It is with great anticipation that this year’s Class Symposium will take place in Cartagena, Colombia on November 3rd, 4th and 5th. After the COVID hiatus, it will be a welcome return to in-person meetings with colleagues, old and new, and to learn from the experts in the field. Cartagena is a...
Read morePlease describe your role at Contamac: I look after contact lens customers in North Western Europe, the East Coast of the USA and East Asia. This gives me great insight into how different markets are developing globally. I have been at Contamac a long time, and have seen many...
Read moreCould a “Soft Lens Dropout” be a potential patient for the Speciality Lens Practitioner? Patient dropout and the reasons for it have long since been a subject of discussion within both the contact lens industry and profession. Speciality lens manufacturers normally supply lenses for patients who are perhaps more...
Read moreAcanthamoeba Keratitis is, thankfully, an extremely rare infection that, in the developed world, is predominantly found in contact lens wearers¹. Symptoms include: Eye pain and sensitivity to light that may seem disproportionate to that of a “normal” eye infection Eye redness Blurred vision Sensation of something in the eye...
Read moreCongratulations 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 moreWhen you graduate everything seems easy, you cannot wait to put your education into practice, not thinking you will encounter any particular difficulties in doing so. The reality, however, is a whole different story. 1. Two of us The first case that I found myself having to face as...
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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