Impact of a Social Worker in a Glaucoma Eye Care Service: A Prospective Study

Lisa A Hark¹, Malika Madhava¹, Anjithaa Radakrishnan¹+8

• ¹Lisa A. Hark, PhD, RD, is professor of ophthalmic sciences, administrative director of Jonas Children's Vision Care, and director of the Clinical Trials Unit, Irving Medical Center, Columbia University, 635 West 165th Street, Mailbox 10, New York, NY 10032; e-mail: lah112@cumc.columbia.edu. Malika Madhava, BS; Anjithaa Radakrishnan, BS, are medical students, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Catherine Anderson-Quiñones, BM, is study coordinator, Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. Debra Robinson, MSS, LSW, is a medical social worker, Generations Life Care, Chadds Ford, PA. Jennifer Adeghate, MD, is resident physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Stephen Silva, MD, is orthopedic resident (surgery), Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Tingting Zhan, PhD, is a biostatistician, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Division of Biostatistics, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Tomilade Adepoju, MD, is medical doctor and ophthalmology resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY. Yatee Dave, BA, is a medical student, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway Township, NJ. Scott J. Fudemberg, MD, is ophthalmologist and glaucoma specialist, Glaucoma Research Center, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia.