International Global Contact Lens Forum slated for Birmingham

An optical duo from the US will be addressing their UK counterparts at the BCLA/Vision Expo International Global Contact Lens Forum next month.

Optometrists Dr Kirk Smick and Dr Jack Schaeffer had joined Johnson & Johnson Vision Care associate director medical affairs EMA Anna Sulley and contact lens optician Shelly Bansal on the speaker list, the BCLA announced.

A first forum at Vision Expo East in New York earlier this year attracted around 150 delegates.

The follow up event has been scheduled for June 6 – on the opening day of the 38th BCLA Clinical Conference and Exhibition at the ICC Birmingham.

Nick Rumney, BCLA conference programme coordinator, said: ‘The response to the first-ever Global Contact Lens Forum in New York was highly encouraging. It proved a great forum to share ideas and we look forward to welcoming delegates to the second GCLF – where as well as focusing on patient retention, we will learn how therapeutically-trained optometrists in the US have utilised independent prescribing as a USP in looking after their patients.’