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Dr. Jan P.G. Bergmanson received his optometric
training and PhD at the City University, London. In addition, he
obtained a Doctor of Optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of
Optometry. Currently, Dr. Bergmanson is Professor of Optometry at the
University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO), where he is the
founding Director of the Texas Eye Research and Technology Center (TERTC).
He has extensively researched and lectured internationally on subjects
of corneal morphological response to contact lens wear, tear and
ophthalmic solution effects on the ocular surface, histopathology of
ocular tissues damaged by ultraviolet radiation, and the effects of the
Excimer Laser on the cornea. In addition to private optometric
practice, Dr. Bergmanson, certified in Texas as a Therapeutic
Optometrist and as an Optometric Glaucoma Specialist, has provided
patient care in several hospital and university clinics. Dr. Bergmanson
is a Foundation Fellow of the College of Optometry in United Kingdom,
where he remains licensed to practice, and a Fellow of the American
Academy of Optometry, where he is a Diplomate in the Cornea and Contact
Lens Section. He is a member of the Texas Optometric Association (TOA),
American Optometric Association (AOA), Association of Contact Lens
Educators, and International Association of Contact Lens Educators. He
is a council member of the International Society for Contact Lens
Research and a lifetime honorary member of the Swedish and Dutch
Optometric Associations, to which he also serves as a consultant. Dr.
Bergmanson is the recipient of the 1998 British Contact Lens Association
Gold Medal Award, the 2002 Texas Optometric Association’s Educator of
the Year Award, the University of Houston College of Optometry 2003 Cora
and J. Davis Armistead Faculty Teaching Award, the 2005 Swedish
Optometric Association’s Mark of Honor Award and the American Academy of
Optometry Section on Cornea and Contact Lenses Max Schapero Award 2006.
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