Tuesday, August 16
8:00 pm Central
presented by Tiffany Andrzejewski, OD, FAAO and John Gelles OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS
This activity, COPE Activity #124398, is accredited by COPE for continuing education for optometrists.
This course is COPE Qualified for 1 hour of continuing education.
COPE Course ID: COPE 79467-CL
The GP Lens Institute has gratefully received commercial support from Acuity Polymers, Inc., BostonSight, Contamac, and Menicon for this activity in the form of unrestricted educational grants.
About the Presenters
Dr. Tiffany Andrzejewski
Dr. Tiffany Andrzejewski graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2010. Following graduation, she completed a post-doctoral residency in Cornea and Contact Lens management at Indiana University where prior to her joining Chicago Cornea Consultants, she served as a clinical faculty member.
Her clinical work is dedicated exclusively to specialty contact lenses and surgical co-management. Dr. Andrzejewski’s special areas of interest include the management of dry eye, keratoconus, and other cornea and contact lens related issues, as well as scleral contact lenses. She is one of the top Eyeprint Pro prosthetic scleral lens fitters in the United States. In addition to caring for her patients, Dr. Andrzejewski also lectures on various contact lens topics and is actively involved in the clinical training of Optometry students and serves as an adjunct faculty member of the Illinois College of Optometry.
She is a member of the American Optometric Association and their Cornea and Contact Lens Section, the Scleral Lens Educational Society, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.
Dr. John Gelles
Dr. Gelles is the director of the specialty contact lens division of the Cornea and Laser Eye Institute – CLEI Center for Keratoconus in Teaneck, New Jersey. He is an assistant clinical professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and an adjunct clinical professor at State University of New York College of Optometry, Illinois College of Optometry, and New England College of Optometry. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Scleral Lens Society, Contact Lens Society of America, British Contact Lens Association, the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control, and a PROSE clinical fellow. He is a board member of the Contact Lens Society of America, an executive board member and education chair of the International Keratoconus Academy, an advisory board member for the Gas Permeable Lens Institute, the education chair of the Intrepid Eye Society, the chair of Refractive Surgery Alliance collaborative care section, and serves on the American Academy of Optometry’s Innovations Council. His clinical work is dedicated exclusively to specialty contact lenses for the management of keratoconus, corneal disease, ocular surface disease, and post-surgical corneal conditions. Additionally, he is a clinical investigator for multiple keratoconus and specialty contact lens-related clinical trials at CLEI.
GPLI webinars are normally held on the third Tuesday of each month. There is no charge to attend; simply register to receive a link to the live webinar. Or watch later, after they are posted to this website.
To watch previous webinars, visit the Archived Webinars webpage.
2022 Webinars
| Jan 25 | GP Multifocal Fitting and Problem-Solving — Brooke Messer, OD, FAAO, FSLS Watch now » |
| Feb 15 | Scleral Lens Primer — Lynette Johns, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA Watch now » |
| Mar 15 | Enhancing Specialty Lenses Through Performance-Enhancing Drugs — Mile Brujic, OD, FAAO Watch now » |
| Apr 19 | Incorporating Technology into Today’s Contact Lens Practice — Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, FSLS Watch now » |
| May 17 | Specialty Contact Lens Coding and Billing Update — Clarke Newman, OD, FAAO, FBCLA, FSLS, FNAP Watch now » |
| Jun 14 | Spherical and Toric GP Lens Design, Fitting, and Problem-Solving — Ed Bennett, OD, MSEd, FAAO, FSLS Watch now » |
| Jul 19 | How to Incorporate Orthokeratology into Contact Lens Practice — Roxanna Potter, OD, FAAO, FSLS Watch now » |
| Aug 16 | Specialty Contact Lens Grand Rounds: The Decision-Making Process — Tiffany Andrzejewski, OD, FAAO and John Gelles OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS Register here » |
| Aug 23 | Expanding Your Practice through Education: Becoming a Specialty Contact Lens Externship Site — Panelists: John D. Gelles, OD, FAAO, FIAOMC, FCLSA, FSLS, FBCLA, S. Barry Eiden, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Marsha M. Malooley, OD, FAAO, and Ashley Tucker, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Dipl. ABO; Moderator: Gloria B. Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS; Special Guest: Edward S. Bennett OD, MSEd, FAAO FSLSAO Register here » |
| Sep 20 | Scleral Lens Research and Clinical Implications — Gloria Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS Register here » |
| Oct 18 | Custom Soft Lens Update — Matt Lampa, OD, FAAO Register here » |
| Nov 15 | Contact Lens Care and Compliance Update — Jennifer Harthan, OD, FAAO, FSLS and Pam Satjawatcharaphong, OD, FAAO, FSLS Register here » |
| Dec 20 | Corneal Cross-Linking and Contact Lenses: The Decision-Making Process — John Gelles, OD, FIAO, FCLSA, FSLS Register here » |