Mark Bullimore

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About Mark Bullimore

Mark Bullimore is an internationally renowned scientist, speaker, and educator based in Boulder, Colorado. He received his Optometry degree and PhD in Vision Science from Aston University in Birmingham, England. He spent most of his career at the Ohio State University and the University of California at Berkeley and is now Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston. He is the former Editor of Optometry and Vision Science and a past Associate Editor of Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics. His expertise in myopia, contact lenses, low vision, presbyopia, and refractive surgery means that he is consultant for a number of ophthalmic, surgical, and pharmaceutical companies. This work has resulted in approval of, among others, Paragon CRT, Alcon’s iLux, and CooperVision’s MiSight lensbullers2020.comContributed to FDA approval of numerous products, including CooperVision MiSight, Alcon iLux, Paragon CRT, and Zeiss IOLMaster.Published over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers, cited over times, h index = 50 (Scopus).Presented over 100 scientific and educational lectures in over 20 countries.Over $3 million in NIH grants as a Principal Investigator or Mentor.Inducted into National Academies of Practice, 2012Eminent Service Award, American Academy of Optometry, 2004.Inducted into American Academy of Optometry Hall of Fame, 2022Granted United States Patent #08/753,640, 1998.Quoted in the New York Times and Scientific American.