Kimberly Cockerham MD, FACS medical neuro-ophthalmology practice is closed to new patients at this time. Thank You!
The Graves’ Disease Foundation offers help and hope to patients with Graves’ Disease, Thyroid Eye Disease, and other thyroid-related disorders. The Foundation provides personalized service via phone/e-mail, an online community bulletin board, an annual patient conference, and local support groups. The Foundation also publishes periodic newsletters and provides free informational bulletins on its web site.
Avoid Computer Related Eye Strain
Kimberly Cockerham, MD
January 2011
Your Monitor Position and Settings are Crucial for Eye Comfort
Position the monitor 25" from your eyes (roughly the distance from your eyes to the end of your index finger with arm outstretched). Confirm your eyeglass prescription provides clear vision at this distance. Set the monitor height so that the top edge is even with your view when looking straight ahead, then tilt the screen upward so you are not looking at the image at an angle.
Set the monitor screen resolution (600x800) so that the text is easy to read
Set the monitor refresh rate to 75 hz or above (slower hz cause eye strain).
Minimize glare. The background light level = screen light level.
Keep documents at the same level as the monitor with mounted holder
Blink and Change Focus to Maintain Eye Health
Look away from the monitor for 20 seconds, every 20 minutes at something at least 20 feet away to allow the eyes to rest.
Maintain a normal blink rate of 20/min. You stop blinking when concentrating at the computer (average blink rate drops to 7/min)--this causes the eye surface (cornea) to dry out. A cornea causes blurred vision, tearing, irritation and even aching.
Consider adding drops especially in the winter; use preservative free eye drops 4 – 6 times per day in each eye to maximize comfort.
Dr. Cockerham was elected to the 2011- 2012
Best Doctors in America
Distinguished Service Award
American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2011
The Distinguished Service Award honors an individual or organization for ongoing notable service to ophthalmology and the Academy. The president has the honor of selecting the recipient of this award, who is then approved by the Board of Trustees. Recipients attend the Annual Meeting as guests of the Academy. Their attendance allows the Academy to formally present their award during the opening ceremonies.
Dr. Kimberly Cockerham honored as 2011-2012 CMUS Talk of the Town Award Recipient
762 Altos Oaks Drive, Los Altos, CA 94024: Cockerham, MD has been honored by Celebration Media, U.S. (CMUS) as one of its 2010 CMUS Talk of the Town Award Recipients in the category of top Ophthalmologists. This is the second year CMUS has honored companies with the prestigious Talk of the Town Awards.
The Talk of the Town Awards recognize a host of businesses and professionals who have been noted by their customers through multiple websites for their excellent customer service. The awards honor companies and professionals in the following categories: hospitals, dentists, accountants, physical therapists, veterinarians, optometrists, insurance, chiropractors, lawyers, financial planners, restaurants, bakeries, event centers, home improvement companies, florists, spas, salons and mortgage companies in addition to several other categories.
CMUS, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., is a strong consultancy firm specializing in the delivery of solutions for improved customer care and operational development. The company’s mission is to uncover the most highly rated businesses and spotlight their achievements in customer satisfaction. CMUS honors those companies that strive to provide the best in customer care. Together with its customers, CMUS designs long-term strategies to achieve the most advantageous venture performance. It plans, executes, incorporates and supports better customer care as a way to improve and achieve business growth. The company’s corporate training and public relations professionals are positioned to assist companies in overcoming their biggest challenges inside the organization and with customers.
2010 Senior Achievement Award of American Academy of Ophthalmology
Dr. Cockerham has recently been awarded Senior Achievement Award for her contributions made to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), its scientific and educational programs and to ophthalmology.
Bay Area 2010 Top Doctor and Dentist Award
Dr. Cockerham has been awarded top honor by Doctors Improving Health Care in partnership with NBC Bay Area recognized as the Best Ophthalmologist in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dr. Cockerham and her staff is proud to announce the launch of the new non-profit foundation
web site -
Let's Face It Together
A non-profit foundation committed to helping you and your family thrive.
The mission is to raise awareness and advance care by offering patients and their families - education, grants for medications, medical surgical services and information about cutting edge research protocols. Let's Face It Together is a public benefit corporation (non-profit) that is
committed to helping individuals and families achieve health despite health care challenges. Click here to visit Let's Face It Together Foundation web site
Dr. Cockerham has a featured video at EyeNet: The Nonsurgical Brow-Life: Pleasing Patients and Diversifying Practices
Eyelid surgery has long been one of the more popular plastic surgeries, but in recent years, oculoplastic surgeons have come to recognize the draw of the brow-lift, too.Kimberly P. Cockerham, MD, offers "liquid facelifts" with Botox and fillers in her practice in Palo Alto, California.
The Nonsurgical Brow-Lift: Pleasing Patients and Diversifying Practices
Eyelid surgery has long been one of the more popular plastic surgeries, but in recent years, oculoplastic surgeons have come to recognize the draw of the brow-lift, too. Click here to download the whole article (pdf).
Did you know Dr. Cockerham Spoke at the Recent Graves' Disease Foundation Annual Meeting in San Diego ?
Eye Care for Thyroid Eye Disease - My Personal Approach (pdf slideshow) Coming soon ...
Dr. Cockerham's Estore (www.yourskinspace.com) is now available for your use !
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Dr. Cockerham is currently involved in the following research studies:
1. Dr. Cockerham is currently recruiting patients over the age of 20 with Thyroid Eye Disease for a prospective clinical evaluation of serum markers for disease activity. Interested patients should contact: Dr. Stephanie Chan (DrChan@CockerhamMD.com)
2. Dr. Cockerham is also recruiting patients over the age of 40 with acute visual loss due to an eye stroke. Interested patients should contact: Dr. Stephanie Chan (DrChan@CockerhamMD.com)
3. The Department of Defense is now funding development of a neuro-protection device to be used at the time of blast injury for US troops. The novel eluting stent will also be studied as a tool to inhibit inflammation and fibrosis (scarring and dysfunction)
4. Dr. Kimberly Cockerham works with her husband Glenn, Greg Goodrich and a team of clinicians to study the effects of blast injury on vision and brain function.
NOTE: If you are interested in more information about any of these studies, please contact Dr. Cockerham at (650) 559-9150.
Fellow VA Vision Team Members, attached is a link to a recent interview at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Annual Meeting on the topic of occult ocular injuries after combat blast. The interview helps to increase public awareness of eye injury in this population, as well as TBI and PTSD. View the interview at:
Director Lisa Freeman and Drs. Cockerham and Goodrich receive the Olin Teague Award from VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich, at left, and Olin Teague's daughter Ms. Jill Cochran at the Cannon House Office Building.
WASHINGTON – Two researchers for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Palo Alto, Calif., were recognized with the Olin Teague Award for their research in vision issues that led to improved eye and vision injury examination techniques for Veterans.
"VA has identified these techniques as 'best practices' and now requires eye exams for all patients with traumatic brain injury at VA polytrauma centers," said VA Chief of Staff John Gingrich at the awards ceremony on Capitol Hill.
Gingrich presented Dr. Gregory Goodrich, research psychologist, and Dr. Glenn Cockerham, chief of ophthalmology, with the 2009 Olin Teague Award, a national award that recognizes contributions in an area critical to the rehabilitation and improvement in the quality of life of war-injured Veterans.
The doctors’ research began in 2004 when they noticed that soldiers and Marines who were exposed to combat blasts and who sustained traumatic brain injury often had visual disorders and eye injuries that sometimes went undiagnosed. Modern body armor offers improved protection against blasts, but the face remains relatively exposed.
Their research has wider implications for Americans who experience a traumatic brain injury each year whether from stroke, motor vehicle accidents, falls, assaults, or other causes.
"The impact of their research has extended well beyond the VA family to clinicians throughout the country," Gingrich said at the awards ceremony. "The result is that Veterans and non-Veterans alike whose injuries would have gone unnoticed and untreated just a few years ago can now receive the care they need to keep their sight."
The award is named in honor of the late Olin E. Teague, an Army war hero and Texas congressman of 32 years, who spent 18 years chairing the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Taste of the Harbor 2010 - Santa Cruz
EyeECO Masks
For those of you with dry eyes - and especially for those with sleep apnea and a need to where a CPAP device.
The Nonsurgical Brow-Lift: Pleasing Patients and Diversifying Practices
Calif., were recognized with the Olin Teague Award for their research in vision issues that led to improved eye and vision injury examination techniques for Veterans.
EyeECO Masks
