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WORLD COUNCIL OF OPTOMETRY TO HOST GLOBAL MYOPIA

MANAGEMENT VIRTUAL EVENT
dvancing ongoing efforts to establish a global myopia management standard of care,
the World Council of Optometry (WCO) is partnering with one of the world’s
Amyopia category leaders, CooperVision, to host a virtual event on February 12,
2022 focused on myopia management.
WCO has gathered an impressive roster of industry leaders so far to share their You’ll love this
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• Carmen Abesamis-Dichoso, OD (Philippines), Optometrist and recipient of the informative
IACLE Educator Fellowship Program, University of Waterloo (Canada), School of
Optometry. In addition to her private practice, she has lectured extensively both resource!
locally and internationally on myopia management.
• Thomas Aller, OD (United States), Optometrist, Visiting Scholar and Practice Owner
of Dr. Thomas Aller Optometrist, Inc. Aller is an expert in myopia control and
orthokeratology, and a regular contributor to the field of vision science and the
development of innovative treatments.

• Philip Cheng, B Optom FIAOMC (Australia), Optometrist and Clinical Director
of Eyecare Concepts, The Myopia Clinic Melbourne. Cheng’s specialties include
orthokeratology, myopia control, children’s optometry, specialty contact lenses and
dry eye management.
• Kate Gifford, BAS Hons Optometry, PhD (Australia) earned her graduate degree
in contact lens optics in myopia from Queensland University of Technology.
A clinician-scientist and peer educator and a co-founder of Myopiaprofile.com, she
holds a visiting research fellow position at QUT and is the committee chair and lead
author on the International Myopia Institute’s Clinical Management Guidelines.
• Nicola Logan, BSc Hons Optometry, MEd, PhD (United Kingdom), Optometrist and
Professor, Aston University College of Health and Life Sciences. Logan researches the
development, progression and management of myopia in children and runs a clinical Y A responsive website for all devices
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• Sara McCullough, BSc Hons Optometry, PhD, (United Kingdom), Optometrist and Y Event calendar
Research Associate in Optometry and Vision Science at Ulster University (Northern Y News of the Canadian and global
Ireland). She is currently working on the Northern Ireland Childhood Errors of industry
Refraction (NICER) study investigating the progression of refractive error in children Y Details on suppliers and brands
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