Meet the speaker: Cindy Tromans

The SILMO Academy by IOA will be taking place 12 April - 14 April in Singapore. Cindy Tromans will be talking about primary care in optometry – international update and future perspectives.

Cindy Tromans is a Consultant Optometrist and Head of Optometry Services at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the University Department of Ophthalmology, University of Manchester. Cindy has held a number of national roles which include President and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the College of Optometrists UK . She is currently Chair of the World Council of Optometry’s Legislation, Regulation and Standards Committee and is the Immediate President of the European Council of Optometry and Optics. She was awarded Life Fellowship of the College of Optometrists and an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Aston University in 2019 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the profession of optometry.

In 2019 the World Health Organisation published the World Report on Vision which sets out the scale of world wide visual impairment and the significant inequities that exist with access to vision care.

In this presentation I will cover the highlights of the report and what conditions can be effectively managed in primary care. I will discuss the opportunities and challenges for delivering primary care optometry including recognition and legislation of optometry as an autonomous primary health care profession.

Future perspectives will include integrated eye and the impact of digital health on primary eye care delivery.

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