Patrick Quaid

Optometrist, FCOVD, PhD

Dr. Patrick Quaid founded VUE Cubed Vision Therapy Clinics out of his passion for visual rehabilitation, having suffered the consequences of a severe traumatic brain injury at age 8, so he knows first-hand what concussion can do to the academic potential of a child. He has served as President of the College of Optometrists of Ontario (January 2020 to January 2022). Dr. Quaid has published as a first author over 30 formal publications in both optometric and medical journals and/or textbook chapters on topics ranging from the effect of oculomotor dysfunction on reading efficiency in children to the effects of concussion on vision. He has also published on visual field issues related to glaucoma and the relationship between open angle glaucoma and perfusion pressure using scanning laser topography imaging methods. Dr. Quaid and Dr. Singman (MD PhD, Neuro-Ophthalmology) jointly received formal recognition from NORA (Award of Excellence in Research in Concussion, 2022) with Dr. Quaid also being awarded Le Prix Bastien (Vision Therapy Canada) in 2025 for his efforts in promotion of Optometric Vision Therapy in Canada. In addition to his training to as an Optometrist within the NHS Hospital Eyecare System in the UK, Dr. Quaid attained his PhD in Vision Science in 2006 from the University of Waterloo along with his post-doctoral year in 2007 (York University) and, subsequently, received his USA Neuro-Visual Rehabilitation Board Certification (FOVDR) Fellowship designation in 2011. Dr. Quaid makes it a priority to publish to show clinical translation of VT interventions to real life skills (i.e. reading in children) and receives ongoing annual funding from the Canadian federal government for doing so (10+ years). In mid-2020, he wrote to educate parents and teachers of children with learning difficulties on the importance of visual skills ‘Beyond 20/20’ (‘Learning to See is Seeing to Learn,’ over 25,000 copies sold). Dr. Quaid makes a point of showing videos of real cases in his lectures to illustrate how we can often make immediate and significant gains by realizing how powerful vision is, when functioning appropriately. In April 2022, Dr. Quaid was appointed by the Ontario Superior Court as an expert in neuro-visual rehabilitation, specifically in post-concussion syndrome (PCS) in a landmark case, which led to a $2.6 million settlement, mainly revolving around vergence based visual dysfunction (cited 22 times in LAT decisions). Dr. Quaid is also an Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserve and first Optometrist to be commissioned in the CAF as a Bioscience Officer.