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"CONTACTS"

BUILDING YOUR PRACTICE WITH 
GP AND CUSTOM SOFT CONTACT LENSES


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FIND A GP SPECIALIST


The GPLI maintains a database of U.S. eye care professionals who prescribe and fit GP lenses. This list is used daily by personnel visiting our consumer education website: contactlenses.org. Driven by zip codes, patients can obtain a list of GP Specialists (up to 25 listings) within a 100 mile radius of their zip code.

Do you need to refer a patient? Utilizing the new zip code where your patient is relocating or visiting, find a specialist to refer them.

Join 2,755 GP Specialists that are already listed in our database throughout the United States. You need to specialize in 4 of the 5 areas of expertise to enhance your listing. They are:


General GP Contact Lenses
Bifocal/Multifocal Contact Lenses
Contact Lenses for Irregular Corneas
Corneal Reshaping / Orthokeratology
Scleral Lens Designs


To provide your information, go to GPLI.info. Under the drop down menu of the tab RESOURCES - 4th choice down is FIND A GP SPECIALIST. Click on that choice and then scroll down and enter your information.


Or you can CLICK HERE and immediately go to the page for input.


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GPLI Advisory Board Spotlight


Michael J. Lipson, OD, FAAO, FSLS
Dr. Michael Lipson (OrthoK Consulting LLC), who provided such an excellent contemporary overview on orthokeratology in the March GPLI webinar, is interested in obtaining more data on orthokeratology usage. If you have the time it would be appreciated if you could complete the brief survey listed below.

The FOKUS (Fitting of OrthoKeratology in the US) Survey 
The prescribing, popularity and practice of OrthoK is gaining momentum and we now have the opportunity to gather information that will help practitioners grow their OrthoK and myopia management practice. 
To date, practitioners, manufacturers, educators and the public have had little to no information on the field of OrthoK. The public, as well as those involved in prescribing OrthoK, do not have answers to questions like, how many patients are undergoing OrthoK, why are patients starting OrthoK, how many practitioners are prescribing OrthoK and what are the prescribing habits of practitioners. 

Below is a link to a survey that will gather data to answer those questions and more. Having this information is critical to all involved in OrthoK as well as those considering initiating OrthoK. Your participation is highly valued and will help you and the eye care community. To ensure the best picture of the overall market, please pass this on to a colleague or post on social media. Results of the survey will be published in a popular journal. The survey is a non-biased, independent project with no company sponsorship. It should take 8-12 minutes to complete and upon completion you can opt to be entered in a drawing for one of five, $100 gift cards. 




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2021 GPLI Monthly Webinar Series

April 20, 2021

Scleral Lens
Practice Management





Presented by
Edward Boshnick OD, FAAO
8:00 PM Central

Student Webinar April 27, 2021

Topography-guided Troubleshooting for Orthokeratology


Anita Gulmiri, OD, FAAO
Upcoming:



May 18: Karen G. Carrasquillo OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA: 
Management of the Scleral Lens Ocular Surface Disease Patient Beyond the Fit

June 15: Heidi Miller OD, FAAO, FSLS:
Pediatric Specialty Contact Lens Applications

July 20: Jeff Walline OD, PhD, FAAO: 
Myopia Management Update

July 27: STUDENT WEBINAR: Dawn Lam, MS, OD, FAAO and Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO
Troubleshooting Corneal GP Lenses

August 17: Stephanie L. Woo OD, FAAO, FSLS:
Contact Lens Management of Keratoconus

September 21: Renee Reeder OD, FAAO, FSLS: Custom Soft Lens Update for Healthy and Irregular Cornea Patients

October 19: Jason Jedlicka OD, FAAO, FSLS:
Software Applications for Specialty Lens Designs

November 16: Greg DeNaeyer OD, FAAO, FSLS: Beyond the Basics: Advanced scleral lens design

December 21: Maria K. Walker OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS: GP Material Update


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Orders shipped to the USA only - 200 of each complimentary including shipping

1)   GP Lens Management Guide (download only)

2)   Fluorescein Pattern Identification Card

3)   Correcting Presbyopia Tips Card

4)   Contact Lens Clinical Pocket Guide

5)   In-Office Disinfection of Multi-Patient Use Diagnostic Contact Lenses

6)   See with Your Contacts Even When You’re Not Wearing Them (Orthokeratology Patient Brochure which can be downloaded as well)

7)   Look as Young as You Feel (Multifocal Patient Brochure which can be downloaded as well)

8)   Scleral Lenses are Big News (Scleral Consumer Brochure which can be downloaded as well)

9)   Caring for Your GP Lenses (Care and Handling Patient Brochure which can be downloaded as well)

10)   Myopia Management (Myopia Patient Brochure for which the references can be downloaded from this site)

11)  Reading Verification Card (features both passages on one size of varying acuity and different types of print – newspaper, etc. – on the other side)

12) Scleral Lens Care Tips, Application and Removal Card


Edward S. Bennett, OD, MSEd, FAAO, FSLS
Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri St Louis College of Optometry
President and Executive Director
GP LENS INSTITUTE (GPLI)
Our contact lens industry is growing thanks to each of us connecting with each other, hoping for the best and believing in what we do!!

Stay safe, remain happy, enjoy life and
respect and support each other.



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