomarker. Yaramothu, C.; Greenspan, LD; Scheiman, M.; Alvarez, TL. J Neurotrauma. 2019 Jul 15;36(14):2200-2212. doi: 10.1089/neu.2018.6075; Epub 2019, Mar. 28.
  • 2019 Relationship between Mitochondrial Disease and Ocular Motor Dysfunction in a Teenager with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Lynn Greenspan, OD, PhD. American Academy of Optometry, 2019 annual meeting; Orlando, FL.