Download from app store
We have detected that you are using an Ad Blocker.
PracticeUpdate is free to end users but we rely on advertising to fund our site. Please consider supporting PracticeUpdate by whitelisting us in your ad blocker.
We have sent a message to the email address you have provided, . If this email is not correct, please update your settings with your correct address.
The email address you provided during registration, , does not appear to be valid. Please update your settings with a valid address before to continue using PracticeUpdate.
Please provide your AHPRA Number to ensure that you are given the correct level of access to our site.
Charles Connor MD

Charles G. Connor MD

Professor, Rosenberg School of Optometry, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX

Dr. Charles Connor is a Professor at the Rosenberg School of Optometry at the University of the Incarnate Word. Dr. Connor is highly experienced Educator and researcher with over 30 years of experience in medical education. He has maintained an active research program in contact lens and ocular surface disease with numerous grants, book chapters, manuscripts, and presentations.  Dr. Connor received his Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Temple University in 1982 and then completed a NIH postdoctoral fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center Houston. He received his doctorate in Optometry in 1988 from the University of Houston and then taught and practiced at the Southern College of Optometry until 2011. He has served as a contributing editor of the Journal of the American Optometric Association and on the Editorial Board Optometric Clinical Practice as well as a journal referee for several medical journals including Ocular Surface. He holds a patent for hormonal treatment of dry eye.  Dr. Connor is a member of ARVO, the AOA and Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.

Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:

  1. Ocular Benzalkonium Chloride Exposure