GP Lens Institute
FIRST in EducationThe educational resource for specialty contact lenses.
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The GPLI Eye Care Professional Membership gives you access to premier resources to help you advance your specialty contact lens practice. Your membership also supports the ongoing efforts of the GP Lens Institute. Membership renews on a calendar year basis. This can also make a wonderful gift!
List Your Practice on Our Locator
We maintain a database of U.S. eye care professionals who prescribe and fit specialty contact lenses. This list is used daily by consumers visiting our patient education website. Need to refer a patient? Or check to see if you are listed? Click here to use the locator. Apply below to be added to our database.
Featured Resources
Who We Serve
Students & Residents
We hold quarterly webinars that cater to students as well as provide resources such as lecture series, webinar archives, and informational literature.
Optometrists
We hold monthly webinars and quarterly COPE approved webinars that cater to eye care professionals and provide resources such as training materials and education on all types of specialty contact lenses.
Eye Care Professional Staff
We provide staff training materials, informational literature, laboratory resources, material lists, helpful links, and printed materials to elevate your contact lens practice.
Educators
We provide helpful resources an online curriculum for contact lens educators as well as quarterly webinars to share with your students. Educators get free GPLI ECP Membership.
Our Mission
The Gas Permeable (GP) Lens Institute is dedicated to providing the eye care community with unbiased education and practice-building resources to realize the full benefits and advantages of GP and custom soft contact lenses.
News
Saying Goodbye
By Dr. Ed Bennett, December 2024 It all started in the mid-1980s at a Paragon Vision Science Clinical Investigator’s meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. At dinner, prominent St. Louis contact lens specialist Dr. Frank Fontana was whispering to everyone (but me) about starting...
GPLI Announces New Executive Director
The GP Lens Institute is proud to announce that as of January 1, 2025 Jennifer Harthan OD, FAAO, FSLS will assume the role of Executive Director of the GP Lens Institute (GPLI). She will become the third Executive Director in the history of this organization and just the second since Dr. Ed Bennett – who announced his plans to retire this past June – assumed the role in January, 1988.
Upcoming Events
March 18 – COPE Webinar
“Orthokeratology Lens Design, Fitting, Evaluation, and Troubleshooting”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Jackson Lau
REGISTER
Apr 15 – ECP Webinar
“From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Building a Specialty Lens Practice that Stands Out”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Zachary Holland
REGISTER
Aug 7-9 – GPLI Cornea & Contact Lens Resident Symposium
Open to 2025-26 Cornea & Contact Lens Residents
Hosted at The Ohio State University College of Optometry
*By Invite Only*
Aug 8-10 – GPLI Specialty Contact Lens Symposium
Open to Fellows and Rising Stars
Hosted at The Ohio State University College of Optometry
*By Invite Only*
2025 Webinars
The complete 2025 webinar lineup is now available!
Bitoric / High Astigmatism
Includes lens calculators, the Mandell-Moore and Newman guides, FAQs on when and how to fits torics, and more.
Corneal Reshaping
A wealth of webinars on overnight ortho-k and myopia control!
Keratoconus / Post Surgical
Post-surgical FAQs and nine webinars dealing with irregular cornea.
Presbyopia / Multifocals
Includes the “Building Your Practice with GP Multifocals” guide, FAQ, grand rounds and 10+ archived webinars.
Scleral Lenses
20+ webinars, troubleshooting FAQ, help with insurance claims and sample patient education.
Soft Specialty Lenses
10 webinars on soft and hybrid specialty lenses.
Spherical GP Lenses
Includes the popular Click ‘n’ Fit interactive educational module, webinars, FAQ, troubleshooting, and more.
Rising Stars
AWARD CEREMONY
Congratulations 2025 award winners!
Awards were presented January 18, 2025 at the Rising Stars reception following the Global Specialty Lens Symposium at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Click on each winner for more info about them, the award, and a video of the presentation.
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