Our experts
ABDO has a range of experts who can provides quotes and expert advice on topics including children’s/paediatric eye care and eye wear, contact lenses, myopia management, spectacle lenses, minor eye conditions, red eyes, sore eyes, eyedrops, low vision, spectacle frames, the eye test / sight test / eye examination, refraction, sunglasses, driving and your vision, night vision, sports vision, domiciliary/home eyecare, eye surgery, eye disease, cataract, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma , macular degeneration and many other eye conditions. Read on to explore our expertise, or click here to contact our communications department
Antonia Chitty PhD MA BSc(Hons) MCOptom MCIPR MPRCA
Head of Communications and IT
ABDO, communications, sight loss in literature, careers.
Dean Dunning MEd PGDip Ed BA (Hons) FBDO CL Cert Ed FBCLA FIACLE
Deputy Head of Professional Qualifications and Education and, Chief Examiner in Contact Lens Practice
Contact lenses, myopia management, minor eye conditions, red eyes, sore eyes, eyedrops and refraction.
Ed Fox FBDO
Dispensing optician
Children’s/paediatric eye care and eye wear, spectacle lenses, minor eye conditions, red eyes, sore eyes, eyedrops, low vision, spectacle frames, the eye test/ sight test/eye examinations, refraction, sunglasses, sports vision, domiciliary/home eyecare, eye disease, cataract, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Max Halford FBDO CL
Clinical lead
Contact lenses, myopia management, minor eye conditions, red eyes, sore eyes, eyedrops, the eye test, sight test, eye examinations, refraction, domiciliary/home eyecare, eye surgery, eye disease, cataract, diabetic eye disease, glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Dr Alicia Thompson BSc(Hons) PhD FBDO R (Hons) SLD SMC (Tech)
Director of Education, Research and Professional and dispensing optician
Development Children’s/paediatric eye care and eye wear, myopia management, spectacle lenses, spectacle frames, refraction, sunglasses and sports vision