Burt Dubow, OD, FAAO
Dr. Dubow, a senior partner at Insight Eye Care
in St. Cloud, Minn., received his doctor of optometry from
Pacific University College of Optometry in 1975. He is a past chair of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section
of the American Optometric Association, a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, and a distinguished fellow of the
National Academies of Practice. Dr. Dubow was editor of Eye Quest Magazine, and has written
many articles on contact lenses and patient care internationally. He also has lectured to optometrists, ophthalmologists,
pharmacists, and staff in the United States and abroad.
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Valerie Kattouf, OD
Dr. Kattouf is an optometrist in private practice and on the faculty
at Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago, where she
lectures on such topics as strabismus, amblyopia,
binocular vision disorders and the relationship between vision and
learning. She also coordinates the Pediatric/Binocular Vision residency
there. And she is an editorial council member
of the Journal of Optometric Vision Development. Dr. Kattouf
completed a residency in pediatrics and binocular vision at the State
University of New York Optometric Center. She has presented at numerous
scientific meetings on pediatric eyecare and strabismus. Dr. Kattouf is a
fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a member of the Illinois
Optometric Association and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development.
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Mark Mattison-Shupnick, ABOM, BS
Master optician Mark Mattison-Shupnick directs the continuing education program for 20/20 magazine and Vision Monday,
owned by the ophthalmic industry's largest trade publisher, Jobson Medical Information LLC. Mattison-Shupnick also is an independent
consultant to the ophthalmic industry. His expertise includes market research, product development, project management, and ophthalmic
optics training for doctors and staff. Clients have included major lens manufacturers, regional and national chains, and lens processing
laboratories, along with optometric management consulting and buying groups.
With more than 30 years of experience in the optical industry, Mattison-Shupnick also lectures nationally and internationally.
He currently works in retail activities, conducts primary research, participates in product development projects, assists companies
with technical marketing needs, and teaches classes on behalf of company, trade, and professional organizations. Mattison-Shupnick belongs
to the Opticianry Hall of Fame and also received the Beverly Myers Award for Education from the National Academy of Opticianry.
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Charles B. Slonim, MD, FACS
Dr. Charles Slonim is a board-certified ophthalmologist in private practice at
the Older and Slonim Eyelid
Institute in Tampa, and is affiliate professor of ophthalmology
at the University of South Florida College of Medicine.
He is a fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS).
Dr. Slonim received Honor Awards from the American Academy of
Ophthalmology in 1993 and the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists in 1998.
He has lectured extensively to ophthalmologists, optometrists and other physicians in more than 37 cities in
26 countries around the world. He has published 26 ophthalmic journal articles, 15 textbook chapters
and five clinical symposia.
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Vance Michael Thompson, MD
Dr. Vance Thompson is the director of refractive surgery for Sioux Valley Clinic in Sioux Falls, S.D., and serves as an assistant
professor of ophthalmology at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. He was the director of refractive surgery at Ophthalmology, Ltd.,
in Sioux Falls from 1991 through 2003. A leading international researcher in the field of laser vision correction, Dr. Thompson was
an investigator with Alcon, Inc. for more than 10 years. He has played a key role in developing the excimer laser for
vision correction and also has served as a principal investigator in numerous FDA-monitored clinical trials, studying laser and implant vision correction
of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Dr. Thompson continues to play an important role in the continuing development
and refinement of laser and implant vision correction, currently conducting research on various myopic and hyperopic phakic intraocular lens
technologies and the AcuFocus corneal inlay. In addition, Dr. Thompson has been published extensively in journals and books
and is co-author of a refractive surgery textbook. He also lectures and teaches refractive surgery to thousands of eye surgeons
throughout the world.