Paragon Vision Sciences Announces Educational Partnerships with Leading Institutions and Organizations
GILBERT, Arizona — (April 4, 2017) — Paragon Vision Sciences, a world leader in orthokeratology, today announced that it has entered into a series of educational partnership programs with several leading research institutions and organizations devoted to advancing eye care practitioner education about myopia.
“Myopia is a world-wide public health concern,” says Richard Jeffries, president, Paragon Vision Sciences. “Through these educational partnerships, along with our resources at The Paragon Education and Training Academy, we are expanding our commitment to provide eye care practitioners around the world with clinical expertise, strategies, and resources to help treat and prevent potential myopic-related ocular complications and vision loss from occurring.”
Partnerships include:
The Myopia Control Clinic at University of California, Berkley (UCB)
Paragon Vision Sciences and the Myopia Control Clinic at University of California, Berkley (UCB), one of the nation’s leading vision science research institutions, will work together to develop educational programs to provide current and future eye care practitioners around the world with the most up-to- date research and treatment options for myopia. Under the leadership of assistant professor of clinical optometry at the University of California, Berkley (UCB) and Clinic founder Maria Liu, OD, PhD, the first of these educational programs will commence on April 12 when The Myopia Control Clinic hosts an international delegation of doctors from China.
The Vision Research Institute at the Michigan College of Optometry
Paragon Vision Sciences and the Vision Research Institute (VRI) at the Michigan College of Optometry will work together to develop educational tools focused on employing technology to simplify the effective and efficient diagnosis and fitting of corneal reshaping/orthokeratology and specialty contact lenses in general eye care practices.
Scleral Lens Education Society
Paragon Vision Sciences and the Scleral Lens Education Society will collaborate on the development of non-product related educational programs at The Paragon Education and Training Academy, a state-of- the-art comprehensive learning and training center, located at the company’s headquarters in Gilbert, Ariz. The Scleral Lens Education Society teaches contact lens practitioners the science and art of prescribing scleral contact lenses.
International Academy of Orthokeratology
Paragon Vision Sciences will collaborate with the International Academy of Orthokeratology, a non-profit independent organization devoted to promoting the science of Orthokeratology to eye care practitioners, on an educational series devoted to myopia management. Additionally, Paragon is covering registration fees for optometry students attending Vision by Design 2017, where world renowned experts, practitioners, academics, and manufacturers are discussing the latest developments, innovations and research in corneal reshaping, myopia control and specialty contact lenses.
About Paragon Vision Sciences
Paragon Vision Sciences, independently-owned by its CEO Joe Sicari, is dedicated to “Changing Lives Through Better Vision.” For more than 40 years, Paragon Vision Sciences’ commitment to research and development of advanced polymerizations for gas permeable materials, along with the company’s sharp focus on technologically advanced ocular device design and superior manufacturing standards in the corneal reshaping/orthokeratology and scleral categories, has established Paragon as an industry leader in serving the global specialty contact lens market. Prescribed in 50 countries around the world, Paragon CRT® Contact Lenses are the choice of many eye care practitioners for the management of myopia. For more information, visit www.paragonvision.com.