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 Desmond Fonn MOptom, FAAO (Director)
Desmond Fonn is Director of the Centre for Contact Lens Research and Professor at the School of Optometry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is a graduate of the School of Optometry in Johannesburg, South Africa and the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia where he also served as a consultant for the Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a diplomate of the Cornea and Contact Lens section, a member of the Canadian and Ontario Association of Optometrists, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He is the immediate Past President of the International Society for Contact Lens Research and a founding member of the International Association of Contact Lens Educators in which he served as Vice President for 15 years. In 2003 Desmond Fonn received the prestigious Max Shapero award from the American Academy of Optometry which is awarded to individuals who have made a significant contribution to the cornea and contact lens field. He received the Wichterle medal from the Czech Contact Lens Society in 2003, the Kenneth Bell medal from the Australian Contact Lens Society in 2007, was the 2008 British Contact Lens Association Gold Medal recipient and received the Clair Bobier distinguished lecture award from the School of Optometry, University of Waterloo. He currently serves as Editor-In-Chief of Eye & Contact Lens and is on the editorial boards of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics and The Ocular Surface. Professor Fonn is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers.
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