SAN RAMON, CALIF., May 9, 2022— CooperVision, a global leader in myopia management, has kicked off its 2022 Myopia Management Workshop series. The immersive full-day events are designed to accelerate practices’ clinical and business success in the fast-growing sector.
Eye care professionals (ECPs) from across the U.S. recently traveled to Miami for 2022’s first gathering, which followed pilot events in Chicago and San Diego last year. Additional workshops in Denver and Boston follow.
In addition to participating in interactive expert-led sessions, workshop attendees can also learn from their peers’ varied and valuable myopia management experiences. These workshops provide optometrists and ophthalmologists who are adding myopia management to their practice for the first time opportunities to connect with doctors who have prescribed Paragon CRT® for several years and MiSight® 1 day soft contact lenses for myopia control in children aged 8-12 at the initiation of treatment following its 2019 FDA* approval.
“We’re passionate about how myopia management can help our patients and CooperVision’s workshop reinforced that with a renewed sense of purpose,” says Nicolette Scott, OD, MiSight® certified ECP at Broad View Eye Center. “After listening to top researchers discuss new clinical data and learning from the experiences of our colleagues, we returned home with strategies to help make our own myopia management program even better.”
In Miami, nearly 50 ECPs from 18 states convened for sessions exploring parent communication, practice management and marketing to help grow their practices with MiSight® 1 day for myopia control in age-appropriate* children and Paragon CRT® for myopia management. Speakers included Maria Liu, OD, PhD, Berkeley Optometry; Brianna Rhue, OD, FAAO, West Broward Eyecare Associates; Steve Vargo, OD, MBA, Optometric Practice Management Consultant, IDOC; and Mike McDougall, APR, FPRSA, McDougall Communications, as well as CooperVision’s own Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO, and Leah Johnson, OD, FAAO.
To learn more about attending future workshops, contact your CooperVision or CooperVision Specialty EyeCare representative.
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* Indications for Use: MiSight® 1 day (omafilcon A) soft (hydrophilic) contact lenses for daily wear are indicated for the correction of myopic ametropia and for slowing the progression of myopia in children with non-diseased eyes, who at the initiation of treatment are 8-12 years of age and have a refraction of -0.75 to -4.00 diopters(spherical equivalent) with ≤ 0.75 diopters of astigmatism. The lens is to be discarded after each removal.
About CooperVision
CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (NYSE:COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of contact lenses. The company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly soft contact lenses that feature advanced materials and optics, and premium rigid gas permeable lenses for orthokeratology and scleral designs. CooperVision has a strong heritage of addressing the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia, childhood myopia, and highly irregular corneas; and offers the most complete portfolio of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com.
About CooperCompanies
CooperCompanies ("Cooper") is a global medical device company publicly traded on the NYSE (NYSE:COO). Cooper operates through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision brings a refreshing perspective on vision care with a commitment to developing a wide range of high-quality products for contact lens wearers and providing focused practitioner support. CooperSurgical is committed to advancing the health of women, babies and families with its diversified portfolio of products and services focusing on medical devices and fertility & genomics. Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., Cooper has a workforce of more than 12,000 with products sold in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.
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