Congratulations on your Certificate of Merit for the 2021 Contact Lens Distance Learning course with ABDO. What was your background and experience prior to the course? My career in optics started 10 years ago with qualifying from ABDO College as a Dispensing Optician (D.O) in 2018. During my course,...
Read moreNever a dull moment in our industry. Although this past period will surely be remembered as ‘the COVID era’, there are so many new and exciting developments going on that maybe in the future, all of these technological advances may outweigh the negative vibes of COVID for our industry....
Read morePhilipp and I joined Contamac on the same day over 11 years ago. He was new to the industry, and I had been recruited to head up professional services in the UK and Europe. The time has come for Philipp to move on in his career, but before he...
Read moreClass – ‘Contact Lenses of the Americas Specialist Symposium’ – is an initiative led by Carlos Mayoral (Key Account Manager – Latin America) whose vision was to bring world-class specialty contact lens education to Latin America in an inclusive and accessible format. Class was launched as an educational conference, first held in...
Read morePlease describe your roles at Contamac: Terri: As Sales Support Manager my job is to oversee and support the team with all customer service activities. Janine’s role as Senior Sales Support Administrator predominantly involves looking after our IOL accounts, with Sue as Sales Support Administrator handling our contact lens customers....
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Read moreThe “Contacts with Conway” series of YouTube videos have been surprisingly well-received by both industry and the public. So much so in fact, that we regularly receive requests to explain or expand upon particular topics and, where possible, we use this feedback when deciding future episodes. One such request...
Read morePlease describe your role at Contamac: I am the Operations Director, with overall responsibility for the company’s Production, Machining, Despatch & Facilities at Contamac. I have been in this Company and the Industry for over 34 years and obviously, my role has evolved continuously throughout, having started all those years...
Read moreIn this video, Martin demonstrates 3 ways in which you can determine eye dominance. Determining the dominant eye of a patient is particularly useful when it comes to fitting monovision or presbyopic contact lenses.
Read moreScleral lenses have an astounding ability to provide patients with the gift of sight, often allowing them to regain their lives. With keratoconus (KCN) being the most common indication for scleral lenses, patients often experience a significant improvement in visual function with wear.1 It is well-understood that, by providing...
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