IRENE SOPHIA JOSEPH

Ms. Irene is a highly skilled and experienced optometrist with a strong background in specialty contact lenses, orthokeratology, myopia management, and binocular vision therapy. She has over 20 years of expertise in clinical optometry, specializing in vision therapy for special-needs populations, low-vision rehabilitation, and advanced diagnostic procedures, including electrodiagnostics, corneal, and retinal imaging.

• Fellow of International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control, USA (FIAOMC)
• Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association (FBCLA)
• Certificate in Myopia Management – BCLA

• Member of World Council of Optometry
• Member of Optometry Council of India (OCI)
• Member of International Association of Contact Lens Educators (IACLE)
• Member of Optometry association of Tamil Nanbargal
• Member of BCLA
• Member of EuroOK

• Influence of high blue block lenses on sleep scores among children with myopia, EPOMEC 2024, 02/2024, Dubai, UAE
• Case series on Orthok lenses for myopia control, MIOC, 12/2024, Muscat, Oman
• Contact lenses for Myopia Control, WCPOS 2024, 07/2024, Malaysia
• Orthokeratology lenses for Myopia Control – case report, Emirates Ophthalmology Society conference, 02/2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Case series on Orthok lenses for myopia control, MEACO, 12/2023, Muscat, Oman
• Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Efficiency, 11th International Advanced Diagnostic Conference, 02/2023, Chitkara University, India
• MYOPIA MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, Emirates Ophthalmology Conference 2023, 2023, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• PEARLS OF PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, Vision Expo Academy Conference, 10/2022, Dubai, UAE
• Basics of Scleral Lenses, OptoVerse 2, 10/2022, Online
• Clinical Electro Diagnostics, Online Optometry Learning Series, 04/2022, Online
• Interpretation of Corneal Topography, Sushant University, 02/2022, Online
• Scleral lenses and Orthokeratology, Sri Ramachandra Online Honorary Lecture Series in Optometry, 12/2021, Online
• Orthokeratology: Fitting Considerations and Trouble Shooting, Advanced Contact Lens Fitting & Trouble Shooting Symposium, 10/2021, Manipal
• ORTHOKERATOLOGY- for Myopia, Emirates Ophthalmology Society Conference, 10/2021, Dubai
• How OK is Ok, 2nd India Vision Institute International Conference, 09/2021, India

• Joseph I, Malhotra R, Rao AP, Importance of Axial Length Measurement in Routine Clinical Practice, ECS Transactions, 04/24/22, 107, 1, 10373
• P Gunvant, I Joseph, Comparison of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity with glasses and various water content hydrogel contact lenses, Indian Contact Lens Journal, 07/99, 20, 3-6
• P Gunvant, IS Joseph, M Baskaran, L Vijaya, DC Broadway, RJ Watkins, Pulsatile ocular blood flow measurements in healthy Asian eyes: Reference values for an Indian population, Ophthalmic and Physiol Optics, 2002, 22, 574-575
• P Gunvant, M Baskaran, L Vijaya, IS Joseph, RJ Watkins, M Nallaputla, DC Broadway, DJ O’Leary, Effect of corneal parameters on measurements using the Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow Tonograph and Goldmann applanation tonometer, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004, 88, 518-522
• P Gunvant, M Baskaran, L Vijaya, BC Hansen, IS Joseph, RJ Watkins, DC Broadway, DJ O’Leary, Comparison of pulsatile ocular blood flow in Indians and Europeans, Eye, 2005, 19, 1163-1168