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Aging Healthy with Your Eyes: Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, and Cataracts

Program Type:

Lectures

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Learn how to live a longer, Independent, and safer life by simply caring for your vision!

Please join us as leading eye surgeon, Archna Johar, M.D., F.A.A.O. discusses how the various stages of aging can affect our vision. We will talk about vision-threatening diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, and more. Dr. Johar will also share the importance of early diagnosis and treatment and how something as simple as your annual eye exam can help preserve and protect your vision.

Dr. Johar will also present new innovative technology and surgical techniques that allow patients to live longer, see better, and enjoy more active lifestyles.

Dr. Johar has received multiple prestigious distinctions and awards, including being recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor from 2021 to 2024, receiving Exceptional Women In Medicine awards in 2020-2023, and being featured in various regional guides such as Moffly Media Magazines, Connecticut Magazine, and New York Magazine as a Top Doctor in the years 2021 to 2024.

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 130.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Food Allergies

We cannot guarantee that food served at this program has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.