CDC consulted with leading eye health experts in the U.S. across multiple sectors when developing the Healthy Contact Lenses Program and would like to thank these individuals for their feedback:

• Robin Chalmers, OD, FAAO – Contact Lens Assessment in Youth Study, Atlanta, GA
• Jennifer R. Cope, MD, MPH – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
• Cristina M. Schnider, OD, MBA, FAAO – VISTAKON® Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
• Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO – Northeastern Eye Institute, Scranton, PA
• Thomas L. Steinemann, MD – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
• Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.
• Jeffrey J. Walline, OD, PhD, FAAO – The Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus, OH
• Michael A. Ward, MMSc, FAAO – Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Rick Weisbarth, OD, FAAO – Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, TX

Experts across CDC in parasitic, fungal, bacterial, viral, and chronic diseases, as well as other issues relating to eye health, also provided content and direction for this program.

CDC is also partnering with the following organizations:

• The American Academy of Ophthalmology: Research, Regulatory, and External Scientific Relations Committee
• The American Academy of Optometry: Section on Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies
• The American Optometric Association: Contact Lens and Cornea Section
• The Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists: Scientific Program
• Contact Lens Society of America
• National Academy of Opticianry