Texts

These are suggested references to assist with reviewing material for the Diplomate program

  • Adler, F.H., Physiology of the Eye, Clinical Application, 5th Edition, St. Louis, The C.V. Mosby Company (chapters pertinent to cornea and contact lenses).
  • Bartlett, J.S. and S.D. Jaanus, Clinical Ocular Pharmacology (5th edition), Elsevier, 2007.
  • Bennett E.S. and V.A. Henry.  Clinical Manual of Contact Lenses (third edition).  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009. 
  • Bennett, E.S. and B.A. Weissman, Clinical Contact Lens Practice (2nd edition) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005
  • Hom, M.M. Contact Lens Prescribing and Fitting with CD-ROM (third edition), Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, 2006.
  • Silbert, J.A., Anterior Segment Complications of Contact Lens Wear, (second edition), Butterworths, Boston, 2000
  • Zadnik, K. and J. Barr, Diagnosis, Contact Lens Prescribing, and Care of the Keratoconus Patient in Clinical Contact Lenses, Edited by Gerald Lowther, Butterworth Heinemann, Boston, 1999

 

Journals

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, British Contact Lens Association, UK  

http://intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae

Contact Lens Spectrum, Wolters Kluwer Publications, Fort Washington, PA.  

www.clspectrum.com/

 Cornea, Sponsored by The Cornea Society, Philadelphia, PA.

http://journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/pages/default.aspx

Eye and Contact Lens, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA.

 http://journals.lww.com/claojournal/pages/default.aspx

Optometry Journal of the American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO.

http://www.aoa.org/x7334.xml

Optometry and Vision Science, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD

 http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/default.aspx

Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses, Newtown Square, PA.            

http://www.reviewofcontactlenses.com/

Review of Optometry, Newtown Square, PA.  

http://www.revoptom.com/

 

To view or print the entire reference list, click here AAO CCLRT Reference List (PDF format)

 

Please Note

Study should not be limited to the references listed above but should be expanded to include some knowledge of all available literature in the contact lens field.  For example: Investigative Ophthalmology, CLAO Journal, Archives of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, and Optometric Management.