Contact Lens Headlines covers breaking news and other news of interest to contact lens wearers and those considering contact lens wear. The site is published by Access Media Group LLC, which also publishes the eye health portal AllAboutVision.com.
Editor Marilyn Haddrill was a staff reporter for the El Paso Times and a regular freelancer for publications including The Dallas Morning News. Her work has appeared in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and AARP’s Modern Maturity. In 1998, she began her career in eye health as a writer/editor for Eye World, a publication of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; and in 2006 became editor of AllAboutVision.com.
Chief Clinical Editor Gary Heiting, OD, practiced optometry for 20+ years before becoming the director of professional relations and education for Pentax Vision, an ophthalmic lens manufacturer. In 1999, he co-founded one of the first eye care patient education websites. Dr. Heiting is currently editor of Refractive Surgery News and associate editor of AllAboutVision.com.
Publisher Ron Walker is co-founder and former publisher of Contact Lens Spectrum, a professional journal serving 30,000 optometrists, ophthalmologists and other professionals who prescribe and fit contact lenses. In 1997 he co-founded Contact Lenses Today, the vision care profession’s first electronic newsletter. He is publisher of AllAboutVision.com.
Editorial Advisors
Edward Bennett, OD, MSEd, is an associate professor of optometry and co-chief, Contact Lens Service at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, College of Optometry. He also serves as executive director of the GP Lens Institute. Dr. Bennett is an active clinical investigator, contact lens researcher, author, lecturer and a globally recognized contact lens expert.
Burt Dubow, OD, FAAO, is senior partner at Insight Eye Care in St. Cloud, Minn., and a past chair of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Association. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a distinguished fellow of the National Academies of Practice. Dr. Dubow is an accomplished author, journal editor, researcher, consultant and lecturer, both in in the United States and abroad.
Jeffrey D. Johnson, OD, CFA, is senior research analyst - Medical Technology in the ophthalmic, dental and orthopedic sectors for Robert W. Baird & Co. Prior to joining Baird in 2003, he was an optometrist and the associate director of Refractive Surgery Services at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He was also an instructor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct assistant professor of optometry at the New England College of Optometry.
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