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Why ICO?
ICO has a depth of faculty expertise and excellence that is unique among colleges of Optometry. I am fortunate to teach and practice amongst this group of specialists.
Biography
Dr. Flynn Roberts received her Doctor of Optometry degree from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1991. The following year she completed a residency in Binocular Vision and Pediatrics at the Illinois Eye Institute. She joined the clinical education faculty in 1992 and has been an educator in the Primary Care service of the Illinois Eye Institute since that time. From July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000 she was a Visiting Research Specialist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Ophthalmology. During that time she completed a Fellowship in Hereditary Retinal disease and Visual Electrophysiology under Gerald A. Fishman, M.D.
Dr. Flynn Roberts is currently the Coordinator of the Electrophysiology Service. She has authored peer-reviewed articles about inherited retinal diseases and has presented research in visual electrophysiology at national and international scientific meetings. Dr. Flynn Roberts is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and was a former Faculty/Student Liaison for ICO and Chair of the Faculty/Student Liaison Committee of the AAO. She has also been an officer in the Illinois State Chapter of the AAO. Additionally, Dr. Roberts has been active in her community having served on the Board of Governors of the River Forest Community Center, as the President of the Family and School Association and President of the Athletic Committee of St. Luke School in River Forest, IL.
Special Interests
My specialty is Visual Electrophysiology. My research involves visual electrophysiology and inherited eye diseases. My professional interests are the above as well as unexplained vision loss.
Education
B.A., Miami University
B.S., O.D. Illinois College of Optometry
Experience
1992-Present Illinois College of Optometry
1999-2001 University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
Awards & Honors
2006 ICO Clinical Teacher of the Year
Professional Organizations
Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Member, International Society Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)
Member, American Optometric Association
Member, Illinois Optometric Association
Publications
Roberts DK, Newman TL, Roberts MF, Wilensky JT. Remnants of the Anterior Tunica Vasculosa Lentis and Long Anterior Lens Zonules. J Glaucoma. 2013 May 23. [Epub ahead of print]
Lin RC, Benevento J, Flynn Roberts M, Grassi MA, Hariprasad SM. Autoimmune retinopathy in a patient with multiple sclerosis. Submitted to Br J Ophthalmol, June, 2008
Flynn Roberts, M, Book Review. Nutrition across the Life Span. Optom Vis Dev, 2007; 38(4)150.
Fishman GA, Flynn Roberts M, Derlacki DJ, Grimsby JL, Yamamoto H, Sharon D, Nishiguchi KM, Dryja, TP. Novel mutations in the cellular retinaldehyde binding protein (CRALBP) gene (RLBP1) associated with retinitis punctata albescens: evidence of interfamilial genetic heterogeneity and fundus changes in heterozygotes. Arch Ophthalmol, 2004; 122:70-75.
Flynn Roberts M, Book review. Primary care of the posterior segment, third edition. Am J Ophthalmol, 2003; 136(4)788.
Flynn Roberts M, Fishman GA, Roberts DK, Heckenlively JR, Weleber RG, Anderson RJ, Grover S. Retrospective, longitudinal and cross-sectional study of visual acuity impairment in choroideremia. Br J Ophthalmol 2002; 86: 658-662.
Flynn MF, Fishman GA, Anderson RJ, Roberts DK. Longitudinal study of visual acuity change in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. RETINA, Dec 2001;21(6):639-646.
Roberts DK, Flynn MF, Gable EM. Anterior chamber angle anomalies associated with signs of pigment dispersion in a group of black probands and their first-degree relatives. Optom Vis Sci 2001;78:133-141.
Flynn Roberts, MF. Retinopathy: Melanoma-Associated and Cancer-Associated Retinopathy: Two Visual Paraneoplastic Syndromes the Optometrist Should Know About. Journal of the Illinois Optometric Association 2001;59(2):17.
Roberts DK, Ho LA, Beedle NL, Flynn MF, Gable EM. Heritage characteristics reported by a group of African-Americans who exhibit the pigment dispersion syndrome: a case-control study. Doc Ophthalmol 2000;101:179-93.
Rouse MW, Borsting E, Hyman L, Hussein M, Cotter SA, Flynn M, Scheiman M, Gallaway M, De Land PN (CIRS), Frequency of convergence insufficiency among fifth and sixth graders, Optom Vis Sci 1999; 76:643-649.
Flynn MF, Bohnert D, Fundus albipunctatus and other flecked retina syndromes, J Am Optom Assoc 1999;70:571-80
Russo PA, Flynn MF, Vieth J. Congenital ocular motor apraxia, Optom Vis Sci 1995; 72:925-930.
Flynn MF, Hosek DK. Ophthalmic lenses - prescribing them for patients with ocular prostheses, Opt. Today, May 1995
(Reprinted in The Journal of the American Society of Ocularists, 1995-96, 25th edition)
Maino D, Flynn MF, Kofman J, Lai L. Ocular manifestations of Sotos' syndrome: J Am Optom Assoc 1994, 65:339-46.
