Newsletter

2011
Issue No. 3

www.sclerallens.org

In This Issue
Fundamentals of Scleral Lens Fitting at the GSLS
SLS Scholarship
ISCLS Meeting
Case Report
Scleral Lens Education Society: Board

 

President

Gregory W DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO

 

Vice President

Christine W Sindt, OD, FAAO

 

Secretary  

Bruce Baldwin, OD,  PhD,  FAAO

 

Treasurer

Jason Jedlicka, OD,  FAAO

 

Fellowship Chair

Mindy Toabe, OD,  FAAO

 

Public Education Chair

Muriel Schornack, OD,  FAAO

 

International Relations Chair

Eef van der Worp, BOptom, PhD, FAAO, FIACLE
Welcome
A Message From the President
        
The January 2012 Global Specialty Lens Symposium       
meeting will mark the two year anniversary of the Scleral
Lens Education Society!  Now that the SLS is firmly established, the Board members have decided to have an annual ascension of the four officer positions with Dr. Christine Sindt taking over as President. The opening of the Treasurer position and three Chair positions will be filled by a nomination and voting process that will be carried out by the existing board 
before the GSLS meeting.

It has been an honor to serve as President, but renewed leadership will grow the Scleral Lens Education Society's educative foundation in the contact lens community.

Please don't hesitate to contact us through the website (www.sclerallens.org) if you should have any questions or comments.  
                               
Best regards,
Greg DeNaeyer, OD, FAAO
President, Scleral Lens Education Society

 

Fundamentals of Scleral Lens Fitting at the GSLS        

 

The Scleral Lens Education Society is hosting a comprehensive fundamentals lecture on scleral lens fitting at the Global Specialty Lens Symposium on Thursday January 26, 2012 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The program features Drs. Eef van der Worp, Jason Jedlicka, Christine Sindt, and Bruce Baldwin.  Visit the GSLS website for more details. Scleral lenses will also be featured in the main program. 

SLS Scholarship

The SLS is supporting a research project into scleral lenses, its clinical performance and optical quality (including wavefront aberrometry), physiological response to scleral lens wear and the biochemical behaviour of the ocular surface. This research is initiated by Associate Professor Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Meijome from the Clinical & Experimental Optometry Research Lab at University of Minho in Braga (Portugal) and Eef van der Worp, affiliated with Pacific University in Oregon (USA). In upcoming newsletters, new details about the research, and results going forward, will be presented.
International Society of Contact Lens Specialists

The International Society of Contact Lens Specialists would like the invite SLS members
to their next congress, which is to be held September 7th - September 11th 2012 in Kent England.  Please visit the ISCLS website for more details.

 

Case Report

Muriel Schornack, OD, FAAO

A 56-year-old Caucasian male was referred to our corneal service for management of a non-healing epithelial defect in his left eye. Our corneal specialist suspected that the epithelial defect was neurotrophic in nature. We fit him with a scleral lens. Within one month of initiation of scleral lens therapy, the epithelial defect had resolved completely. To see more about this case, please see link below.

 
Membership & Fellowship

Membership allows contact lens fitters access to the practitioner's section of the website that contains scleral lens fitting resources.

 

Consider becoming a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society (FSLS).  

Optometrists, ophthalmologists, and Fellows of the Contact Lens Society of America (FCLSA) who have proven themselves in the field of scleral lens fitting can apply for status as a Fellow of the Scleral Lens Society entitling them to be listed on the SLS website as a Scleral Lens Fitter, which is accessible to the public.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR BECOMING AN SLS FELLOW

E-Mail your intention and submissions to become a fellow to Mindy Toabe       

at scleralsociety@gmail.com. Fellowship can be attained by submitting a total of three peer reviewed selections. Acceptable documents include lectures, publications, posters, workshops, case reports, and other related material.  Case reports do not need to be peer reviewed prior to submission. Submissions will be reviewed by the Fellowship Committee prior to approval. Log in and click the practitioner tab to access the Fellowship page.

 

 

About Us

The Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS) is a non-profit 
organization 501(c)3 committed to teaching contact lens practitioners the science and art of fitting all designs of scleral contact lenses for the purpose of managing corneal irregularity and ocular surface disease. SLS supports public education that highlights the benefits and availability of scleral contact lenses.

 

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