The Vision Initiative for Children (VIC) teaches, equips, and supports pediatric
primary care providers and their staff, school nurses, and Head Start to better screen the vision
of children ages 3, 4, and 5 with developmentally appropriate tests and procedures.
VIC's training modules include a face-to-face, on-site, interactive workshop.
For information call, Medical Director, Geoffrey E. Bradford, MD 304-598-6966.
Phoebe (child) receives vision screening and meets First Lady Gayle Manchin during the Imagination Library kick-off in Clay County on December 29, 2007.
Currently the VIC program is dormant and seeking funding in order to offer future screening programs. Past supporters include:
The Children's Eye Foundation
The Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation
Hazel Ruby McQuain Charitable Trust
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund
Sisters of St. Joseph Health and Wellness Foundation
Beckley Area Foundation
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
WV Lions Sight Conservation Foundation
Contact Information
Geoffrey E. Bradford, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist & VIC Medical Director
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Pediatrics
WVU Eye Institute
