Contact Lens Institute Names 2025 Visionaries

Wednesday, January 29 2025 | 15 h 03 min | News

Eighteen established and emerging eye care community leaders have been named as Contact Lens Institute 2025 Visionaries. The diverse group represents a range of practice settings, research interests, and specializations from across the United States and Canada.

Each Visionary has demonstrated a commitment to raising awareness of advances in soft contact lenses and prescribing benefits to patients and practices. Selected in part for their ability to connect with and inspire their colleagues, all will participate in initiatives that promote best practices, tools, new data, and clinical and practice management insights through the Contact Lens Institute’s The EASY Way and See Tomorrow initiatives.

Eight Visionaries return to the program after previous service, while another 10 have been newly appointed. 2025 honorees include:

• Roxanne Achong-Coan OD, FAAO, FIAOMC, FSLS, Dip CCLRT, Coan Eye Care and Optical Boutique, Ocoee, Fla.
• Shelby Brogdon, OD, McFarland Eye Care, Little Rock, Ark.*
• Andrew Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FCLSA, ASB Opticianry Education Services, Vancouver, Wash.*
• Jennifer M. Seymour Brusven, LDO, NCLE-AC, ABO-AC, AAS, Yesnick Vision Center, Las Vegas, Nev.*
• Jason E. Compton, OD, FAAO, Compton Eye Associates, New York, N.Y.*
• Ryan Corte, OD, Northlake Eye, Charlotte and Asheville, N.C.
• Melanie Frogozo, OD, FSLS, FAAO, Dipl AAO, Alamo Eye Care, San Antonio, Texas.
• Susan J. Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS, Dipl AAO, First Sight Vision Care, Fulton, Md.  
• Lisa Hornick, OD, MBA, FAAO, Stanford Ranch Optometry, Rocklin, Calif.*
• Jennifer Liao, OD, FAAO, FSLS, New England College of Optometry (NECO) Center for Eye Care, Boston
• Scott Moscow, OD, Roswell Eye Clinic, Roswell, Ga.*
• Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, FIAOMC, Dr. Shalu Pal & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
• Nishan Pressley, OD, Essential Eyecare & Optical, Apopka, Fla.
• Adam Ramsey, OD, Socialite Vision, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.*
• Harbir Sian, OD, Highstreet Eyecare Center and Clarity Eyecare, British Columbia, Canada
• Jennifer Stewart, OD, Look New Canaan, New Canaan, Conn.
• Shauna Thornhill, OD, Amarillo Vision Specialists, Amarillo, Texas
• Christopher Wolfe, OD, FAAO, Dipl. ABO, Exclusively Eyecare and Practice Performance Partners, Omaha, Neb.

* Returning Visionary

“Through extensive peer-to-peer sharing, our Visionaries play an important role in advancing the role of soft contact lenses in eye care practices in the U.S. and Canada. This diverse group of optometrists and opticians have demonstrated a mastery of clinical skills to give patients optimal contact lens experiences, as well as a passion to share their knowledge and enthusiasm across the eye care world.”

Stan Rogaski, executive director, CLI

The Contact Lens Institute advances the latest innovations in safe and effective contact lens and lens care products and services that provide unique benefits to patients while satisfying the evolving needs of eye care professionals. CLI undertakes activities that properly assess, enhance, promote and balance contact lens and lens care industry welfare and growth, including the safe use of products in the marketplace. Its members include Alcon, Bausch + Lomb, CooperVision, and Johnson & Johnson Vision. For more information, visit contactlensinstitute.org.

Click HERE for the press release.

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