GP Lens Institute
FIRST in EducationThe educational resource for specialty contact lenses.
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Become a Member
The GPLI Eye Care Professional Membership gives you access to premier resources to help you advance your specialty contact lens practice. Your membership also supports the ongoing efforts of the GP Lens Institute. Membership renews on a calendar year basis. This can also make a wonderful gift!
List Your Practice on Our Finder
We maintain a database of eye care professionals who prescribe and fit specialty contact lenses. This list is used daily by consumers visiting our patient education website. Need to refer a patient? Or check to see if you are listed? Click here to use the finder. Apply below to be added to our database.
Featured Resources
Who We Serve
Students & Residents
We hold quarterly webinars that cater to students as well as provide resources such as lecture series, webinar archives, and informational literature.
Optometrists
We hold monthly webinars and quarterly COPE approved webinars that cater to eye care professionals and provide resources such as training materials and education on all types of specialty contact lenses.
Eye Care Professional Staff
We provide staff training materials, informational literature, laboratory resources, material lists, helpful links, and printed materials to elevate your contact lens practice.
Educators
We provide helpful resources an online curriculum for contact lens educators as well as quarterly webinars to share with your students. Educators get free GPLI ECP Membership.
Our Mission
The GP Lens Institute is dedicated to providing the eye care community with unbiased education and practice-building resources to realize the full benefits and advantages of gas permeable (GP) and custom specialty contact lenses.
News
GPLI Executive Director Dr. Jenn Harthan Graduates from Flom Leadership Academy
The Merton C. Flom Leadership Academy is designed to help optometrists develop their full leadership potential through guided individual study, facilitated discussion, and optimization of their personal talents identified through the Gallup CliftonStrengths assessment. The GPLI is proud to announce that its executive director, Dr. Jenn Harthan, has graduated from the Leadership Academy!
GPLI Q3 Letter from the President
By GPLI President Derrell James, August 2025 Dear all GPLI friends and colleagues, I thought it would be timely to catch up our membership, advisory board, and friends on all the wonderful things the GPLI has been doing and is planning to do as 2025 is moving swiftly...
Upcoming Events
feb 17 – student Webinar
“Multifocal Contact Lens Medley: Is it ever possible to make your presbyopic patients happy?”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Julie Song
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mar 17 – cope Webinar
“Clinical Management of Complex Corneas with Specialty Contact Lenses”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Stephanie Pisano
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apr 21 – ecp Webinar
“Corneal GP Fitting Adjustments: Special Cases”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Jason Jedlicka
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apr 23 – student Webinar
“Building a Thriving Specialty Contact Lens Practice – Insights from the Experts”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Drs. Louise Sclafani, Tiffany Andrzejewski, Elise Kramer, and Carl Kramer
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may 19 – cope Webinar
“Specialty Contact Lens Considerations in Glaucoma Management”
8:00 pm Central
presented by Dr. Gloria Chiu
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2026 Webinars
The 2026 webinar lineup is now available!
Bitoric / High Astigmatism
Includes lens calculators, the Mandell-Moore and Newman guides, FAQs on when and how to fits torics, and more.
Corneal Reshaping
A wealth of webinars on overnight ortho-k and myopia control!
Keratoconus / Post Surgical
Post-surgical FAQs and nine webinars dealing with irregular cornea.
Presbyopia / Multifocals
Includes the “Building Your Practice with GP Multifocals” guide, FAQ, grand rounds and 10+ archived webinars.
Scleral Lenses
20+ webinars, troubleshooting FAQ, help with insurance claims and sample patient education.
Soft Specialty Lenses
10 webinars on soft and hybrid specialty lenses.
Spherical GP Lenses
Includes the popular Click ‘n’ Fit interactive educational module, webinars, FAQ, troubleshooting, and more.
Rising Stars
AWARD CEREMONY
Congratulations 2025 award winners!
Awards were presented January 18, 2025 at the Rising Stars reception following the Global Specialty Lens Symposium at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Click on each winner for more info about them, the award, and a video of the presentation.
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