Benoît Tousignant OD, MSc, MPH est optométriste depuis 2000 (École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal). Il est diplômé du Pennsylvania College of Optometry (résidence en soins oculaires primaires, 2001), il a obtenu une maîtrise en sciences de la vision de l’ÉOUM (2005) ainsi qu’une maîtrise en santé publique (2008) de l'Université Harvard.

Il possède un bagage professionnel à l’international (Pays-Bas, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Vietnam) et une expérience clinique diversifiée (Inuits, pénitenciers, CHSLD, etc.). II s’intéresse à l’épidémiologie ophtalmique, aux populations marginalisées, aux questions de santé publique et communautaire ainsi qu’au développement de l’optométrie à l’étranger.

Il enseigne les soins oculovisuels de première ligne, l'épidémiologie et l'optométrie gériatrique. Il est également affilié comme professeur à l’École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM).  Ses intérêts de recherche incluent la santé visuelle des populations marginalisées et sous-desservies (Premières Nations, Inuit, itinérance, etc.).

- Ordre des optométristes du Québec

- Association des optométristes du Québec

- Association canadienne des optométristes

- American Academy of Optometry

- Responsable de programme, programme d'actualisation en optométrie (1-655-1-8)

- Directeur, certificat de 2e cycle de Résidence, option optométrie communautaire (2-655-1-2)

- Responsable de trois modules cliniques (Clinique universitaire de la vision): Regard collectif, optométrie gériatrique, clinique communautaire interne

- Professeur coordonateur, Comité de pairs-aidants en optométrie de l'UdeM (PAOUM)

- Membre de nombreux comités à l'ÉOUM

Publiées

2024

·     Harvey, AA*., Morjaria, P. & Tousignant, B. Harvey AA, Morjaria P, Tousignant B. Priorities in school eye health in low and middle-income countries a scoping review. Eye (Lond). 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-03032-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38565599.

·     Blais N, Tousignant B, Hanssens JM. Comprehensive Primary Eye Care: A Comparison Between an In-Person Eye Exam and a Tele-Eye Care Exam. Clin Optom (Auckl). 2024 Jan 5;16:17-30. doi: 10.2147/OPTO.S436659. PMID: 38197048; PMCID: PMC10775700.

·     Samuels, I., Hamm, L.M., Silva, J.C., Tousignant B., Furtado J, Goodman L, Watene R, Adams J, Ramke, HarwoodM. Use of the CONSIDER statement by eye health researchers when conducting and reporting research involving Indigenous peoples: an online survey. Eye (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02881-6

·     Dougnon A*, Tounkara FK, Guirou N, Bakayoko S, Maiga, Traore L, Traore J, Tousignant B, Kayentao K, Resnikoff S.  Fréquence des Erreurs de Réfraction en Afrique Subsaharienne Francophone: Revue Systématique et Méta-analyse de 1970 – 2020. Health Research in Africa.  (2024).

2023

• Tousignant, B., Chatillon, A., Philibert, A., Da Silva, J., Fillion, M., & Mergler, D. (2023). Visual Characteristics of Adults with Long-Standing History of Dietary Exposure to Mercury in Grassy Narrows First Nation, Canada. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(6), 4827. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064827

• Etty, M. C., Michaelsen, S., Yelle, B., Beaulieu, K., Jacques, P., Ettaleb, S., Samaha, D., Tousignant, B., & Druetz, T. (2023). The sociodemographic characteristics and social determinants of visual impairment in a homeless population in the Montreal area. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 114(1), 113–124. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00676-y

2022

• Dougnon A, Guirou N, Bakayoko S, Tounkara FK, Maiga S, Solo M, Melançon C, Traore L, Tousignant B, Kayentao K. Situation Analysis of Uncorrected Refractive Errors in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Countries. J Opthalmol Res 2022; 5 (1): 48-65 DOI:10.26502/fjor.2644-00240058
• Goodman, L., Black, J., Tousignant, B., Keay, L., Misra, S., Woodburn, S., Ramke, J. Primary eye health services for older adults as a component of universal health coverage: A scoping review of evidence from high income countries? A scoping review. The Lancet Regional Health West Pac. 2022; 00 100560 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100560
• Ramke, J., Evans, J. R., Habtamu, E., Mwangi, N., Silva, J. C., Swenor, B. K., Congdon, N., Faal, H. B., Foster, A., Friedman, D. S., Gichuhi, S., Jonas, J. B., Khaw, P. T., Kyari, F., Murthy, G. V. S., Wang, N., Wong, T. Y., Wormald, R., Yusufu, M., Taylor, H., Tousignant B., … Grand Challenges in Global Eye Health study group (2022). Grand Challenges in global eye health: a global prioritisation process using Delphi method. The Lancet. Healthy longevity, 3(1), e31–e41. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00302-0
• Blais N, Tousignant B, Hanssens JM. Tele-refraction in tele-eye care settings. Clin Exp Optom. 2022 Jan 30:1-9. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.2009736. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35094668.
• Yelle, B., Beaulieu, K., Etty, M. C., Michaelsen, S., Druetz, T., Samaha, D., & Tousignant, B. (2022). The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among the male homeless population of Montreal, Canada. Clinical & experimental optometry, 1–5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08164622.2022.2036578

2021 et antérieur

• Tousignant B, Brûlé J. Refractive error, risk of amblyopia and eye care services utilisation among Nunavik Inuit in Northern Canada, Clinical and Experimental Optometry 2021, DOI: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1993057

• Tousignant B, Brûlé J. Prévalence de pathologie oculaire et de déficience visuelle à Saint-Louis, Sénégal. Med Sante Trop. 2021 (accepté 14 juin 2021)

• Tousignant, B., Coulibaly, D., Brûlé, J., & Gresset, J. (2021). Corps étrangers oculaires : évolution des rôles professionnels et des coûts pour le régime de santé public du Québec. Canadian Journal of Optometry, 83(2), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjo.v83i2.4026

• Proulx V, Tousignant B. Drugs of abuse and ocular effects. Clin Exp Optom. 2021 Mar 15:1-12. doi: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1878852. PMID: 33722158.

• Tousignant B, Pearce MG, Brûlé J, Sikivou B, Nicholls G.  State of the eye health system in the Pacific: is medical technology available and used by mid-level eye care workers? Rural and Remote Health 2020; 20: 5109.

• Tousignant B, Garceau MC, Bouffard-Saint-Pierre N, Bellemare MM, Hanssens JM. Comparing the Netra smartphone refractor to subjective refraction. Clin Exp Optom. 2019 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/cxo.13003.

• Delpero WT, Robinson BE, Gardiner JA, Nasmith L, Rowan-Legg A, Tousignant B. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the periodic eye examination in children aged 0–5 years in Canada. Can J Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec;54(6):751-759.Co-published in Can J of Optom; 2019 Dec;81(4)

• Hudson C, Leong D, Loewen E, MacDonald D, Mandadakis K, Smit H, Tousignant B. Clinical Practice Guideline: Optometric Care of the Patient with Diabetes. Canadian Journal of Optometry vol 79, supp 2, 2017
• Tousignant, B. Optometric management of a third nerve palsy in a prison setting. Canadian Journal of Optometry vol 79 no 3., Sept. 2017
• Brûlé J, Tousignant B, Nicholls G, Pearce MG. An in-country model of workforce support for trained mid-level eye care workers in Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands. New Zealand Medical Journal. 2017 Aug 11;130(1460):83-86.
• Tousignant B, Brûlé J. Prévalence de pathologie oculaire et de déficience visuelle à l'Île de la Gonâve, Haïti.  Med Sante Trop. 2017 Aug 1;27(3):326-328.
• Brulé J, Tousignant B, Marcotte S, Moreau MC. Smoking and the eye: what Québec teenagers know and fear. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, April 2017

• Chekaiban S,* Lapointe E*, Litalien A*, Garon ML, Tousignant B. Évaluation de la connaissance des facteurs de risque de la myopie chez les parents d’enfants d’âge préscolaire. Journée scientifique annuelle du GSRV (Groupe de Recherche en Sciences de la Vision). Avril 2024

  Lebouthillier CM*, Hogue M*, Tousignant B, Garon ML. Mieux voir pour réussir : Niveau de connaissance et d'accessibilité des parents québécois (Groupe de Recherche en Sciences de la Vision. Avril 2024

• Dubé, V., Olazabal, J. O., Papillon-Ferland, L., Bolduc, A., Brodeur, C., Billeau, S., Delisle, C., Gosselin, J., Papadakis, A., Soulières, M. et Tousignant, B. Inter-vieillissement+ : Développer les compétences interprofessionnelles pour soutenir les aînés! Congrès International Francophone de Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Montréal. Sept 2023

  Duchesne A*, Binette C*, Tousignant B. Access to Emergency Appointments for New Patients in Quebec, Canada: A Simulated Patient Study.  American Academy of Optometry, New Orleans, USA. Oct 2023

• Harvey, AA, Morjaria P, Tousignant B. What's New In School Eye Health In Low-middle Income Countries? World Council of Optometry, Mlebourne, Australie, sept. 2023.
• Dubé, V., Olazabal, J. O., Papillon-Ferland, L., Bolduc, A., Brodeur, C., Billeau, S., Delisle, C., Gosselin, J., Papadakis, A., Soulières, M. et Tousignant, B. Inter-vieillissement+ : Développer les compétences interprofessionnelles pour soutenir les aînés! Congrès International Francophone de Gérontologie et Gériatrie, Montréal, sept 2023.
• Tousignant B, Chatillon A, Philibert A, Da Silva J, Fillion M, Mergler M. Visual Characteristics of Adults Exposed to Mercury in the Indigenous Community of Grassy Narrows, Canada. Paper presentation, American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, USA, October 2022
• Messier A, Barré V, Faucher C, Tousignant B. Barriers and facilitators to eye care for homeless adults in Montreal, Canada. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, USA, October 2022
• Small V, Nieuwenhof A, Renaud J, Tousignant B. Perception and attitudes of optometry students towards the homeless: impact of targeted theoretical and clinical training. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, USA, October 2022
• Buteau AS, Tousignant B, Michaud L. Evaluation of the Impact of Wearing Scleral Lenses on the Quality of Life of Subjects with Mild to Moderate Dry Eye Disease Compared to Standard Dry Eye Treatment. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, San Diego, USA, October 2022
• Jacques P, Ettaleb S, Druetz T, Etty MC, Tousignant B. Visual impairment, refractive error, ocular disease and eye care utilization among homeless women in Montreal, Canada. Oral presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Boston USA, Octobre 2021
• Beaulieu K, Yelle B, Etty MC, Michaelsen S, Druetz T, Samaha D, Tousignant B.  The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among the homeless population of Montreal, Canada. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, (congrès virtuel), USA, Octobre 2020
• Olazabal JI, Dubé V, Leroux T, Brodeur C, Mallet L, Tousignant B, Billeau S, Ménard A, Bolduc A. An inter-professional competency framework for health and social services’ personnel working with seniors and their caregivers: a new challenge in improving quality in the health and social services in the province of Quebec (Canada) International Congress in ageing communities development challenges, Castelo Branco, Portugal, November 2019

• Di Meglio-Lemieux V, Généreux-de Guise C, Brule J, Tousignant B. Musculoskeletal Disorders among Optometrists and the Level of Risk of Musculoskeletal Injuries Associated with Optometric Techniques. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, USA, October 2019

• Brule J, Tousignant B. Prevalence of Visual Impairment and Eye Disease in Canete, Peru. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, USA, October 2019

• Morin-Houde C, Larouche A, Renaud J, Tousignant B. Home-based Primary Eye Care Services: Interest and Barriers among Optometrists in Quebec Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, USA, October 2019

• Nardy, E, Bilotto L, Ho SM, Tousignant B. Challenges in the Implementation of the First French School of Optometry in the Caribbean Haiti , Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, USA, October 2019

• Tousignant B. Eye Health Services and Refractive Error among Nunavik Inuit. Poster presentation, American Academy of Optometry, Orlando, USA, October 2019

• Tousignant, B. Eye care for the homeless: first year of data from a mobile teaching clinic. Poster présenté à 6e Journée annuelle du Réseau-1 Québec, 13 juin 2019.
• Tousignant, B. Eye care for the homeless: first year of data from a mobile teaching clinic. American Academy of Optometry. novembre 2018, San Antonio, USA, affiche #185204
• Hanssens JM, Descôteaux C, Richard D, Tousignant B. Ordering spectacles online : how good are patients at taking measurements? American Academy of Optometry novembre 2018, San Antonio, USA. affiiche #185542
• Hanssens JM, Bouffard St-Pierre N, Garceau MC, Bellemare MM, Tousignant B. Comparing a new subjective self-refractive method to a conventional measure of refractive errors. American Academy of Optometry, affiiche #185237
• Charlebois A, Tousignant B, Messier C, Hanssens JM. Do visual acuity systems respect standards for illumination, luminance and contrast?. American Academy of Optometry novembre 2018, San Antonio, USA. affiiche #185345
• Tousignant B. Prevalence of visual impairment and eye disease in Miragoâne, Haïti.  Présentation par affiche, Congrès de l’Association canadienne en optométrie, Ottawa, juin 2017.