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Florida Governor Jeb Bush Visits With NovaVision™ at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Prior to therapy, I was extremely uncomfortable in crowded places such as a supermarket, a cocktail party, a large restaurant, etc. Currently, I am able to shop or enter a congested area without fear of colliding with someone.

- Dr. Stanley Lorber, VRT™ patient

05/15/2006

05/15/2006 » Today, Governor Jeb Bush met with NovaVision™ at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute to learn more about benefits gained by patients who complete NovaVision™ VRT™ Vision Restoration Therapy™ (VRT™). NovaVision's president and CEO Navroze Mehta was joined by Dr. Jose Romano, neurologist at University of Miami, to detail the science of neuroplasticity, how VRT™ works and to introduce a VRT™ patient to Governor Bush. Dr. Romano was joined by Dr. Byron Lam, neuro-ophthalmologist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, with whom he is working in offering VRT™ to patients in Florida and nationwide.

NovaVision™ was honored to also have in attendance VRT™ patient Dr. Stanley Lorber, an 88 year-old Florida resident who had a stroke six years prior to starting VRT™. Dr. Lorber shared with Governor Bush how VRT™ is improving his day-to-day life and since performing the therapy he has experienced a 20% increase in his vision. Comments made by Dr. Lorber include, "Prior to therapy, I was extremely uncomfortable in crowded places such as a supermarket, a cocktail party, a large restaurant, etc. Currently, I am able to shop or enter a congested area without fear of colliding with someone."

Dr. Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami; Dr. Carmen Puliafito, Chairman of Bascom Palmer; Dr. Pascal Goldschmidt, Dean of the Miller School of Medicine; and other university officials were also in attendance to learn about NovaVision™ and its benefits to patients at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and University of Miami as well as 30 other NovaVision™ Partner Centers nationwide.