Dr. Maria Walker shares with us about the latest in Scleral Lens on today's episode of The OI Show.
About Dr. Maria Walker:
Dr. Maria Walker graduated from The New England College of Optometry with an OD/MS degree in 2013 and completed a Residency in Cornea & Contact Lenses at Pacific University in Portland, OR. She then joined the clinical faculty at the University of Houston College of Optometry and is currently part-time faculty while also completing her PhD, studying the effects of scleral lenses on the ocular surface. Dr. Walker lectures domestically and internationally on scleral lenses and is involved in several research projects at the Ocular Surface Institute and Texas Eye Research and Technology Center at the University of Houston. She has won several awards related to contact lenses and research, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a fellow and the current President of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and an advisory board member of the Gas Permeable Lens Institute.
