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About the Presenter

Dr. Eef van der Worp is an educator and researcher. He received his optometry degree from the Hogeschool van Utrecht in the Netherlands (NL) and has served as head of the contact lens department at the school for over eight years. He received his PhD from the University of Maastricht (NL) in 2008. He now runs his own research & education consultancy ‘Eye-Contact-Lens’ which is based in Amsterdam (NL). He is a fellow of the AAO, BCLA, and the SLS, a lifetime fellow of IACLE, and an honorary life member of the Dutch contact lens association ANVC. He has been on the education committee for the Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) since 2005, and is an advisor for a number of associations and other conferences. Dr. van der Worp is an adjunct assistant Professor at Pacific University College of Optometry (Oregon, USA), and an adjunct Professor at the University of Montreal University College of Optometry (CA), and he is lecturing extensively worldwide and is a guest lecturer at a number of Universities in the US, Europe, and Latin America.

About the Presenter

Dr. Gloria Chiu is an Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the USC Roski Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. She received her Doctor of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry and completed a residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at the Southern California College of Optometry, where she still serves as an adjunct faculty member. Her clinical interests include contact lens fittings and treatment for patients with ocular surface disease and irregular corneas. Her research interests include microbial contamination in contact lens-related solutions and effects of scleral lens wear on the ocular surface and optic nerve. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society, a member of the California Optometric Association, and serves on the Board of Directors at the Dry Eye Foundation. She was named one of America’s Best Eye Doctors by Newsweek and GP Practitioner of the Year by the Gas Permeable Lens Institute.

GP Lens Institute has received commercial support from Contamac, Acuity Polymers, Inc., Euclid Vision Corporation / Visionary Optics, X-Cel Specialty Contacts / Essilor Custom Contact Lens Specialists, and Visionary for this activity in the form of an unrestricted educational grant.

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