Dr. Susan J. Gromacki, OD, MS, FAAO, FSLS

Dr. Susan J. Gromacki is an internationally-recognized clinician, lecturer, and author on the topics of the cornea and contact lenses. In practice for 26 years, she graduated with honors from the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Optometry and completed a residency in hospital-based optometry with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She has presented over 625 professional lectures and publications and has served as Contributing Editor of Contact Lens Spectrum, Review of Cornea and Contact Lenses, and CL Today. She served on the National Board of Examiners in Optometry, composing and overseeing the written examinations that ensure the qualifications of new optometrists to enter practice. She is one of only 11 doctors worldwide to earn both a Fellowship in the Scleral Lens Education Society and the prestigious Diplomate in Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies of the American Academy of Optometry. She has presented on behalf of the profession of optometry to the US FDA and FTC, and in countries around the world. Recently, she received the 2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and was named one of the Most Notable Alumni in the 100-year history of The Ohio State University College of Optometry.