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Reflections Writing this edition involved much reminiscing and introspection as it marks some significant events. Maryanne and Anita Dransfield have sold New Zealand Optics to Lesley Springall who takes over as Publisher and Editor. After acquiring a fledgling NZ Optics in 1981, Maryanne moved the magazine production to a converted garage at her home in Kohimarama. From small beginnings she grew NZ Optics into the multimedia publication that it is today and it remains the only such publication in New Zealand. A colourful and energetic character Maryanne has penned millions of words covering the whole gamut of eyecare. She’s become part of the scene and fabric of New Zealand eye care and has helped organise and attended conferences, launches, functions and CPD events. She is justifiably proud of their efforts in helping to lift the profile of organisations like the NZ National Eyebank, MDNZ and Glaucoma NZ and supported fundraising efforts and events. Maryanne is pleased that the magazine has helped foster ties between optometrists and ophthalmologists and has enjoyed the challenge of embracing ophthalmology and learning fantastic things about eye disease and treatment. Most things have been dutifully recorded in word and in the thousands of photographs that serve as a documented record of the evolution of the professions. Fun times were enjoyed at many great events. At the start publishing was literally cut and paste with scissors and runny glue something NEW I too experienced in the mid ‘70s. Maryanne relates the evolution of publishing as follows: “I started by typing stories on an IBM typewriter, then Commodore computer and finally 286 & 386 computers. We’d then take the stories into Parnell where they were typeset and printed out in galleys. I used to start laying up at 4pm and end at 4am. I’d sleep three hours and then head back to the typesetters for corrections, headings, change of font size and have bromides made of photos. All layup was by hand; wax the galleys and paste them into place, juggling copy to fit, cutting out whole paragraphs… This went on for two to three days. It was a huge undertaking. How technology has changed things. I think it was around the late ‘80s that I was able to give a floppy disk of stories to someone who then laid them up into PageMaker. This changed my life as well as everyone in publishing. I’m pleased I had this experience as I knew what point sizes would suit and which fonts were best to use.” I first approached Maryanne in late 1994 offering my services, which resulted in my first column appearing in early 1995. This is well covered in my recent twentieth-anniversary edition. NZ Optics has also been a family affair with Maryanne’s son Kyle working with Maryanne during the 1990’s, taking NZ Optics online during this time. Anita, Maryanne’s daughter-in-law then joined up full time and has been a co-owner of the magazine for the past twelve years. Her contribution has also been immense, doing much of the layout and production, reporting on and attending numerous events. NZ Optics is always an attractive publication, with solid editorial content. Anita has also helped Built on the ACUVUE ® MOIST Platform the #1 best-selling daily disposable brand around the globe 1 Her Vision Will Change. Her Experience Won’t. arrange many conferences, shared her personal experiences with Ortho-K and LASIK and been a key part of the online presence. We’ll miss their familiar faces at future events! I’ll never forget an incident when I presented the 2009 BCLA Pioneers Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. I was standing in the foyer at the tea break only to catch a glimpse of Anita out of the corner of my eye. I couldn’t believe that the two of them had travelled all the way to London to surprise me with their attendance and coverage of this milestone event in the December 2009 edition. Full credit to the Dransfield’s! It’s been a pleasure working with you for the past twenty years with many great memories and sharing fantastic meals in Queenstown, Omaha and Auckland. Rest assured NZ Optics is now in the capable hands of Lesley Springall who has much experience at the pointy end of NZ journalism, writing, PR and marketing. Lesley has written for The Herald, NZ Business, and Unlimited and covered a broad range of industries along the way. A stint in the UK, with high finance and venture capital adds to her extensive biography, I am sure she will continue the fine traditions of NZ Optics while continuing its evolutionary journey onwards and upwards. We wish Lesley much luck in her new venture and I look forward to working with her. Great Mentors July marked the passing of two friends and legends in contact lenses. Trevor John Duncan RNZAF 326872 8 April 1932 – 12 July 2015, passed away after a brief illness. Trevor was one of the founder members of the CCLS and was active on council for over three decades. He served as secretary/treasurer 1984- 1986 and as President 1991-1992. He was made a life member of the CCLS in 1993 as recognition for his sterling contribution to contact lenses and the society. He again served as secretary/treasurer from 1999 to 2008, which coincided with my time on council and term as president. It was during this time that I got to know Trevor well as a fellow councillor and friend. In this period we got the CCLS online and moved the administration to computer and email. I was impressed with how Trevor took on this challenge and it did not take him long to master email, Word, electronic accounting and maintenance of the online membership database. Having Trevor on council was fantastic as he had a great sense of humour, was always calm and rational and was a real gentleman. He was also always au fait with the rules, the history and the correct procedures for elections and AGMs. We achieved many positive things during this time including the name change from the NZSCLP to the CCLS and steps needed to keep the society relevant in the ever-evolving world of contact lenses and CPD, while warding off threats to the profession. We arranged numerous conferences in this time, when most of the work was done by council; as opposed to the current situation where professional conference organisers do much of the work. This required a massive input of time and effort, many meetings and countless emails. It is credit to Trevor that some of these conferences were rated as the ‘best conferences ever’ by attending delegates. Trevor had a sterling career in practice in Hamilton as a general optometrist and contact lens specialist and provided excellent care to tens of thousands of appreciative patients over the decades. There are many people who recall with pleasure and fond memories the many dive trips that he organised in NZ and the Pacific Islands. I’ve heard stories of legendary fishing trips, where copious quantities of beer were consumed. Trevor is also remembered as the author of the notoriously politically incorrect newsletters that he regularly sent out to CCLS members. Apart from keeping the membership up to date with the goings-on of the society, these always included some humour. We kept in touch by email until shortly before his passing. I always enjoyed receiving his jokes and at times raunchy communications. He also sent these to his dear friend, ophthalmologist David Sabiston, another early CCLS member, former president and life member of the society. Trevor was instrumental in corralling David into writing the amazing history of the CCLS and one in which Trevor (and David’s) names feature dozens of times. You can read the history via this link. Search for ‘Duncan’ to gain an insight into his staunch contribution. It was friendships like the one between David and Trevor that helped foster the unique and amazing relationship between optometry and ophthalmology in the CCLS that continues to thrive. Trevor is survived by his wonderful wife, Noeleen. They were married for fifty-nine years. She supported him greatly and he took great care of her in latter years, when macula degeneration made every day life challenging. He will be fondly remembered by friends, patients, colleagues and around two-dozen children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. RIP old friend. Last but not least, the sudden passing of the legendary and larger-than-life, Brien Anthony Holden OAM, 06.01.1942 - 27.07.2015 was a shock to everyone in the eye care world. One could write pages in tribute to Brien but this is well covered in numerous places on the web so I will not repeat it here. It is strangely coincidental that Optometry and Vision Science featured his enlightening 2014 Prentice Award Speech in the July 2015 edition. I have known Brien since the late 1970s. He was an amazing character and in my view the gold standard of presenters, who I have striven to emulate. He was one of my prime motivators, who set me on the path to doing what I do in terms or presenting and writing. Some of the highlights of my speaking career have been presenting with Brien on the same stage and our debate at the 2010 BCLA was memorable. I loved his brash Aussie style. Of course he had his detractors and he offended a good few people. Brien is however one of the most internationally respected people in the eye care world. His amazing contribution to research, founding of the CCLRU - which though its variuos iterations has garnered an astounding $1.3 billion in funding over the past five decades - is part of his legacy. Among many things, this in turn lead to the co-development of the now ubiquitous siliconehydrogel contact lenses. Today these account for the majority of soft contact lens fittings. What is arguably more important going forward is his staunch and unfailing endeavor to erradicate preventable blindness among those less fortunate. He had strong moral convictions and humanitarian beliefs. In time I believe that his vision will see to it that millions of people will have their sight restored. His commitment to Global Vision was immense and I was honoured to cover it in an article for the Optician journal. I believe his dedication to myopia control will be significant, as it’s already proving to be. There are many other projects he was involved in. The perfection and commercialisation of the restoration of accomodation project, postpresbyopia and in cataract surgery, could become a multi-billion dollar industry in its own right. I have many wonferful memories of Brien. I recall with fondness the many interactions we had at conferences around the globe. Beer-fuelled sessions in hotel rooms, with interesting people, were the venue for many significant discussions. These often went on until sunrise. We’d have a quick power nap, dust ourseleves off and be back on the podium presenting, with few any the wiser as to the shennanigans of the night before. RIP mate. There will never be another like you. Now you can continue excellent care as her vision evolves into presbyopia with 1-DAY ACUVUE ® MOIST Brand MULTIFOCAL Contact Lenses 94 % of patients were successfully fit with 2 pairs of lenses or less when using the Fitting Tips.* *Up to 4 lenses total. 1 JJVC Data on File 2015 (Internal Analysis, based on independent third-party data) Learn more about the predictable and positive fitting experience. ACUVUE® Brand Contact Lenses are indicated for vision correction. As with any contact lens, eye problems, including corneal ulcers, can develop. Some wearers may experience mild irritation, itching or discomfort. Lenses should not be prescribed if patients have any eye infection, or experience eye discomfort, excessive tearing, vision changes, redness or other eye problems. Consult the patient information guide for more information. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, a division of Johnson & Johnson Pacific Pty Ltd., 45 Jones Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 Australia. Phone 1-800-125-024. www.acuvue.com.au. Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, a division of Johnson & Johnson (New Zealand) Ltd., 507 Mt. Wellington Highway, Mt. Wellington, Auckland 1060, New Zealand. Phone: 0800-449-535. www.acuvue.co.nz ®TM Registered Trademark. CCP 8785/15 ACUVUE® and 1-DAY ACUVUE® MOIST are trademarks of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies. © Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Companies 2015 10314426-A April 2015 Change of ownership in Marton A long established optometry practice in Marton, northwest of Palmerston North, has changed hands. David Newman Optometrist has been sold to Ross Tayler and renamed the Vision Experience Optometrist. It will remain in its central Marton main street location. Newman sold the practice to retire from optics after a 35-year career, but will continue to pursue his parallel career in music. Tayler graduated from the University of Auckland in 1994 and has worked in various practices in the lower North Island. He has been a member of the ODOB board since 2014 and serves on several committees. O 22 NEW ZEALAND OPTICS September 2015
AAOMC conference sees heaviest attendance BY JAGRUT LALLU, VISIQUE ROSE OPTOMETRISTS Over 500 people attended the Vision by Design 2015 annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthokeratology & Myopia Control (AAOMC), the highest attendance in its history. The assembly doubled as the fourth meeting of the International Academy of Orthokeratology (IAO), with over 40 countries from the IAO’s five regional associations represented. The IAO at the meeting launched its sixth region covering southeast Asia, India, and Africa initiated. The AAOMC meeting featured presentations on inwardly focused lens design, pharmaceutical and multifocal lens interventions, ergonomic and binocular modifications, and unique treatment options employed in China. Other panel sessions covered troubleshooting Ortho-K, scleral lens designs, practice management, and Ortho-K practice in other countries. Vision By Design also launched the first Ortho-K Mentoring event, in which new AAOMC members were paired with veterans to act as mentors through the event. Over half the attendees were firsttimers. The Orthokeratology Society of Oceania section of the IAO will hold its next international meeting in October 2016 on the Gold Coast. For more information about the Oceania society, visit www.osa.net.au or email jlallu@visique.co.nz. O Scent of Sunnies Luxury eyewear brand Oliver Peoples has partnered with Ben Gorham’s Stockholm-based fragrance house, Byredo, to explore the intersection of sight and scent. The collaboration was inspired by synesthesia, a phenomenon in which stimulation of one sense involuntarily produces an association with a different sense. The collaboration involves Byredo’s master perfumer perceiving the sights of Los Angeles through different coloured lenses, and translating them into various smells, producing a multi-faceted fragrance. The result is an original Oliver Peoples frame through which the colour of the lenses correlate with the aroma of the custom-blended fragrance by Byredo. O Banner year for Australian optometry researcher It’s been a banner year for Queensland-based Professor Nathan Efron. Efron is the recipient of the 2015 H Barry Collin Research Medal, awarded by Optometry Australia and considered the premier prize for optometry researchers across the ditch. Efron will deliver a medal address when he receives the medal at Optometry Australia’s Southern Regional Conference in Melbourne next March. He is the ninth researcher to receive the medal, a list that includes the late Professor Brien Holden, who won the award in 1988. Efron has received other accolades this year, recognising his ongoing contribution to eye health. He was named Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia, for clinical optometry work in vision correction and corneal physiology, and as an academic, researcher and author. The award is bestowed by the Queen of England. Efron also received the Kenneth W Bell Medal from the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia for extensive commitment and research achievements in the field of contact lenses and the anterior segment. O Professor Nathan Efron A limited edition sunglass and fragrance blend from Byredo and Oliver Peoples NEW APPOINTMENT Guy Whittaker appointed VP, global marketing for CooperVision Guy Whittaker has been appointed vice president, global marketing for CooperVision, with responsibility for advancing the company’s master and product brands, marketing its range of contacts lens products and services, and strengthening the company’s reputation worldwide with customers. A former practising optometrist, Whittaker has held management roles with CooperVision since 1998. Most recently he was general manager, Australia/New Zealand and Southeast Asia, and Vice President, Strategy, Asia- Pacific. O YOU WON’T SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE 1-2 RANGE OF SURFACE PROTECTION. Soothe, rehydrate and protect sore, dry eyes. ALWAYS READ THE LABEL. USE ONLY AS DIRECTED. IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST OR YOU EXPERIENCE SIDE EFFECTS, SEE YOUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. Reference: 1. Davitt WF, Bloomenstein M, Christensen M, et al. Efficacy in patients with dry eye after treatment with a new lubricant eye drop formulation. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2010;26(4): 347–353. 2. Christensen MT. Corneal staining reductions observed after treatment with Systane Lubricant Eye Drops. Adv Ther. 2008 Nov;25(11):1191–9. doi: 10.1007/s12325-008-0112-0. Alcon Laboratories (Australia) Pty Ltd. 10/25 Frenchs Forest Road East, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086. Distributed by Pharmaco (NZ) Ltd in New Zealand, 4 Fisher Crescent, Mt. Wellington, Auckland. Ph 0800 101 106. POPH.15106. NP4. A21507352611. TAPS.PP6917. September 2015 NEW ZEALAND OPTICS 23
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