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International Examination and Certification Board

COVD offers optometrists and vision therapists the opportunity to become certified in vision development and vision therapy.   The Board certification process is administered by the International Examination and Certification Board (IECB).  The IECB process includes a rigorous evaluation of the eye care professional's knowledge and abilities in providing developmental and behavioral vision care for patients. 

Optometrists and therapists must members of COVD to become certified.  Join COVD

Certifications
FCOVD, FCOVD-I
Optometrists who successfully complete their certification process are Board Certified in Vision Development and Vision Therapy and are designated Fellows of COVD (FCOVD). FCOVD-I denotes an International Fellow.

FCOVD-A
The additional designation refers to clinical and research oriented optometrists certified as Fellows of COVD who practice within the academic arena.

COVT, COVT-I
Vision therapists are certified to work with COVD Fellows as Certified Optometric Vision Therapists (COVT). COVT-I denotes an International COVT.

2009-2010 International Examination and Certification Board (IECB)

Celia A. Hinrichs, OD, FCOVD; IECB Chair
Sudbury, Massachusetts

Efrain Castellanos Bahena, OD, FCOVD
Calexico, California

Leonard J. Press, OD, FCOVD
Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Israel Greenwald, OD, FCOVD
Staten Island, New York

Irwin B. Suchoff, OD, FCOVD-A
Kennesaw, Georgia

Catherine A. Kennedy, OD, FCOVD
Woburn, Massachusetts

Terri L. Vasche’, OD, FCOVD
Silverton, Oregon

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