The European Baseball Coaches Association is holding its annual EBCA Convention from November 7 to 9 in Prague, Czech Republic. The Best Western Premier Hotel Majestic Plaza is hosting the convention. Mister-Baseball.com as usual is going to introduce the speakers at the baseball clinic:
EBCA 2014 – Prague Speakers
Dr Daniel Laby
Dr. Laby has been trained in Ophthalmology and specializes in Sports Vision as well as Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Dr. Laby attended the George Washington University School of Medicine, receiving his medical degree in 1987. He completed his residency in 1992 and a fellowship at UCLA in 1993. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Laby has served as staff ophthalmologist for several professional sports teams including the LA Dodgers, NY Mets and LA Kings (NHL Hockey) as well as the St Louis Cardinals.
Dr. Laby also worked with the US Olympic team prior to the Beijing Olympics. Currently, Dr. Laby works with the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Cleveland Indians Professional baseball teams and advises the Boston Celtics Professional basketball team. Each year he screens the players at their respective training camps. In addition to performing a routine eye examination on each player, he evaluates several visual functions that are specifically important to sports performance.
Dr. Laby is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and is a full member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He has authored many journal articles, textbook chapters, and is the co-author of Dictionary of Ophthalmology. He founded the international email list-serv community in sports vision and serves as it’s moderator. Dr. Laby has been featured on Fox News as well as over a dozen national and local television and radio stations, as well as newspaper articles. Recently, Dr. Laby’s work was featured in Sports Illustrated as part of a series on Sports Medicine.