Educated in Edinburgh, Ian Cameron graduated from UMIST with a first class honours degree in Optometry before he went on to undertake his pre-reg year at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. After qualifying, he worked for Eurolens Research, the Royal Eye Hospital and taught undergraduate refraction at the University of Manchester before returning to Edinburgh to work in private practice in a specialist contact lens practice which amongst other things is responsible for the hospital contact lens fitting service in Edinburgh and Lothians. With diplomas in Contact Lens Practice and Independent Therapeutic Prescribing, Ian lectures widely on all aspects of optometry from retinal pathology to contact lens materials and continues to be active in optometric research. He is Managing Director of Cameron Optometry Ltd and was awarded the title of UK Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year in 2015.Practice awards:UK Practice of the Year Finalist 2017Technology Practice of the Year Finalist 2016Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year 2015UK Practice of the Year 2014