Ever heard of “Try not 2 blink?” The cohosts of this interesting podcast become the interviewees as Drs. Deom and Habibi share their thoughts about their eyecare journey, how specialty contact lenses have impacted the lives of their patients, and their outlook for optometry over the next few decades.

If you’ve been to contact lens or dry eye CE lectures in the past few years you’ve most likely heard Drs. Mile Brujic and David Kading lecture. Or, you’ve read one of their many publications. Or, as a student, you were exposed to the many offerings of Optometric Insights to help grow your career. Now, you can hear each of these innovators describe their passion for eyecare and how they hope to impact ECP’s and their patients for years to come.

The HydraPEG story is an interesting one – a Silicon Valley startup company with the goal to increase contact lens wearing time and comfort. Hear from Dr. Vic McCray, Brandon Felkins and Karen Havenstrite on how they took a biological approach to creating a product that results in contact lens patient success.

Want to learn more about keratoconus? How about building an OD-MD optometric practice? Guest Dr. Barry Eiden shares his experiences in these areas in a spirited, enlightening discussion.

There’s lots of interest in kids and contact lenses today. Guests Dr. Jeffrey Walline and Dr. Jennifer Fogt share with us tips for managing children and their parents with contact lenses for refractive errors, aphakia and post-surgery.

Interested in how to start and build a specialty contact lens practice? Hear how Dr. Elise Kramer went into the highly competitive South Florida market and survived – and now is thriving as she discovered the importance of differentiation from the practices near her.

Interesting, out-spoken, controversial. These are all excellent descriptions of our guest Dr. Art Epstein. Listen and learn about the intricacies of setting up a dry eye practice and incorporating new products and lenses to improve patients’ quality of life.

Highly sought-after international speaker and scleral lens expert Dr. Tom Arnold joins the podcast to discuss what ignited his interest in specialty contact lenses, ocular photography and building a community on social media.

In this episode, Craig discusses the steps necessary to gear up your practice as a specialty lens "center of excellence." Listen in as he describes how to devise a path to become a contact lens specialist, beginning with what instrumentation is critical for acquisition of pertinent ocular data. He also provides suggestions on where to gain knowledge in specialty areas such as scleral lenses, custom soft lens design, presbyopia and orthokeratology. Plus, additional tips and opinions will be provided from industry experts.

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In this episode, Craig visits the headquarters of Contamac Ltd. located in beautiful Saffron Walden, Essex in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1987, Contamac is a global leader in the manufacture of contact lens and intraocular lens materials. Craig is first welcomed by managing director Rob McGregor to learn more about where Contamac began and where it is heading. Next, R&D manager Tristan Tapper discusses the process of developing new products and what new technologies the future could hold. Finally, Martin Conway discusses his role in professional services and how he works with eyecare practitioners and on educational initiatives within the industry.

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