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A Look at 25 Years of GSLS and Specialty Lenses

In this year’s keynote speech, Craig Norman and Patrick Caroline took a walk down memory lane to examine the last 2 and a half decades of both the Global Specialty Lens Symposium and specialty contact lenses.

  • By

  • Deborah Fisher

  • January 1, 2026

  • 7 min

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Top Institutions in Optometry

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

  • #1

    University of Houston College of Optometry
    University of Houston College of Optometry

    Houston, TX

    Key Differentiators

    • Optometry
    • Specialty Contact Lenses
    • Myopia Control

  • #2

    New England College of Optometry
    New England College of Optometry

    Boston, MA

    Key Differentiators

    • Optometry
    • Specialty Contact Lenses
    • Corneal Disease

  • #3

    University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
    University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry

    Berkeley, CA

    Key Differentiators

    • Optometry
    • Myopia Control
    • Specialty Contact Lenses

  • #4

    The Ohio State University College of Optometry
    The Ohio State University College of Optometry

    Columbus, OH

    Key Differentiators

    • Optometry
    • Corneal and Contact Lens Research
    • Myopia Control

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A Look at 25 Years of GSLS and Specialty Lenses

  • by Deborah Fisher

  • January 1, 2026

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