John Davidson - Full CV

Mr John Davidson John is director & principal Optometrist at Querido & Davidson Optometrists. He has been registered since 1994, and trained at Bradford University.

His particular areas of interest are in managing corneal disorders using contact lenses, orthokeratology & specialist contact lenses fitting, dry eye management, & glaucoma.

He is also an examiner for the College of Optometrists’ final professional qualifying examinations, and chairman of the North East contact lenses Society.

He lectures throughout the UK & Europe on contact lens related issues & has published work in the peer reviewed journals "contact lens & anterior eye" & "Optometry in Practice" on contact lenses related issues.

Brief CV

Current Roles:
  • Director and Principal Optometrist at Querido & Davidson Optometrists
  • Member of the College of Optometrists
  • Registered with the General Optical Council
  • Appointed as a College of Optometrists Examiner November 2000
  • Experienced scleral contact lens practitioner
  • Registered Paragon CRT™ practitioner
  • Registered ChromaGen™ practitioner
  • Accredited OrthoK / DreamLite lens practitioner
  • Chairman to the North East contact lenses Society 2006 to date
  • Faculty member of the Visioncare institute, Prague 2006 to date
  • Ongoing Private tutoring for Optometrists & students
  • Committee member of the North East contact lenses Society 1995 to date
Previous experience:
  • Previous lecturing for the British contact lenses Association, Replay learning, and North East contact lenses Society
  • Senior Optometrist at Sunderland Eye Infirmary April 2002 to April 2008
  • Conference Secretary to the North East contact lenses Society 2001 to 2006
  • Previous contact lenses teaching and tutoring for Dispensing Opticians
  • Previous presentations to Local Medical Practitioners in Newcastle & North Tyneside, on behalf of the Local Optical Committee
  • Previous treasurer of the Newcastle & North Tyneside Local Optical Committee
  • Winner of the ACLM contact lenses prize for best contact lenses examination results 1994
  • Previous organisation of local shared care initiatives
  • Involved in shared care diabetic screening in the Newcastle, & Lothian areas
  • Local Optometry presentations to health care groups
  • Involved in the organisation of External & Internal Peer Audit sessions of employees
  • Graduated in Optometry from Bradford University, 1993