Faculty and Staff - Optometry (B.Optom)

Laura Sitbon is a certified Orthoptist PhD-c with extensive experience and accomplishments in both academia and the industry. She obtained her Bachelor's degree in Orthoptics from Paris 6 University (France), followed by a Master's degree in Rehabilitation and Medical Engineering from the same university. Later, she continued her Doctorate in Vision Sciences at Bar-Ilan University.

During her Master's degree, Laura Sitbon developed a psychophysical Follow-up protocol for assessing anisometropic adult amblyopia. In her PhD research, she focused on binocular fusion disorders and fundamental visual processing. Her work has been published in prominent scientific journals and presented at conferences.

Currently, Laura Sitbon serves as a lecturer in occupational optometry and the visual perception laboratories for the Department of Optometry at Hadassah Academic College.

Her research centers on binocular vision disorders and their impact on visual processing, low-vision rehabilitation, and functional vision assessments. Additionally, she acts as a research coordinator for clinical studies in collaboration with the optical industry (Shamir Optical Ltd)