Christine W. Sindt, OD, FAAO

Specialty: Optometry

Director, Contact Lens Service
Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Campus Address

11196-O PFP
(319) 356-4816

Education

• BS (Biology), State University of New York at Geneseo
• OD, Ohio State University College of Optometry, Columbus, Ohio

Post Graduate Education

• Residency (Optometry), Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center

Certification

• National Board of Examiners of Optometry

Professional Affiliations

• American Optometric Association
• American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section (AOA-CLCS)
• AOA-CLCS Council member 2005-present
• AOA-CLCS On-line Chair/Editor 2002-2005
• AOA-CLCS Vice Chair 2008-present

• American Optometric Association Low Vision Section
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmology, Associate Member
• Iowa Optometric Association
• Women of Vision, Vice-President 2008-2009
• American Academy of Optometry, Fellow

Honors and Awards

• Consumer’s Research Council of America. Listed in the “Guide to America’s Top Optometrists”, 2002-2003 Edition
• Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award: UIHC, 2002 & 2004
• Dr. Rodger Kame Award: for service and dedication to the profession, Awarded by: American Optometric Association—Contact Lens and Cornea Section, 2005
• AcademicKeys Who’s Who in Medical Sciences Education, 2005

Research Interests

• Post-surgical Contact Lenses
• Keratoconus Contact Lenses
  • Design of corneo-scleral contact lens for the correction of keratoconus/ pellucid marginal degeneration.
• Pediatric Contact Lenses

Current Projects

• Study of familial basis of keratoconus using state-of-the-art molecular genetics.  [Collaboration]
• Evaluate the performance of a silicone hydrogel hyper-oxygen permeability material compared to a low oxygen transmission contact lens material. CIBA Vision Sponsor
• “The Role of Contact Lens Solution Types as a Substrate in the Viability of Fusarium spp.: Potential implications in contact lens related fungal keratitis.”
• Developing contact lens insertion and removal video for parents of aphakic infants.
• Compiling CD-ROM of contact lens complications for resident education.
• Contact Lens Resident Handbook.