John R. Davidson BSc (Hons ) MCOptom Optometrist & Director

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 results1994
• 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