Janet Szlyk, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Low Vision Laboratory

University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
 

Research Interests

Vision and driving with BiOptic lenses.  Methods for assessing vision loss in retinal diseases; relationship between clinical tests of visual function and performance of everyday activities. 

Education

• Ph.D. 1988 Fordham University
  Experimental Psychology

• M.A. 1985 Fordham University
  Experimental Psychology

• B.A. 1983 Brown University
  Human Biology & Psychology

• A curriculum for training patients with peripheral visual field loss to use BiOptic amorphic lenses.
  Laderman, D. J., Szlyk, J. P., Kelsch, R., and Seiple, W. (2000) ( PDF*, 1.8 Mb )
• A Comparison of Driving in Older Subjects With and Without Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  Szlyk, J. P., Pizzimenti, C. E., Fishman, G. A., Kelsch, R., Wetzel, L. C., Kagan, S., and Ho, K. (1995). ( Microsoft Word, 224 Kb )
• Measuring the Effectiveness of BiOptic Telescopes for Persons with Central Vision Loss
  Szlyk, J. P., Seiple, W., Laderman, D. J., Kelsch, R., Stelmack, J., and McMahon, T. (2000)
  ( PDF*, 667 Kb )
• Driving performance in patients with mild to moderate glaucomatous clinical vision changes
  Taglia, D. P., Szlyk, J. P., Edward, D. P., and Wilensky, J. T. (2000). ( PDF*, 2.7 Mb )
• Development and assessment of a neuropsychological battery to aid in predicting driving performance. Myers, L., Szlyk, J. P., Wetzel, L., Zhang, Y., and Shapiro, R. (1999).
  ( PDF*, 2.4 Mb )
• Book Review : 'Driving with Confidence'
  ( PDF*, 466 Kb )
   

Also see "If you don't like the way I drive", by Paul Freeman, O.D.  [160 Kbs PDF format]