Advisory Board
GP Lens Institute
Roxanne Achong-Coan, OD, FAAO, FIOAMC, FSLS
Dr. Roxanne Achong-Coan is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry and completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at the Pacific University College of Optometry. She is in private practice at Coan Eye Care in Ocoee, Fla. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, fellow of the International Academy of Optometry and Myopia Control, and a fellow of the Scleral Lens Society. She was honored as the “Contact Lens Innovator of the Year” by Vision Monday magazine and was awarded “Best Practices” by Coopervision. She is also on the advisory board for Modern Optometry.
Tiffany Andrzejewski, OD, FAAO
Dr. Tiffany Andrzejewski graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2010. Following graduation, she completed a post-doctoral residency in Cornea and Contact Lens management at Indiana University where prior to her joining Chicago Cornea Consultants, she served as a clinical faculty member. Her clinical work is dedicated exclusively to specialty contact lenses and surgical co-management. Dr. Andrzejewski’s special areas of interest include the management of dry eye, keratoconus, and other cornea and contact lens related issues, as well as scleral contact lenses. She is one of the top Eyeprint Pro prosthetic scleral lens fitters in the United States. In addition to caring for her patients, Dr. Andrzejewski also lectures on various contact lens topics and is actively involved in the clinical training of Optometry students and serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Illinois College of Optometry.
Thomas P. Arnold, OD, FSLS
Dr. Tom Arnold is a graduate of the University of Houston College of Optometry. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Northern Colorado. He opened his Today’s Vision practice in Sugar Land, Texas in 1992. His primary professional interests are diseases of the eye, specialty contact lenses and the management of refractive laser eye surgery. He is a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society and was co-organizer of the inaugural International Congress of Scleral Contacts in Miami Beach, July 2016. The ICSC was the first meeting in the world dedicated solely to scleral contact lenses. Dr. Arnold, along with Melissa Barnett, host the monthly podcast, “GlobalEyes” where they speak with practitioners around the world. He now serves as Regional Vice-president, Corporate Development for AEG Vision.
Richard W. Baker, OD, FAAO
Dr. Richard Baker has been practicing optometry for more than 37 years and is assistant clinical professor at Berkeley’s School of Optometry. He is a member of the American Academy of Optometry, the American Optometric Association, and the California Optometric Association. Dr. Baker is involved in clinical research and is a consultant to the contact lens industry. He also co-manages refractive and cataract surgery and is the chief optometrist at Lamorinda Optometry. He is a past recipient of the GP Lens Institute’s “GP Practitioner of the Year” award.
Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA
Dr. Melissa Barnett is a principal optometrist at the University of California, Davis Eye Center in Sacramento and Davis, California. She is an internationally recognized specialist in dry eye disease and specialty contact lenses. Dr. Barnett lectures and publishes extensively on topics including dry eye, anterior segment disease, contact lenses and creating a healthy balance between work and home life for women in optometry. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a diplomate of the American Board of Certification in Medical Optometry, and a fellow of the British Contact Lens Association. She serves on the boards of the American Optometric Association Cornea and Contact Lens Council, Gas Permeable Lens Institute, and International Society of Contact Lens Specialists and is past president of the Scleral Lens Education Society. Along with Dr. Lynette Johns, Dr. Barnett authored and edited the book Contemporary Scleral Lenses: Theory and Application, and she was awarded the inaugural Theia Award for Excellence for Mentoring by Women in Optometry. She was named one of the Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday in 2019. Dr. Barnett and Dr. Tom Arnold are co-hosts of the popular podcast GlobalEyes.
Edward L. Boshnick, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Ed Boshnick is owner of Global Vision Rehabilitation Center, a specialty contact lens practice in Miami, Fla. He is a graduate of the Southern College of Optometry and served for two years as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corp. He is a fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society. He serves as an adjunct professor at New England College of Optometry and Pennsylvania College of Optometry. His areas of interest include the restoration of vision and comfort lost as a result of refractive eye surgery, keratoconus, corneal transplant surgery, pellucid marginal degeneration, extreme dry eye, corneal dystrophies, corneal trauma, and Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO
Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO is a 2002 graduate of the New England College of Optometry. He is a partner of Premier Vision Group, a successful four location optometric practice in Northwest Ohio. He practices full scope optometry with an emphasis on ocular disease management of the anterior segment and specialty contact lenses. He is active at all levels of organized optometry. Dr. Brujic is on the editorial board for a number of optometric publications. He has published over 450 articles and has given over 2100 lectures, both nationally and internationally on contemporary topics in eye
care.
Karen G. Carrasquillo, OD, PhD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS
Dr. Karen Carrasquillo is Vice President of Clinical and Professional Affairs at BostonSight. In addition, she is an adjunct clinical professor at the New England College of Optometry, an adjunct clinical professor at the school of optometry, MCPHS University, Advisory Board member for the GPLI, and Global Ambassador of the BCLA. She is the founder and Program Chair of FitAcademy, an educational retreat for cornea and contact lens residents, and is also a planning committee member for the International Congress of Scleral Contacts Meeting and Global Ophthalmic Women meeting. She is an international key opinion leader and speaker, also the author of numerous publications on the therapeutic use of scleral lenses and prosthetic replacement of the eye surface system and is also the author of several patents. Prior to completing her doctorate degree in Optometry and her residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses, she completed a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico and a postdoctoral fellowship in ophthalmological research from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA.
Carmen F. Castellano, OD, FAAO
Carmen F. Castellano, O.D. is in private practice at Koetting Eye Center, an optometric group practice specializing in contact lenses. He is a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry and currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry, the Pacific University College of Optometry, the New England College of Optometry and, previously, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at the Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Castellano is a Diplomate in the American Academy of Optometry Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies and Past-President of the Heart of America Eye Care Congress. In addition, he is Past Chair of the American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section. Also, he is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Optometry and served as the Benedict Professor of Practice Management at the University of Houston College of Optometry. He has been a contributing editor for Optometry Today, consulting editor for Optometric Economics, consultant for Practice Strategies of the Journal of the American Optometric Association and has been active on a number of other consulting boards and panels. Dr. Castellano has participated in numerous FDA clinical studies for various contact lens materials, solutions and pharmaceuticals and has lectured and published on many topics related to contact lenses and practice management. In 2019, Dr. Castellano received the Luminary Award from the American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section.
Deepa Chandrasekaran, MS, OD, FAAO, FIACLE, Dipl (ABO), FSLS, FBCLA
Dr. Deepa Chandrasekaran began her optometry career in India, graduating from the Elite School of Optometry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She earned her MS in Vision Science from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, her OD degree from Pacific University College of Optometry and completed a residency inCornea/Contact Lenses at the UAB School of Optometry (UABSO). Currently one of seven optometrists in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute, she practices in the Adult Comprehensive/Contact Lenses Clinic performing regular eye exams and fitting soft/GP/hybrid/scleral lenses on both normal and diseased corneas. A fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, the International Association of Contact Lens Educators, the Scleral Lens Education Society, and the British Contact Lens Association, Dr. Chandrasekaran has also served as the American Board of Optometry’s State Ambassador for Tennessee since 2017 and is one of the Advisory committee members of Cornea/Contact lenses Certifications of Added Qualifications. She is also one of the Advisory Board members of GPLI.
Clark Y. Chang, OD, MSA, MSc, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Clark Chang is the Global Medical Affairs Director at Glaukos as well as the Director of Specialty Contact Lenses in Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA). Upon completing his residency training at Salus University, Dr. Chang went on to complete a 2-year Cornea and Contact Lens Fellowship and continues to focus his research work on corneal collagen cross-linking, specialty contact lenses and other advanced corneal treatments. Additionally, he frequently presents at scientific symposiums and has authored many peer-reviewed publications. In recent years, he has been honored with the 2021 Luminary Award for Distinguished Practice by AAO, World’s Top 100 Doctors in 2022, and the Tommy Pham GPLI-NKCF Keratoconus Practitioner of the Year Award in 2023.
Gloria B. Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. 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, and a member of the California Optometric Association. She was named one of America’s Best Eye Doctors in 2021 by Newsweek.
Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Brian Chou directs a referral-based keratoconus and scleral lens clinic at ReVision Optometry in San Diego, Calif. He earned his optometry degree at UC Berkeley in 1999 and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the corneal-external disease division at Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Chou serves on editorial review boards for Review of Optometry and Review of Cornea & Contact Lenses. He is a consultant and investigator for start-up ventures developing a contact lens-enabling augmented reality system and a contact lens for underwater vision.
Robert L. Davis, OD, FAAO
Dr. Robert Davis is co-founder of EyeVis Eye and Vision Research Institute. He is a diplomate in the American Academy of Optometry and an inductee in the National Academy of Practice in Optometry. He has published and lectured extensively on topics related to contact lenses, eye care and the management of eye disorders. He is an adjunct faculty member for six colleges of optometry and has developed many contact lens designs, holding various contact lens patents. He is a past recipient of the GP Lens Institute “GP Practitioner of the Year” award.
Karen S. DeLoss, OD, FSLS
Dr. Karen DeLoss is a graduate of Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Houston College of Optometry and a clinical fellowship at Boston Foundation for Sight, Needham, Mass. She is currently assistant professor at the University of Michigan Department of Ophthalmology, Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. Her main interests are specialty contact lens fits, including for keratoconus and severe ocular surface disease.
Gregory W. DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Greg DeNaeyer is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. He completed a hospital-based residency at the Columbus VA Medical Center. He practices at Arena Eye Surgeons with an emphasis on specialty contact lenses. Dr. DeNaeyer was a co-founder and past president of the Scleral Lens Education Society and is contributing editor for Contact Lens Spectrum and a past recipient of the GP Lens Institute “GP Practitioner of the Year” award. He has lectured internationally on specialty contact lenses. Currently, his primary research is focused on scleral lens design.
S. Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Barry Eiden is president and medical director of North Suburban Vision Consultants, Ltd., a private group practice specializing in primary eye care, complex contact lens management, treatment of eye diseases, and refractive surgery. He is C.E.O. and co-founder of the International Keratoconus Academy of Eye Care Professionals and is also co-founder and president of EyeVis Eye and Vision Research Institute, which is dedicated to clinical research and development of technologies in the eye care field. Dr. Eiden is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an adjunct faculty member of four colleges of optometry. He is also past chair of the American Optometric Association’s Contact Lens and Cornea Section.
Robert Ensley, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Robert Ensley is a graduate of the University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry, where he went on to complete a residency in cornea and contact lenses. He is currently in a group private practice in Louisville, Kentucky, where he fits a wide variety of specialty contact lenses. He is a fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society and an active member of the American Optometric Association’s Contact Lens and Cornea Section. He has also contributed multiple columns for Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses.
Daddi Fadel, DOptom, FSLS, FBCLA, FAAO, FIACLE
Dr. Daddi Fadel is a contact lens designer, a pioneer of modern lens designs, and a specialist in contact lenses for irregular cornea, scleral lenses, myopia control, and orthokeratology. She studied optometry at Istituto Superiore di Scienze Optometriche in Rome and currently runs an optometric practice specializing in contact lenses in Italy. She is internationally recognized as a key opinion leader, who has several peer-reviewed publications in the area of specialty contact lenses and is a speaker in national and international symposia. She is co-author of the “Clinical Guide for Scleral Lens Success” and author of the book “Scleral Lens Complications: Their Recognition, Etiology, and Management.” She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Contact Lens Research & Science (JCLRS), a certified and approved advanced speaker to conduct NCLE approved courses, the first Certified EyePrint Practitioner outside the USA and Canada, the Founder and head of the European School of Scleral Lenses (EUROSCOLE), Founder and Past President of Accademia Italiana Lenti Sclerali (AILeS), co-founder and President of Euro & Austral-Asia Scleral Lens Academy (EASLA), and involved in several organizations internationally.
Patricia Flores, DO, MSc, PhD, FSLS
Dr. Patricia Flores is from Santiago, Chile and currently works in Global Professional Services for the Specialty Lens Division at Menicon. She has an extensive background in vision science having earned a Diploma, Master’s degree, and PhD all in Optics, Optometry & Vision at the University of Madrid (Spain). Dr. Flores currently also runs her own specialty lens clinic in Valparaíso, Chile specializing in Myopia Control and complex contact lens fits for diseases of the ocular surface. Dr. Flores is a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), Member of International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE), Member of the Latin American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (ALOCM), Advisory Board Member and ECP Member of the GP Lens Institute (GPLI), Board Member of International Scleral Contact Lens (ICSC), and Board Member of Global Ophthalmic Women (GLOW). She is an accomplished researcher and educator, having lectured extensively in Latin America and around the world.
Jennifer Fogt, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Jenny Fogt is an Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry at The Ohio State University College of Optometry, where she is the director of the Innovation in Vision and Eye care Research Group (iVERG) and she serves patients and students in her role as an attending optometrist in the College’s Contact Lens Services. Dr. Fogt previously practiced at Pediatric Ophthalmology Associates, located within Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she founded and directed Pediatric Contact Lens Services, caring for infants and children who required contact lens wear. She is an Executive Committee member of the Scleral Lenses in Current Ophthalmic Practice Evaluation (SCOPE) group, member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the American Optometric Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society.
Melanie Frogozo, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Melanie Frogozo completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at the University of Houston College of Optometry. After residency, she took a faculty position at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, where she continued to develop her specialty. She is the owner of Alamo Eye Care and the director of the Contact Lens Institute of San Antonio located in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a Diplomate of the Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Section of the of the American Academy of Optometry, a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society, a council member of the Contact Lens Section of the American Optometric Association, and a member of the Texas Optometric Association. Dr. Frogozo enjoys lecturing and is a regular columnist for Contact Lens Spectrum.
Daniel G. Fuller, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Daniel Fuller received his BS degree from Purdue University and Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University, College of Optometry. He began his career in a hospital-based setting in the U.S. Navy, serving for eight years. He spent 17 years in private practice as owner of a multi-site, solo practice emphasizing medical eye and specialty contact lens services. His career in academia began in 1987. He is a professor, the chief of the Cornea Contact Lens Service, and founding supervisor of the Cornea Contact Lens Refractive Surgery residency at The Eye Center, Southern College of Optometry. He lectures nationally, has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and posters, and performs original clinical research. He is a diplomate in Cornea Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies in the American Academy of Optometry, as well as a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. He has held multiple chairs of leadership serving local, state and national organizations.
John D. Gelles, OD, FAAO, FIAOMC, FCLSA, FSLS, FBCLA
Dr. Gelles is the director of the specialty contact lens division of the Cornea and Laser Eye Institute – CLEI Center for Keratoconus in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is an assistant clinical professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and an adjunct clinical professor at State University of New York College of Optometry, Illinois College of Optometry, and New England College of Optometry. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Scleral Lens Society, Contact Lens Society of America, British Contact Lens Association, the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control, and a PROSE clinical fellow. He is a board member of the Contact Lens Society of America, an executive board member and education chair of the International Keratoconus Academy, an advisory board member for the Gas Permeable Lens Institute, the education chair of the Intrepid Eye Society, the chair of Refractive Surgery Alliance collaborative care section, and serves on the American Academy of Optometry’s Innovations Council. His clinical work is dedicated exclusively to specialty contact lenses for the management of keratoconus, corneal disease, ocular surface disease, and post-surgical corneal conditions. Additionally, he is a clinical investigator for multiple keratoconus and specialty contact lens-related clinical trials at CLEI.
Alan N. Glazier, OD, FAAO
Dr. Alan Glazier is the founder and visionary behind ODs on Facebook, the eye care industry’s largest and most highly engaged eye care organization. He is the founder of Shady Grove Eye and Vision Care in Rockville, Md. He is a partner and business development executive in Keplr Vision. In 2015 Dr. Glazier was selected as one of the 50 most influential optometrists ever by his peers. In 2017 he was honored as Maryland Optometrist of the Year. In 2019 he was awarded a presidential medal from the New England College of Optometry and also is a member of the board of trustees of the college. He is inventor on seven issued patents in computer science and ophthalmology, as well as author of two books and numerous journal articles. He lectures on clinical, practice marketing, and myopia control topics.
Katie Greiner, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO
Dr. Katie Greiner is a native Ohioan working as an optometrist and as CEO of Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons located in Stow, Kent, Akron, Canton, Medina and Wadsworth, Ohio. Her focus is on comprehensive eyecare as well as specialty contact lens fittings, refractive surgery evaluations and administrative duties. Dr. Greiner obtained both her Doctorate of Optometry and Masters in Vision Science from The Ohio State College of Optometry in 2009. She then went on to complete a Surgical Co-Management and Contact Lens Residency at Davis Duehr Dean in Madison, WI where she discovered her true passion for specialty contact lens fits. Prior to her current practice, Dr. Greiner served as Clinical Director for TLC Laser Eye Center in Dublin, OH and worked as a Clinical Attending in the Contact Lens Clinic and Primary Care Clinic at The Ohio State College of Optometry. Dr. Greiner is the past Membership Chair for the Ohio Optometric Association, recent past Zone 3 Governor, serves on the East West Eye Committee as a Visionary and an Allied Eye Professional Co-Chair and provides RealEyes health and safety education to grade school students. She completed a Health Care MBA program at Baldwin Wallace University in 2019 to further her administration skill set in the field of eyecare.
Robert M. Grohe, OD, FAAO
An Illinois College of Optometry graduate, Dr. Robert Grohe divides his professional patient care between practices in Northwestern University Medical School Ophthalmology Department and the Wheaton Eye Clinic in Hinsdale, Ill. He is a faculty member of the Department of Ophthalmology for Northwestern University Medical School and co-author of numerous publications, including the text Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lenses. Dr. Grohe is also a past recipient of the GP Lens Institute “GP Practitioner of the Year” award.
Susan J. Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Susan Gromacki graduated from The Ohio State University College of Optometry and completed a residency in hospital-based optometry with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She has served as a contributing editor of Contact Lens Spectrum, Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses, and Contact Lenses Today. She is a diplomate in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry. Formerly a faculty member of the New England College of Optometry and the University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, she is currently the director of the Contact Lens Service at First Sight Vision Care in Fulton, Md., and specializes in difficult-to-fit contact lenses, refractive surgery, low vision, and anterior segment disease.
Anita Gulmiri, OD, FAAO
Dr. Anita Gulmiri earned her Doctor of Optometry degree from the New England College of Optometry. Following graduation, Dr. Gulmiri went on to pursue a Residency in Cornea/Contact lens. Prior to her current position at Tarsus Pharmaceuticals as a Senior Medical Ambassador, Dr. Gulmiri was faculty at New England College of Optometry and Attending at NECO Center for Eye Care and Boston Medical Center in the Advanced Contact Lens clinics. There, Dr. Gulmiri specialized in designing medically necessary custom contact lenses for those patients suffering from irregular corneal and ocular surface disease. While at NECO, Dr. Gulmiri served as Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry and served as the Residency Director for NECO’s Cornea and Contact Lens Residency Program, as well as Instructor of Record for Contact Lens II and Advanced Contact Lens Course. Dr. Gulmiri’s passion for Cornea/CL extends to myopia management and she has had the pleasure of leading various continuing education programs in this nationally and internationally. Additionally, Dr. Gulmiri has been recognized as one of “America’s Best Eye Doctors” by Newsweek three years in a row. In her current role with Tarsus Pharmaceuticals Medical Affairs Team, Dr. Gulmiri serves as the liaison between industry and medical researchers for clinical, pre-clinical, and post-marketing studies. She is also responsible for establishing and maintaining professional relationships with key medical thought-leaders and researchers by providing complex medical and scientific information on current and upcoming Tarsus products, as well as therapeutic applications related to these products.
Jennifer Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Jennifer S. Harthan, OD is a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). After completing a Residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at ICO, she became a full-time faculty member. Dr. Harthan is a Professor at ICO and Chief of the Cornea and Contact Lens Center for Clinical Excellence at the Illinois Eye Institute. Dr. Harthan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Scleral Lens Education Society and serves on the Medical Advisory Board for the International Keratoconus Academy. Dr. Harthan is a founding member of the SCOPE (Scleral Lenses in Current Ophthalmic Practice Evaluation) research team. She has numerous publications on the topics of complex contact lens fits and anterior segment disease. Dr. Harthan is actively involved in ocular surface disease and contact lens research and lectures on these topics at national meetings.
Jason G. Jedlicka, OD, FAAO, FCLSA, FSLS
Dr. Jason Jedlicka is a Clinical Professor at Indiana University School of Optometry and the Director of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service. He is a Diplomate in the American Academy of Optometry’s Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Section, a past President of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and a Fellow and board member of the Contact Lens Society of America. He has contributed to multiple textbooks as an author on the topic of GP lenses. He was awarded the GPLI Practitioner of the Year award for 2021, the Scleral Lens Education Society Practitioner of the Year in 2023, and the GPLI educator of the year in 2024. He is the co-developer of the Zenlens family of scleral lenses.
Lynette K. Johns, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS
Dr. Lynette Johns is a research associate at Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology. She is an investigator at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates where she also fits scleral lenses. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Scleral Lens Education Society, and the British Contact Lens Association. Dr. Johns received the Founders Award from the AAO section of Cornea and Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies in 2017, the EFCLIN award in 2018, and the Scleral Lens Society Fellow of the Year award in 2020. Dr. Johns has published and speaks internationally on scleral and specialty contact lenses and severe ocular surface disease. She is an author and co-editor of Contemporary Scleral Lenses: Theory and Application.
David Kading, OD, FAAO, FCLSA
Dr. Dave Kading has been recognized as one of the top 50 optometry influencers of all time, one of the top 250 innovators, and listed as one of the top 10 best practices in eye care. His three practices in Seattle focus on dry eye, specialty lenses, and myopia management. He co-owns Optometric Insights, which is changing the way students and doctors perceive practice. He performs research as part of the post-graduate residency program that he hosts in Seattle. He lectures internationally and has written thousands of papers and articles. Dr. Kading’s teaching style brings about innovation and simplified perspectives to longstanding conditions. His podcasts – The OI Show and The Myopia Podcasts – are released weekly and downloaded by practitioners worldwide. Dr. Kading sits on several boards of both medical and charity organizations. Most of all, Dr. Kading loves spending time with his three daughters and optometrist wife, Kristi Kading, OD, FAAO, FCOVD.
Matthew J. Kauffman, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Matt Kauffman received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He attended the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO), where he earned his Doctor of Optometry. Afterwards, Dr. Kauffman completed a Residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Kauffman returned to Houston, Texas and worked in a private practice fitting specialty contact lenses. Dr. Kauffman later joined UHCO as a full-time clinical professor and is the clinic director for the Cornea and Contact Lens Service and the Myopia Management Service. He enjoys teaching in both of these clinics in addition to performing wavefront guided scleral lens research in the Visual Optics Institute. Dr. Kauffman also lectures and publishes on the topics of specialty contact lenses, myopia management, and corneal disease. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Society, and a member of the American Optometric Association and Texas Optometric Association.
Beth Kinoshita, OD, FAAO
Dr. Beth Kinoshita is a professor and serves as the Associate Dean of Academic Programs at Pacific University College of Optometry. She is a graduate of the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum and of the Contact Lens Residency Program at Pacific University College of Optometry. Dr. Kinoshita is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and a Diplomate in the Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies Section of the AAO.
Carl Kramer, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Carl Kramer is a graduate of the University of Houston College of Optometry and completed a cornea and contact lens residency at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. Following completion of his residency Dr. Kramer entered private practice in the Kansas City area where he provided primary eye care and specialty contact lens care for four years before returning to academia. Dr. Kramer is an assistant clinical professor at the University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry where he oversees third- and fourth-year students in the primary care and specialty contact lens clinics. He also serves as the cornea and contact lens residency director. In addition to his clinical work Dr. Kramer teaches in various contact lens courses and labs as well as the practice management course. Dr. Kramer is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Missouri Optometric Association, a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. Dr. Kramer specializes the fitting and management of specialty contact lenses for a wide variety of corneal and refractive conditions.
Elise Kramer, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS
Dr. Elise Kramer is a residency-trained optometrist in Miami FL who specializes in ocular surface disease and specialty contact lens design and fitting. Her Doctorate degree was awarded in Optometry from the Université de Montréal in 2012. In the summer of her second year, she participated in a humanitarian mission in Laayoune, Morocco where she helped hundreds of impoverished people by giving them free eye examinations and glasses corresponding as closely as possible to their prescription. During her fourth year, she completed her internship in ocular disease at the Eye Centers of South Florida and went on to complete her residency at the Miami VA Medical Center. Her time there included training at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the nation’s top eye hospital. After her residency, Dr. Kramer became a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS) and now serves as the treasurer for the SLS. Dr. Kramer is a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), the International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE), a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and of the the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA). She is also the Delegate of International Relations for the Italian Association of Scleral Lenses (AILeS). Dr. Kramer has published several important articles and reviews and is participates in clinical research trials. She enjoys lecturing all around the world in several different languages about ocular surface disease and specialty lenses.
Jamie Kuzniar, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Jamie Kuzniar is a graduate of Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University and completed a cornea and contact lens residency at Indiana University. After residency, Dr. Kuzniar entered private practice focusing on specialty contact lenses and opened her own cold start office, Elevate Eye Care in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Dr. Kuzniar is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a fellow of the Scleral Lens Society. She has been recognized as Newsweek’s Top Eye Doctors in 2021 and 2022 and is a recipient of the Clinical Excellence in the Field of Gas Permeable Contact Lens Award from the GPLI and the George Mertz Contact Lens Residency Award. Dr. Kuzniar enjoys lecturing to students and doctors about keratoconus, specialty lenses, and practice management nationally.
Matthew Lampa, OD, FAAO
Dr. Matthew Lampa received his optometry degree from Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove, Ore. After graduation he completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at Pacific University College of Optometry, where he is a professor involved in specialty contact lens fitting, contact lens instruction, and clinical research. He is also an associate in a private practice in Silverton, Ore.
Andrea Lasby, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Andrea Lasby is in private practice at Mission Eye Care – Centre for Dry Eye and Corneal Disease, in Calgary, AB, Canada. She completed her Optometry degree at the University of Waterloo and her ocular disease and specialty contact lens residency at Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. She is a past President of the Calgary Society of Optometrists’ and is currently Chair of the Canadian Association of Optometry’s Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technology Section. She also serves on the committee of the Alberta Health Services Neurosciences, Rehabilitation & Vision Strategic Clinical Network and is the co-founder of the Canadian Contact Lens Academy and also serves on the council of the Alberta Association of Optometrists. Dr. Lasby enjoys teaching and lectures at the University of Calgary academic section on primary eye care. She is also adjunct clinical professor for the University of Waterloo faculty of Optometry & Vision Science. She is an expert with fitting contact lenses for keratoconus and other corneal diseases, most notably custom scleral contact lenses on complex and hard-to-fit eyes. She also has a special interest in dry eye management and myopia control.
Karen Lee, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Karen Lee received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Indiana University School of Optometry and completed a cornea and contact lens residency at Southern California College of Optometry. She recently transitioned to Industry and is a Senior Medical Ambassador at Tarsus Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Tarsus, Dr. Lee taught at the University of Houston as a Clinical Assistant Professor and served as Director of the specialty contact lens clinic at the University of California, San Francisco Ophthalmology department. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Past President of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and a GPLI advisory board member.
Michael J. Lipson, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Michael Lipson is recently retired from his position as an optometrist/associate professor at University of Michigan, department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. His clinical practice involves specialty contact lenses: OrthoK, keratoconus, post-corneal transplant, post-refractive surgery and severe dry eye patients. He has published peer-reviewed clinical research studies on OrthoK, vision-related quality of life, myopia management and new lens designs. He lectures nationally and internationally on those same topics. Dr. Lipson developed a validated questionnaire to assess vision-related quality of life for all types of vision correction, including OrthoK. He has authored chapters in textbooks on OrthoK, scleral lenses and general contact lens topics. Dr. Lipson is the author of the book “Contemporary OrthoKeratology”. He also is a reviewer for a number of highly-respected peer-reviewed journals in the ophthalmic community. He is a consultant to the specialty contact lens industry emphasizing OrthoK education. He is on the GPLI Advisory Board, served as Vice-President of the Scleral Lens Education Society and served on the Scleral Lens Education Society Board for many years.
Derek J. Louie, MSc, OD, FAAO
Dr. Derek Louie is an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Ore. His practice is focused on providing contact lens services for patients with challenging corneal topography, such as post-corneal transplant or keratoconus. Dr. Louie is the Director of the Medical Contact lens Fellowship program, Chief of Optometric Services and Chief of the Medical Contact Lens Service at the Casey Eye Institute. He earned his master of science degree in vision science from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, and his doctor of optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, Calif. He completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry, Tahlequah, Okla.
Kenneth E. Maller, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FIAO, FAAOMC, Dipl.
Dr. Ken Maller earned his doctorate in Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry. He is currently in private solo practice in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He has also participated as a clinical investigator for multiple studies regarding contact lenses and contact lens solutions. He has had many articles published, authored the first Wave Contact Lens Designers Certification Program, and has lectured extensively. In addition to lecturing, Dr. Maller also provides clinical consultation services through one-on-one private instruction and case-by-case help. Through telemedicine, he fits patients for doctors remotely to enhance the contact lens practice of the physician and provide contact lens services to their patients that would otherwise not be possible. Dr. Maller also mentors fourth year optometry externs from ten optometry schools. Dr. Maller is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Contact Lens and Cornea Section, The Contact Lens Society, and charter member of both the Orthok.NETwork and the Orthokertology Academy of America. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, a Fellow in the International Academy of Orthokeratology, a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control, a Fellow in the Scleral Lens Education Society, a Diplomate in the American Board of Optometry and, Diplomate in the Cornea Contact Lens and Refractive Technology section of the American Academy of Optometry.
Marsha M. Malooley, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Marsha Malooley is a graduate of the New England College of Optometry and has completed a residency in corneal disease and contact lenses at the Illinois College of Optometry. She specializes in contact lens management of the irregular cornea and has written several publications on this topic. She practices in an ophthalmology-optometry group and also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Illinois College of Optometry in the Department of Community-Based Education.
Michelle K. Man, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Michelle Man is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Optometry and completed a Cornea and Contact Lens Residency at the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO). Since then, she has held adjunct faculty and full-time assistant professor positions at ICO, with clinical experience teaching students and residents in the Cornea/CL and Urgent Eye Care Clinics. Dr. Man currently practices at North Suburban Vision Consultants where she specializes in anterior segment and advanced contact lens fitting. She has a passion for managing keratoconus and corneal ectasia, post-transplant, and ocular surface/dry eye disease. She serves as adjunct faculty and externship coordinator for five colleges of optometry.
Brittney Mazza, OD
Dr. Brittney Mazza earned her doctor of optometry degree at The New England College of Optometry. She is a recipient of the Vistakon Award of Excellence in Contact Lenses, awarded to one graduating student from each optometry school who demonstrates excellence in contact lens patient care. After completing a residency program specializing in cornea and contact lenses at The New England College of Optometry in 2011, she began her career working part-time in a private practice in Boston for 1 year and at NECO for 5 years (additionally continuing her contact lens lab instructor position through Fall 2020). Brittney joined the Optometry and Contact Lens Service at Massachusetts Eye and Ear part-time as a staff optometrist in 2012 and currently practices there. Brittney specializes in fitting and managing patients wearing routine contact lenses and several specialty design lenses for corneal disease/ectasia, post-surgery, aphakia, trauma, and pediatrics. In addition to providing direct patient care, she is a clinical preceptor to the optometry residents and enjoys participating in the GPLI advisory board.
Brooke Messer, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Messer received her doctor of optometry degree from Southern California College of Optometry, and subsequently went on to specialize in Cornea and Specialty Contact Lenses by completing a one-year residency. She is highly trained in fitting specialty contact lenses for keratoconus, post-surgical corneas, and other corneal diseases, as well as multifocal and orthokeratology contact lenses. Dr. Messer has authored many articles for various publications and enjoys teaching other doctors complex contact lens fitting techniques and surgical co-management topics in classroom and clinical settings. Dr. Messer is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and Scleral Lens Education Society. She serves on the education committee for the North Dakota Optometric Association and is the advisor to the optometric residency program at Vance Thompson Vision in West Fargo, ND.
Langis Michaud, OD, MS, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS
Dr. Langis Michaud graduated from École d’optométrie de l’Université de Montréal in 1986 where he also obtained his Masters Degree in physiological optics (1998). He also received a diploma in Public Administration from École Nationale d’Administration Publique (ENAP) in 2006. He is a professor and practices at Université de Montréal. He’s been chief of the contact lens department since 2001 and Dean since June 2020. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (Diplomate), the British Contact Lens Association, the Scleral Lens Education Society and of the European Academy of Optometry. Dr Michaud’s main research interests are myopia control, scleral contact lenses, keratoneuralgia and anterior segment irregularities like keratoconus. He is also interested in ocular manifestations of Fabry disease. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and publications or professional reviews. He is an author of many book chapters and has edited in France and USA. Because of his expertise, he is a regular speaker at major optometric and ophthalmology meetings around the world.
Heidi Miller, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Heidi Miller received her doctor of optometry degree from the Southern California College of Optometry, where she went on to complete a residency in cornea and contact lenses. She is a principal optometrist at the UC Davis Eye Center in Sacramento, Calif., specializing in anterior segment disease and fitting a wide variety of specialty contact lenses. She has contributed multiple articles for Contact Lens Spectrum and the “GP Experts” column for Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses. Dr. Miller is a fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society. She is past president of the Sacramento Valley Optometric Society and was recently named “Young Optometrist of the Year” for California.
Bruce W. Morgan, OD, FAAO
Dr. Bruce Morgan is a professor at the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University and is serving as the director of residencies. Recently he completed a term as interim dean of the college. Dr. Morgan graduated from Northeastern State University College of Optometry in 1987 and completed the residency in cornea and contact lenses at the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 1989. Dr. Morgan’s clinical and research interests include gas permeable contact lenses, keratoconus, and corneal reshaping. He specializes in the design and fitting of orthokeratology lenses for the purpose of non-surgical reduction of myopia and has published research in this area. Dr. Morgan has lectured both nationally and internationally in the area of contact lenses and anterior segment disease and is president of the Association of Optometric Contact Lens Educators.
Sheila Morrison, OD, MSc, FSLs, FAAO
Dr. Sheila Morrison is a private practice clinician and educator. She earned her Doctorate of Optometry and Masters Degree in Vision Science (with a focus on scleral lenses), along with a Residency in Cornea and Contact Lens from Pacific University College of Optometry. After serving on faculty at the University of Houston College of Optometry as a full-time clinical professor, Dr. Morrison joined Mission Eye Care (Calgary, AB, Canada) where she is the co-residency supervisor of the Mission Eye Care Residency in Cornea and Contact Lens and also adjunct faculty at NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry. She publishes and lectures both nationally and internationally on myopia management, contact lenses, and dry eye. Her clinical research interests are currently focused on technology driven contact lens design for orthokeratology, scleral, corneal, and custom soft contact lenses. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society.
Madison Moss, OD, FAAO
Dr. Madison Moss is an associate optometrist at Carrboro Family Vision in North Carolina, where she provides primary care, medical care, and specialty contact lens services for patients of all ages. In 2021, she initiated a specialty clinic at the office for custom contact lens patients. Dr. Moss lectures at Optometry schools, national conferences, and local society meetings. She writes for Contact Lens Spectrum and leads student workshops through the STAPLE program. She completed her residency in Cornea and Contact Lens at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and she is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry.
Chantelle Mundy, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Chantelle Mundy is a clinical associate professor at The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry and completed an ocular disease-based residency at the Cincinnati Eye Institute. She is the program director of the Cornea and Contact Lens residency program and clinical instructor for both optometry students and ophthalmology residents. She is a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), a member of the American Optometric Association (AOA), and completed a PROSE clinical fellowship. Dr. Mundy is co-founder of the Advanced Specialty Contact Lens Clinic in the department and her interests include scleral lens fitting for advanced ocular surface and corneal disease. She received the 2022 Top Doc award from the National Keratoconus Foundation.
Clarke D. Newman, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS, FNAP
Dr. Clarke Newman is a 1986 graduate of the University of Houston College of Optometry, and since then he has been in private practice in Dallas, Texas. His practice specializes in the visual rehabilitation of patients who have had corneal diseases, failed refractive surgeries, or corneal trauma. Dr. Newman is a past president of the Texas Optometric Association and a volunteer advocate for the American Optometric Association. He is a long-time member of the AOA’s Cornea and Contact Lens Section. Dr. Newman is a diplomate in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the AAO, and he is a distinguished practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. He writes and lectures frequently on a wide range of anterior segment and contact lens topics.
Craig W. Norman, FCLSA
A clinician for over 40 years, he has been involved in the development and evaluation of numerous products and technologies in the soft, GP and scleral lens category. Recently, he was the founding Director of Research at the Michigan College of Optometry, Ferris State University where he remains as adjunct faculty. From its inception in 2002 through 2018 he was Education Committee Chairman of the Global Specialty Lens Symposium. Mr. Norman has been a Consulting Editor to the Contact Lens Spectrum authoring a column on Prescribing for Presbyopia for 15 years. He is a Member of the Advisory Panel of the GP Lens Institute, Advisory Board Member of the International Keratoconus Academy and has been an Advisory Panel Member to numerous SCL and GP lens companies. He has published over 160 articles, posters, videos and book chapters on GP and Soft Lens Design, Presbyopic Contact Lenses, Specialty Contact Lens Uses and Eye Care Practice Management and traveled extensively throughout the world lecturing on a variety of contact lens and eyecare related topics. Mr. Norman is presently the Co-curator of the Contact Lens Museum, President of Professional Optical Resources, Inc., a contact lens industry consultancy group, and CTO (Chief Thinking Officer) of Wink Productions, Inc., an eyecare training and professional development company.
Marcus R. Noyes, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Marcus R. Noyes is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the specialty contact lens clinic at the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. He graduated from the University of Houston College of Optometry, and then completed a dual residency in Cornea/Contact Lens and Ocular Disease at The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences. In addition to education, Dr. Noyes also speaks at various conferences around the world and often teaches hands-on specialty lens workshops. Dr. Noyes is also a fellow and active member of the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society.
Roxanna T. Potter, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Roxanna Potter owns a private practice in Sylvania, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Michigan College of Optometry at Ferris State University, where she completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses. She enjoys fitting, writing about, and lecturing on specialty contact lenses and has published numerous articles in Contact Lens Spectrum and provided webinars on this topic.
Thomas G. Quinn, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Quinn is Associate Director of the Gas Permeable (GP) Lens Institute and is a past recipient of the GPLI’s GP Lens Practitioner of the year Award. He has served as chair of the American Optometric Association’s Contact Lens and Cornea Section Council, is a diplomate of the Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies Section of the American Academy of Optometry, and is a fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society. Tom is past chair of the EastWest Eye Conference and served on the Educational Advisory Board for Vision Expo. He was the 2019 Recipient of the American Academy of Optometry’s Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award and was inducted into the Academy’s Hall of Fame in 2022. He was the 2022 Recipient of The Ohio State University College of Optometry’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Renée E. Reeder, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Renée Reeder is a diplomate in the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry. She is also a fellow of the British Contact Lens Association, the Scleral Lens Education Society and the International Association of Contact Lens Educators. Dr. Reeder is a tenured associate professor at the Illinois College of Optometry, where she was chief of the contact lens service for 14 years. She is currently coursemaster for the specialty contact lens, microbiology and anterior segment disease courses and coordinator for the ocular disease curriculum.
Susan A. Resnick, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Susan Resnick is the principal partner in a New York City-based private practice devoted to the specialties of contact lenses, refractive surgery, and ocular surface disease. In addition to her emphasis on clinical care and problem solving, she is a frequent speaker, author, and consultant to the contact lens industry. Dr. Resnick is a diplomate of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry and a diplomate of the American Board of Optometry.
Buddy Russell, FCLSA, COMT, FSLS, NCLEM, LDO
After a long and distinguished career at Emory University, Buddy left academia to accept a position at Thomas Eye Group in Atlanta. In addition to patient care, Buddy is involved in teaching, product development and validation. He has been certified by JCAHPO since 1986 and is a Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist. Buddy is also a Fellow member of the Scleral Lens Society and Contact Lens Society of America. He lectures at national and international meetings on contact lens related topics. Buddy has written articles for various publications, two chapters for CLSA’s advanced training manual and is a peer reviewer for Eye and Contact Lens and on the editorial board of the Contact Lens Science and Research publication. He is a contributing editor for CLSA’s Eyewitness journal. Buddy served as the National Contact Lens coordinator for the NIH sponsored Infant Aphakia Treatment Study. His most recent accomplishments include being awarded the Joseph Soper Award for excellence in education, the Oakley Waite achievement award and co-authoring a chapter in Taylor and Hoyt’s Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus textbook.
Pam Satjawatcharaphong, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Pam Satjawatcharaphong graduated from the University of California Berkeley School of Optometry and completed a cornea and contact lens residency at Southern California College of Optometry. After residency she returned to Berkeley Optometry to join the clinical faculty. She teaches 3rd year interns in CL clinic, 4th year interns in Advanced Cornea & CL clinic, and is chief mentor to the Cornea & CL resident. Additionally, she is the instructor of record for the 2nd year CL course and laboratory. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS) and currently serves on the advisory board of the SLS.
Jack L. Schaeffer, OD, FAAO
Dr. Jack L. Schaeffer is a native of Charleston S.C. He practiced in Birmingham, AL where he was also president of an 18-location group practice and a refractive laser center. The practices were sold to MyEyeDr in 2017 and Goldman Saks in 2019. Dr. Schaeffer lectures internationally, serves on many industry boards and advisory panels including Allergan, Alcon, Abbvie, Bausch and Lomb, Johnson and Johnson, Novartis, Orasis, and Shire. He is involved with many clinical studies on contact lenses, pharmaceuticals, and equipment. He recently authored a mini-series on the history of contact lenses and the contact lens specialty practice. He was an executive associate editor of the International Contact Lens Leadership Summit organized by Eye and Contact Lens Journal and the developer and editor of the series Optometry Scene. Dr. Schaeffer also served as chairman of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Society. He served as president of the Ocular Surface Society of Optometry during its establishment and as a board member and fundraising chairman for Optometry Cares, The AOA foundation, and the GP Lens Institute. Dr Schaeffer is on the College of Charleston school of business board of governors, and with Tommy Baker, established the Schaeffer Baker Diversity Scholarship.
Cristina M. Schnider, OD, MBA, FAAO
Dr. Cristina Schnider is a lifelong educator and researcher in the field of cornea and contact lenses. Her professional career has taken her from education to research to industry, and from Oregon to New York, Australia, California, Florida, Japan, and back to Washington state in the Pacific Northwest. She currently serves as adjunct clinical faculty at Pacific University College of Optometry and consultant to industry. She is past chair of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies, a council member and archivist of the International Society for Contact Lens Research, and a member of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the British Contact Lens Association.
Muriel M. Schornack, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Muriel Schornack received her OD from the Illinois College of Optometry in 1998, and completed a residency in primary eye care at the Illinois Eye Institute in 1999. Upon completion of her residency, she joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, where she is currently a consultant in the department of ophthalmology and an Associate Professor in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. She is a founding member of the Scleral Lens Education Society and the SCOPE (Scleral Lenses in Current Ophthalmic Practice Evaluation) research team, and remains active in scleral lens-related research activities.
Moshe Schwartz, OD, FAAO
Dr. Moshe Schwartz earned his Doctor of Optometry degree from Nova Southeastern University in Florida and has been in private practice with a strong focus on anterior segment, specialty contact lenses and sports vision since 1997. He is a Diplomate in Cornea, Contact Lenses, and Refractive Technology in the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Schwartz spent a year at John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Wilmer Eye Institute as a Pediatric Optometrist and actively participated in the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. He is involved in clinical research and is a consultant to the contact lens industry. He is also a faculty member of the Chicago College of Optometry as an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in Midwestern University College of Optometry.
Louise Sclafani, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Louis Sclafani is a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry and is currently an Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Optometric Service at the University of Chicago. Her primary interests include contact lenses, corneal disease, eye trauma, dry eye and corneal surgery co-management. She is also a Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies section. She is a recipient of the AOA Rodger Kame Award, received the Illinois Optometrist of the Year and was selected by Review of Optometry as one of the Top 10 Females at the Forefront of Optometry. She has served on the Illinois State Board, is a Past-President of the Illinois Optometric Association, and Past Chair of the Cornea and Contact Lens Section for the AOA.
David B. Seibel, OD, FAAO
Dr. David Seibel is the owner of Vision Care Consultants, a specialty contact lens and anterior segment practice in St. Louis, Mo. He graduated from the University of Missouri – St. Louis School of Optometry, from which he received the 1996 University of Missouri Distinguished Alumni Award.He was awarded the1996 National Young Optometrist of the Year by the American Optometric Association. Dr. Seibel is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry as well as a diplomate of the Academy’s Cornea, Contact Lens & Refractive Technologies Section. He is a distinguished fellow in the National Academies of Practice in Optometry. He has served as chair of the AOA’s Contact Lens & Cornea Section and is recipient of both the Dr. Rodger Kame Award in 2011 and the Legends award from the CLCS.
Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO
Dr. Joe Shovlin is a senior optometrist at Northeastern Eye Institute in Scranton, Pa. He is an alumnus of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, where he serves as adjunct faculty. He is a diplomate and past chair of the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry and past chair of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Association. He is a past president of the American Academy of Optometry and serves as secretary-treasurer. He is clinical editor of Review of Optometry and Review of Cornea & Contact Lenses. Among his many honors is the AOA Contact Lens and Cornea Achievement Award.
Lindsay Sicks, OD, FAAO
Dr. Sicks graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2006 with a BA in Biology. She received her OD from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2010 and went on to complete a residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. Currently, Dr. Sicks serves as an attending optometrist for third- and fourth-year interns in the ICO Cornea and Contact Lens Center for Clinical Excellence, fitting specialty contact lenses and managing dry eye and anterior segment disease. She is also involved in the didactic training of students in specialty contact lenses and ophthalmic surgical procedures including injections, minor surgical procedures, and anterior segment laser therapy. She has delivered continuing education and presented research and posters at both local and national optometry meetings and worked in private OD and OD/MD settings. Dr. Sicks has received the International Association of Contact Lens Educators Educator of the Year Award and the AOA-CLCS Rodger Kame Award. She is a member of the American Academy of Optometry Foundation Board and serves as Vice Chair of the American Academy of Optometry Leadership Committee. She also serves on the Communications Committee for the Association of Optometric Contact Lens Educators and is a Gallup-certified Strengths Coach.
Christine W. Sindt, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Christine Sindt is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. She completed a disease-based residency at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. Dr. Sindt joined the faculty of the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 1995, where she is an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology and director of the Contact Lens Service. She was the 2010-2011 chair of the AOA Cornea and Contact Lens Council, is past president of Women of Vision, and is immediate past president of the Scleral Lens Education Society. Dr. Sindt is chief clinical editor for Review of Optometry and an associate editor for Review of Cornea and Contact Lens. She is a past recipient of the GP Lens Institute “GP Practitioner of the Year” award.
Chris Smiley, OD
Jeffrey Sonsino, OD, FAAO
Dr. Jeffrey Sonsino is currently practicing at The Contact Lens Center at Optique in Nashville, Tenn. He graduated from the New England College of Optometry and completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at the Illinois Eye Institute in Chicago. He then joined the faculty at Vanderbilt Eye Institute, where he was an assistant professor, was the division chief of optometry, founded the Center for Sight Enhancement, was director of the Scleral Lens Clinic, authored nine patents on vision-related medical devices, authored multiple papers, and lectured internationally on contact lens technology. He is a diplomate in the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry, Chair of the Innovation Council at AAO, and Chief Medical Officer of myEyeris.
Loretta B. Szczotka-Flynn, OD, PhD, FAAO
Dr. Loretta Szczotka-Flynn is a professor at Case Western Reserve University in the departments of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences as well as Epidemiology & Biostatistics. She is director of the Contact Lens Service at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her doctor of optometry degree and master’s in physiological optics from The Ohio State University in 1992 and her PhD in epidemiology from Case Western Reserve University in 2009. She is a diplomate in the Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry, and she is vice-chair of the Section. Dr. Szczotka-Flynn serves on the editorial boards for Optometry and Vision Science and Eye & Contact Lens, and she is a contributing editor for Contact Lens Spectrum and Contact Lenses Today. She has received numerous major research grants and has authored or co-authored more than 55 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 10 book chapters, and 90 scientific meeting abstracts, and she has given more than 160 presentations worldwide.
Long D. Tran, OD, FAAO
Dr. Long Tran is a graduate of the State University of New York, State College of Optometry. He completed his residency in cornea and contact lenses at the Southern California College of Optometry, where he became an assistant professor, with clinical and lecturing responsibilities in specialty contact lenses, corneal diseases, and refractive surgeries. He is an invited lecturer, nationally and internationally, and has authored numerous articles on the subject of contact lens and corneal disease. Dr. Tran is also a subject matter expert for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Currently he is the director of Specialty Contact Lens Service at St. Johns Eye Associates in St. Augustine, Florida.
Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Ashley Tucker graduated from the University of Houston College of Optometry and also completed her Cornea and Contact Lens residency at UHCO. Dr. Tucker is a partner at Bellaire Family Eye Care and The Contact Lens Institute of Houston, a private practice in the Houston, TX area. She is also a Visiting Assistant Professor at UHCO. Through her affiliation with the University of Houston, she regularly provides continuing education on the topics of anterior segment disease, specialty contact lenses, myopia management and ophthalmic optics. Dr. Tucker is a member of the Speaker’s Bureau for the Specialty Division of Bausch Lomb, a consultant for CooperVision, a consultant for SynergEyes and a lecturer for the STAPLE (Soft Toric and Presbyopic Lens Experience) program. She is also currently serving as the Public Education chair elect for the Scleral Lens Education Society.
Eef van der Worp, BOptom, OD, PhD, FAAO, FIACLE, FBCLA, FSLS
Dr. Eef van der Worp is an educator and researcher. He received his optometry degree from the Hogeschool van Utrecht in the Netherlands and has served as a head of the contact lens department at the school for more than eight years. He received his PhD from the University of Maastricht in 2008. He is a fellow of the AAO, IACLE, BCLA, and SLS. He is affiliated with the University of Maastricht as an associate researcher, is a visiting scientist at Manchester University in the United Kingdom, and serves as adjunct professor at the University of Montreal College of Optometry, as well as adjunct assistant professor at Pacific University College of Optometry. He is lecturing extensively worldwide and is a guest lecturer at a number of universities in the United States and Europe.
Maria K. Walker, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Maria K. Walker is a clinician scientist with a clinical and research focus on keratoconus and scleral lenses. She graduated with an OD and MS degree from The New England College of Optometry in 2013 and went on to complete a one-year Cornea & Contact Lens Residency at Pacific University in Portland, OR. She joined the faculty of UHCO in 2014 and in 2021 completed her PhD with a dissertation entitled: “The Impact of a Scleral Lens on the Eye.” Throughout her education and early career, Maria has won several awards including the Sheldon Wechsler contact lens residency award, the Founders’ Grant from the International Society of Contact Lens Specialists, and she is a two-time recipient of the Ezell Fellowship offered through the American Optometric Foundation (AOF). She is also the 2021 recipient of the Clinical Research Award given by the AOF. She is an active Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, a Fellow and the 2021 President of the Scleral Lens Education Society, as well as an advisory board member of the Gas Permeable Lens Institute. Dr. Walker is currently a tenure-tracked assistant professor at UHCO, where her lab focuses on tear film and inflammatory research on keratoconus.
Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO
Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD is the Associate Dean for Research at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. He received his Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry, and he received his Master’s and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University College of Optometry. Dr. Walline has led several pediatric contact lens studies, and he is the Study Chair of the Bifocal Lenses in Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study, a National Eye Institute-sponsored randomized clinical trial to investigate the myopia control effects of soft multifocal contact lenses.
Stephanie L. Woo, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Stephanie Woo graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry and completed a cornea and contact lens residency at the University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry. She owns the Contact Lens Institute of Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is also the founder of Woo University – a non-profit organization committed to providing high quality education to eye care professionals.