Award of Excellence

The Global Specialty Lens Symposium Award of Excellence was established in 2013. The award is given periodically by the Program Committee to a distinguished clinician, scholar, and/or scientist to recognize their lifelong achievements in the field of contact lenses, especially as they relate to specialty contact lenses. The individuals selected are recognized for their contributions to the field of contact lenses, including development, practice, translation of knowledge and education, and scholarly activity, all of which moved the field forward in seminal ways. The honorees are recognized at the annual Global Specialty Lens Symposium (GSLS) meeting in Las Vegas.

2024

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Jan Bergmanson

2023

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Carina Koppen

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Deborah Jacobs

2022 - Not Awarded

2021

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Otto Wichterle

2020

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Joseph Barr

2019

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Craig Norman

2018 - Myopia Management Pioneers

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Thomas Aller

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Pauline Cho

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Earl Smith

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Jeff Walline

2017 - Not Awarded

2016 - Textbook Pioneers

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Ed Bennett

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Gerald E. Lowther

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Robert B. Mandell

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Anthony J. Phillips

2015 - Scleral Lens Pioneers

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Don Ezekiel

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Kenneth Pullum

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Perry Rosenthal

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Rients Visser

2014

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Donald R. Korb

2013

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Brien Holden