S. A. Naroo, Birmingham, UKShehzad Naroo BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, MCOptom, FIACLE, FAAO, FBCLA After completing the professional qualifying examinations of the College
of Optometrists Shehzad Naroo registered with the UK General Optical Council. He then went on to complete an MSc at UMIST, followed by
a PhD. He then took up a lectureship post at Aston University, from where he originally graduated. He teaches contact lenses, refractive
surgery, ophthalmic law and occupational optometry. He worked in Australia for a short spell and also passed the registration examinations
of the Newfoundland Optometric Board. He has worked in many types of Optometric practices (small groups, independents, and large groups),
hospitals, private clinics and universities and has taught at all levels (undergraduate, postgraduate and continued education and training).
His research activities have included refractive surgery, corneal topography, sports vision and intraocular lens design. He is an examiner
for the College of Optometrists. Over the last few years he undertook a commitment to seeing Optometry expand in developing countries
especially in areas where resources are limited and there is a real thirst for leaning. He is a past Chairman of the Northern Optometric
Society, a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometrists and a Fellow of International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE).
He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal of the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (CLAE) and the
UK representative of the IACLE. He is the Secretary (Chairman-elect) of the British Universities Committee of Contact Lens Educators.
He is past Treasurer of the British Society for Refractive Surgery and in 2004 he was amongst invited to present to the All Party Parliamentary
Select Committee on Safety in Laser Surgery in the UK at the House of Commons, Westminster.
C. Snyder, Birmingham, AL, USADr. Chris Snyder earned his Optometry and graduate degrees as well as a Residency Certificate in Contact Lens Practice from the Ohio State
University. He is a Professor of Optometry and Chief of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Optometry where he conducts corneal and contact lens research, teaches in the clinical and didactic portion of the academic
program on the subject of cornea and contact lens practice, and practices optometry in the University Optometric Group. Dr. Snyder has
authored numerous articles and book chapters and he is co-author of the textbook Contact Lenses - Procedures and Techniques. He has
served as a Contributing Editor for Contact Lens Spectrum, as Co-Editor of the International Contact Lens Clinic Journal (Elsevier) and
is the US Regional Editor of the UK-based (British Contact Lens Association) indexed journal Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (Elsevier).
Dr. Snyder is a Diplomate in the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry and an officer and Fellow of the
International Association of Contact Lens Educators.
P. Cho, Hong Kong, ROCDr. Pauline Cho
M. Guillon, London, UKMichel Guillon
J. Bergmanson, Houston, TX, USADr. Jan P.G. Bergmanson received his optometric training and PhD at the City University, London. In addition, he obtained a Doctor of
Optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry. Currently, Dr. Bergmanson is Professor of Optometry at the University of Houston
College of Optometry (UHCO), where he is the founding Director of the Texas Eye Research and Technology Center (TERTC). He has extensively
researched and lectured internationally on subjects of corneal morphological response to contact lens wear, tear and ophthalmic solution
effects on the ocular surface, histopathology of ocular tissues damaged by ultraviolet radiation, and the effects of the Excimer Laser
on the cornea. In addition to private optometric practice, Dr. Bergmanson, certified in Texas as a Therapeutic Optometrist and as an
Optometric Glaucoma Specialist, has provided patient care in several hospital and university clinics. Dr. Bergmanson is a Foundation
Fellow of the College of Optometry in United Kingdom, where he remains licensed to practice, and a Fellow of the American Academy of
Optometry, where he is a Diplomate in the Cornea and Contact Lens Section. He is a member of the Texas Optometric Association (TOA),
American Optometric Association (AOA), Association of Contact Lens Educators, and International Association of Contact Lens Educators.
He is a council member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research and a lifetime honorary member of the Swedish and Dutch
Optometric Associations, to which he also serves as a consultant. Dr. Bergmanson is the recipient of the 1998 British Contact Lens Association
Gold Medal Award, the 2002 Texas Optometric Association's Educator of the Year Award, the University of Houston College of Optometry
2003 Cora and J. Davis Armistead Faculty Teaching Award and the 2005 Swedish Optometric Association's Mark of Honor Award.
R. Buckley, Cambridge, UKROGER BUCKLEY MA BM BCh FRCS FRCOphth HonFCOptom Roger Buckley read Medicine at Oxford University and received his clinical training at
St Thomas's Hospital, London. His first clinical appointment was as House Surgeon to Harold Ridley, the inventor of the intra-ocular
lens. In 1973 he began his long association with Moorfields Eye Hospital, with special responsibilities in the External Disease and Vernal
Clinics. After his Moorfields Residency training, and while appointed as Senior Registrar in Ophthalmology at the Westminster Hospital,
he began a programme of research into corneal specular microscopy in collaboration with Dr Emil Sherrard. This resulted in the design
of the Keeler/Konan Pocklington Specular Microscope. In 1981 he was appointed Consultant Ophthalmologist and Assistant Director of the
Contact Lens and Prosthesis Department, Moorfields Eye Hospital. In 1983, on the retirement of Prof. Montague Ruben, he became Director
of the Contact Lens and Prosthesis Department. In October 1997 he reduced his commitment to Moorfields Eye Hospital, retaining the position
of Consultant Ophthalmologist, and took up the new Chair of Ocular Medicine at City University, London, in the Department of Optometry
and Visual Science. He retired from NHS practice in March 2004 and now holds an honorary consultant contract with Moorfields Eye Hospital.
In September 2004 he relinquished the City University post and took up a new Chair of Ocular Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University in
Cambridge. Roger Buckley's main clinical interests are in the areas of corneal medicine and surgery, ocular surface disease including
tear deficiency, allergic eye disease, and contact lens medicine. His current research interests include the pathogenesis and therapy
of allergic eye disease, strategies for the management of tear deficiency, the epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of keratoconus,
the structure and function of the corneal endothelium, and the prevention of disease, including that produced by abnormal prion protein.
Roger Buckley's name is associated with nearly 70 publications in refereed journals, 19 papers in 'transactions', 20 book chapters, and
a number of papers in non-refereed publications. He is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel of the Committee of Safety of Medicines,
and represents the Royal College of Ophthalmologists on the General Optical Council (of whose Standards Committee he is Chairman). He
was formerly a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He examines for the College
of Optometrists. He is a recent past President of the British Contact Lens Association, and was formerly President of the Medical Contact
Lens Association and Vice-President of the International Society for Contact Lens Research. His name currently appears on four International
Editorial Boards. He is Honorary Medical Adviser to the British National Formulary, and to three arts bodies: the Musicians' Benevolent
Fund, the Royal Society of Musicians, and the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust.
P. Caroline, Oregon, USAProfessor Caroline serves as an Associate Professor at the Pacific University College of Optometry in Forest Grove Oregon and Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology at the Oregon Health University in Portland Oregon. He is a Fellow member and Diplomat of the Cornea and
Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry. He is a Council member of the International Society for Contact Lens Research
as well as a member of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators and the American Association of Optometric Educators.
For the past fifteen years Patrick has served as a contributing editor for the Contact Lens Spectrum.
R. Chalmers, Atlanta, USARobin L. Chalmers, OD Dr. Chalmers is an independent clinical trial consultant and adjunct professor at Indiana University School of
Optometry. In her 20+ years of experience in the industry she has concentrated on clinical trials on the epidemiology of contact lens
complications, dry eye and contact lens related dryness. Dr. Chalmers has been involved in the development and validation of the Dry
Eye Questionnaire (DEQ) with colleagues in North America over the past 5 years. A graduate of UC Berkeley School of Optometry, she had
a 15 year career at CIBA Vision in research and development. Dr. Chalmers is a former winner of the Garland Clay Award of the American
Academy of Optometry and served for 10 years on the data monitoring committee for the CLEK study of keratoconus. She is currently a member
of the Research Committee for the American Academy of Optometry and the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board of the Tear Film + Ocular
Surface Society. She is married to Michael Purser and has 2 daughters.
M. Doughty, Glasgow, ScotlandProfessor Michael Doughty
N. Efron, Brisbane, AustraliaNathan Efron BScOptom, PhD, DSc, MCOptom, ILTM, FAAO (Dip CL), FIACLE, FCLSA, FVCO Nathan Efron completed his BScOptom and PhD at the
University of Melbourne in 1981, and after two years of post-doctoral studies in Berkeley, USA and Sydney, he returned to Melbourne as
lecturer then senior lecturer responsible for contact lens education. In 1990 he took up the foundation Chair of Clinical Optometry
at the University of Manchester, England, and established a contact lens research and consultancy unit known as Eurolens Research. He
was Head of Department from 1992-97 and Dean of Research for the university from 2001-2004, and was admitted to the degree of Doctor
of Science in 1995. Professor Efron returned to Australia in 2006 and joined the School of Optometry ant the Queensland University of
Technology as Research Professor. He has served as President of both the Contact Lens Society of Australia (1981) and the British Contact
Lens Association (1997). He lectures extensively world-wide, particularly in the field of the ocular response to contact lens wear,
and has published over 600 scientific papers, abstracts and textbook chapters, and has written/edited 6 books - his most recent being
'Contact Lens Complications' (published by Butterworth-Heinemann in 2004). Professor Efron has won a number of prestigious awards, including
the Optician journal's 'Contribution to Optics' award (UK, 1997), the Gold Medal of the British Contact Lens Association (UK, 2001) and
the Max Schapero Award (USA, 2003).
M. Harris, Berkeley, CA, USAMICHAEL G. HARRIS, O.D., J.D., M.S. Dr. Michael G. Harris is a graduate of the University of California School of Optometry where he
received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Optometry, Doctor of Optometry, and Master of Science in Physiological Optics degrees. He
is Director of Policy and Planning, Associate Dean Emertitus, Clinical Professor and Senior Lecturer at the University of California,
where he served as Chief of the Contact Lens Clinic for over 30 years. Dr. Harris is a consultant to the Food and Drug Administration
Ophthalmic Devices Panel and chaired the Panel meeting which approved the first laser for refractive surgery. He is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Optometry and Past Chair of its Section on Cornea and Contact Lenses, of which he is a Diplomate. He currently serves
as Special Counsel to the Academy. He is Past President of the Prentice Society and a member of its Board of Directors. He is Past-Chair
of the Judicial Committee and the By-Laws Committee of the American Academy of Optometry, a Councilor of the International Society for
Contact Lens Research, a Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association and an honorary member of the Mexican Society of Contactology.
He is a Distinguished Scholar in the National Academy of Practice in Optometry. Dr. Harris has done extensive research on contact lenses
and corneal physiology. He has lectured throughout the world and has authored over 180 scientific papers and articles on the subjects
of contact lenses, corneal physiology, optometric jurisprudence, and hypnosis. He has written four texts on contact lenses and has contributed
chapters on contact lenses and jurisprudence to numerous books. Dr. Harris serves as consulting editor to Contact Lens Spectrum and
honorary international editor to Cornea and Anterior Segment, the Journal of the British Contact Lens Association. He has served as
a consultant on the subjects of optometric jurisprudence, standard of care, ethics, corneal physiology, general optometric procedures,
contact lenses, and hypnosis to numerous educational, professional, industrial, and governmental organizations. In 1966, Dr. Harris
became one of the first four graduates to be granted the Doctor of Optometry degree by the University of California. In 1967, Dr. Harris
became the youngest person elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry. He was honored with the first John de Carle Visiting
Professorship at City University, London, England and a University of California Faculty Fellowship. He has been a Visiting Research
Fellow at the University of New South Wales and a Senior Visiting Research Scholar and Visiting Research Fellow at the Corneal Biophysics
Laboratory at the University of Melbourne. He was the 1995 Max Schapero Memorial Lecturer for the American Academy of Optometry. In
1999, he was selected as Alumnus of the Year by the University of California Optometry Alumni Association. He was the University of
California Optometry Alumni Association's 2000 Peters Memorial Lecturer. In 2003, the American Academy of Optometry honored him with
its Eminent Service Award . Dr. Harris received his Juris Doctor degree from John F. Kennedy University School of Law and is its 2005
Alumnus of the Year. He is an attorney-at-law, and a member of the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association. In addition
to his professional activities, Dr. Harris has been active in civic and community affairs. He is Mayor of the City of Pleasant Hill,
California. He was Vice-Chair of the City's Redevelopment Agency, Chair of the City's Planning Commission, and Acting Chair of the City's
General Plan Task Force. He was Vice-Mayor of the Town of Moraga, California where he served as a Councilmember. Prior to his election
to the Town Council, he was a member of the Moraga Planning Commission and served two terms as its Chair. He was Chair of the Contra
Cost County Medi-Cal Advisory Planning Commission. He is a founding member and past chair of the Contra Costa County Managed Care Commission.
He was the Commissioner of the Sunday Football League of Contra Costa County. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the
JFK University School of Law Alumni Association, the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater East Bay, Temple Isaiah of Lafayette,
California, the Campolindo Homeowners Association, and the Moraga Educational Foundation. Dr. Harris is a member of the Robert Gordon
Sproul Associates and the Benjamin Ide Wheeler Society of the University California, Berkeley. He is a member of the Board of Advisors
of the Mt. Diablo Regional YMCA. He is the Grantor of The Michael G. Harris Family Endowed Fund at the University of California,Berkeley,
California, the American Optometric Foundation's Michael G. Harris Family Award for Excellence in Optometric Education, and the American
Academy of Optometry's Student Leadership Travel Fellowship. Dr. Harris' biography has been cited in numerous reference books, including
Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the United States, Who's Who in California, Who's Who in American Law, Who's
Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Who's Who in American Education, and 2000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century.
N. Hirji, Birmingham UKProfessor Nizar K. Hirji JP PhD MBA BSc FAAO FCMI FCOptom is an Optometrist, a Contact Lens Practitioner, a Clinical Scientist and Principal
Consultant with Hirji Associates, a management consultancy in optometry based in Birmingham, UK He has been involved in thousands of
optometric patient consultations over the past 30 years in a mix of part-time, full-time, independent, corporate and academic settings
in the UK. His current clinical commitment includes optometric exams and support services at an independent private optometric practice
on a regular basis, and at an ophthalmological practice occasionally. He is a business graduate (majoring in marketing) and has held
senior positions at Board level in charge of Professional Services, Human Resources (Personnel), Training, Marketing and Operations functions.
He is an educator and holds three concurrent academic appointments at Universities in the UK, one in France and additionally at the Institute
of Optometry in London. He has taught and has conducted exams at Undergraduate, Pre-Registration and Post Graduate level for hundreds
of students of Optometry. He now spends a significant amount of time consulting for independent optical practices; professional organisations,
educational enterprises and industry suppliers both in the UK and abroad helping them become more successful and manage change. Past
editor of the Journal of the British Contact Lens Association now CLAE, he is an author and has written and edited books and numerous
other publications.
P. Morgan, Manchester, UKDr Philip B Morgan
E. Papas, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaEric Papas PhD, MCOptom, DCLP is Executive Director of Research & Development at the Vision Co-operative Research Centre, and Adjunct
Senior Lecturer at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His educational background
covers degrees in both physics and optometry as well as doctoral research in the area of ocular surface vascular physiology. In addition
to spending some years in clinical practice, he has also managed clinical research groups at both the Hydron and Allergan corporations.
Other previous appointments include Director of Clinical Research at the Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit (CCLRU) and Director of
Clinical Research at the Co-operative Research Centre for Eye Research & Technology (CRCERT).
F. Stapleton, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaFiona Stapleton BSc MSc PhD MCOptom DCLP FAAO Fiona Stapleton is Associate Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University
of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Senior Research Associate and Director of Postgraduate Research Education, Vision Cooperative
Research Centre, Sydney, Australia. She graduated in Optometry from the University of Cardiff, Wales in 1985 and has since worked in
academic, hospital and private Optometric practice. She was awarded her PhD in 1991 from City University and Moorfields Eye Hospital
in London with her research on the pathogenesis and epidemiology of contact lens related disease. Associate Professor's Stapleton's main
research areas remain the pathogenesis of lens-related disease, ocular microbiology, contact lens care systems, ocular defence mechanisms
and corneal healing following refractive surgery. She holds numerous memberships and affiliations with Optometric organisations, is a
regular reviewer for a variety of journals and has recently published a book on the Anterior Eye and Therapeutics. She has 65 publications
and has contributed 12 chapters to textbooks.
D. Sweeney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaDeborah Sweeney
B. Tighe, Birmingham, UKBrian Tighe's academic career is centered at Aston University where he has held posts as Professor of Polymer Science, Aston University
(Since 1991) Senior Pro Vice Chancellor (1996 - 2004); Head of Department, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry,
(1992); Lecturer, Senior Lecturer & Reader Dept. of Chemistry, (1971-1990). He is a present Member of Editorial Boards Journal of
Biomaterials Science, Contact lens & Anterior Eye and past member of Editorial Boards of Biomaterials, Journal of Materials Chemistry.
Brian Tighe is the Founder and Director of Aston Biomaterials Research Unit: which is an interdisciplinary group of biochemists, biologists,
chemists and materials scientists. Over the two decades since its formation, the group's main activities have centred on the synthesis
and behaviour of polymers designed for biomedical applications. He was the inaugural (2002) recipient of UK Society for Biomaterials
Presidents Prize for Distinguished Contributions to Biomaterials Science, is a former (2003) British Contact Lens Association Gold Medal
recipient, is a current Vice-President of International Society for Contact Lens Research and was awarded an Honorary DSc (2004) by the
University of Waterloo for contributions to the understanding of biomaterials, and particularly contact lens materials.
E. van Der Worp, Utrecht, NetherlandsEef van der Worp Boptom, FAAO, FIACLE After his optics degree in 1989 Eef van der Worp studied optometry at the Hogeschool van Utrecht,
the Netherlands. He was one of the first two students to graduate from there in 1989. He followed educational programs at the Universities
of Manchester (GB) and Houston (USA). Since 1994 he has been working at the Hogeschool van Utrecht in different positions, serving
as a head of the Contact Lens department for over 8 years. He is a fellow of the AAO (American Academy of Optometry) and IACLE (International
Association of Contact Lens Educators) and Vice-president of IACLE Europe. For seven years he held the position of editor of the Dutch
Optometric journal VISUS and since 1995 he has been the chairman of the section Cornea & Contact Lenses of the Dutch Optometric and
Contact Lens Association. Currently he is in the process of a PhD project at the University of Maastricht on corneal topography, GP
lens wear and corneal desiccation. He is lecturing intensively worldwide, recently he was the keynote speaker at the BCLA conference
in 2004 (Birmingham, GB), lectured at the ECLSO (European Contact Lens Society of Ophthalmologists), AAO-meetings (American Academy of
Optometry) and AOA-meetings (American Optometric Association) in the USA and on several Global Ortho-k Symposia. He has published many
articles in the national and over 15 articles in the international literature.
B. Weissman, Los Angeles, CA, USAProfessor Barry A Weissman, OD, PhD, FAAO (Dip CL) Dr. Weissman was educated at Santa Monica College, UCLA, and the University of California
at Berkeley, receiving aBSc in 1970. He received his OD (1972), MSc (1975), and PhD (1979) in Physiological Optics, all from the UC Berkeley
School of Optometry. He has experience in private practice, and was a member of the Contact Lens Service of the Hadassah-Hebrew University
Medical School Department of Ophthalmology in Jerusalem Israel during 1975-6. He came to UCLA as an Assistant Professor in 1979 and
is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief of the Contact Lens Service of the Jules Stein Eye Institute. Dr Weissman was a
Distinguished Lecturer at the Ohio State University College of Optometry (1993) and the George Nissel Lecturer of the British Contact
Lens Association (1995). He received the William Feinbloom (1996) and Max Schapero (1998) Awards of the American Academy of Optometry,
and the BCLA Medal in May 2000 from the British Contact Lens Association. He also received the Award for Distinguished Research on the
Cornea and Contact Lenses from the University of Houston College of Optometry in December 2000. Dr Weissman is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Optometry, and a Diplomate in its Cornea-Contact Lens Section. He is a member of the International Society for Contact Lens
Research. He has served on the Examination Committee of the California State Board of Optometry and as an Expert Examiner and Item Writer
for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. He served on the Contact Lens Symposium Committee of the California Optometric Association,
the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Educational Policy and Program Review, and editorial boards of the Journal of the American Optometric
Association. Evidence based Eye Care, and Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. He was Co-Editor in Chief of International Contact Lens
Clinic for two years. He currently serves on the editorial boards of Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, and Eye and Contact Lens and is an
advisor to the FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel. In addition to approximately 150 research papers and textbook chapters, he is the author
of a manual on contact lens fitting (Contact Lens Primer, Lea & Febiger 1984), co-editor (with Edward S Bennett, OD, MSEd) of the
text Clinical Contact Lens Practice (Lippincott, 1991 and 2nd edition 2005) and co-author (with the late Professor Irving Fatt) of the
second edition of Physiology of the Eye (Butterworth, 1992). He is also the chief author of the Clinical Guidelines to Contact Lens Care,
published by the American Optometric Association (2000, 2/e under preparation).
J. Wolffsohn, Birmingham, UKDr James Wolffsohn studied optometry at UMIST, Manchester, achieving a 1st class degree. He qualified to practice independently following
a pre-registration year Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London. Following this, James undertook a PhD on "the effects of visual imagery
on the oculomotor system" at Cardiff University and funded by British Aerospace. He then took up a clinical/research position at
the Victorian College of Optometry/University of Melbourne, Australia in 1997. In 2000, he returned to the UK and a lectureship at Aston
University, being promoted to senior lecturer in 2002. He is now Head of Optometry. James' research and teaching interests mainly revolve
around contact lenses, low vision and the measurement of accommodation, having published 60 peer reviewed paper. James is also the current
President of the British Contact Lens Association.
C. Woods, Waterloo, CanadaCraig A Woods BSC (Hons) PhD, PCerOcTher, MCOptom, DipCL, FAAO, FVCO
Craig has been the Research Manager of the Centre for Contact
Lens Research at the School of Optometry, University of Waterloo (Canada) since March 2005.
Craig graduated from The City University
(UK) and after a period of working in private practice in London, joined the staff at the Institute of Optometry, in London as Assistant
Clinical Director.
In 1992, he moved to Manchester (UK), where he obtained his PhD whilst Clinic Manager for the Department of
Optometry and Vision Science, UMIST.
In 1999 he moved to Melbourne (Australia) to become the Deputy Clinic Director at the Victorian
College of Optometry and Director of Research for the CVRA.
Craig is a therapeutically accredited optometrist, a Fellow of the Victorian
College of Optometry, as well as the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the College of Optometry (UK).
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