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CONTACT
LENS COUNCIL
8201 Corporate Drive, Suite 850
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 459-2618 FAX (301) 459-1802
Director: Mr. Ed Schilling
The Contact Lens Council (CLC) is a non-profit
organization serving as an educational resource on vision
correction for consumers. The primary goal of the CLC is
to promote the safe use of contact lenses. The CLC's toll-free
information line, 800-884-4CLC, and this website, www.contactlenscouncil.org,
provide opportunities for both current and prospective contact
lens consumers to learn about the variety of lens options
available to meet their vision and lifestyle needs.
Through the use of
a comprehensive website, a consumer brochure, and the toll-free
number, the media has been turning to the Contact Lens Council
as an invaluable source of contact lens wear and care information.
The CLC also distributes press releases and new information
on the use and wear of contact lenses and solutions to over
7500 newspapers nationwide, as well as numerous major magazines,
television and radio stations. More than 4,000 eyecare professionals
across the United States use CLC consumer brochures to distribute
to their patients.
Advisory members of the CLC
include: The American Optometric Association, Contact Lens
Association of Ophthalmologists, and the Contact Lens Society
of America. The CLC is sponsored by and works closely with
the Contact Lens Institute (CLI), a trade association that
includes as members Alcon Laboratories, Allergan Optical, Bausch & Lomb, Biocompatibles, CIBA Vision, Coopervision,
Vistakon (a division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Products,
Inc.), and Wesley Jessen.
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Below are the names of two eyecare
professionals that have been an asset to the Contact Lens
Council, volunteering their time and expertise to help
inform and assist both consumers and the media as to what
is happening in the ever-evolving world of vision care
and contact lenses. If you are a journalist/reporter and
need an expert opinion, please contact one of the doctors
below by clicking on a name.
Dr.
Barry Weiner
Manor Professional Building
3421 Sweet Air Road, Suite #4
Phoenix, MD 21131
Dr. Weiner is a graduate of the
Pennsylvania College of Optometry, and has been in private
practice specializing in contact lenses since 1967. Dr.
Weiner was a clinical instructor and then an Asst Professor
of Ophthalmology at the University of Maryland Medical
School from 1973-1993. He is currently an ancillary faculty
member at the Wilmer Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine. He is a member of the AOA serving
on the AOA's Contact Lens Section Council. He is also
a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Weiner
specializes in complicated contact lens prescriptions
and refractice surgery co-management.
Joseph T. Barr, O.D.,
M.S.
Dr. Barr is Assistant Dean for Clinical
Affairs and Professor of Optometry and Vision Science
at the Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. He is the
Vice Chair of the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the
American Academy of Optometry. He is a member of the International
Society for Contact Lens Research, International Association
of Contact Lens Educators and Association of Optometric
Contact Lens Educators. He is the Director of the Collaborative
Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Photography
Reading Center. He is also the editor of Contact
Lens Spectrum, the eyecare professional's choice
for contact lens information.
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