Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO

Erin Rueff, OD, PhD, FAAO

Dr. Erin Rueff received her Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Optometry and completed OSU’s Cornea and Contact Lens Advanced Practice Fellowship. After fellowship, she continued at OSU as a clinical instructor and completed a PhD in Vision Science. Her research has focused on understanding the relationship between visual discomfort and contact lens wear.

She is currently an Associate Professor and Chief of the Cornea and Contact Lens Services at the Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University where she enjoys continuing her research, teaching students, and expanding her clinical interests in specialty contact lenses and dry eye. Dr. Rueff is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and a Diplomate of the AAO's Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Section.

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Resources
Optimizing Your Influence with Contact Lens Patients
Clinical Guides
Optimizing Your Influence with Contact Lens Patients

Learn how optometrists can utilize their expertise to individualize care and engage contact lens patients more than online retailers.

December 18, 2024
Starting Strong with Your Soft Contact Lens Practice
Clinical Guides
Starting Strong with Your Soft Contact Lens Practice

Learn how new graduate optometrists can successfully start a soft contact lens practice, with tips on reducing dropout and increasing revenue.

July 22, 2024
What’s New in Soft Contact Lenses?
Clinical Guides
What’s New in Soft Contact Lenses?

This article highlights the newest technology and improvements currently offered to optometrists in soft contact lenses.

April 17, 2024
Troubleshooting Soft Toric Contact Lenses
Clinical Guides
Troubleshooting Soft Toric Contact Lenses

Learn about innovations in the world of soft toric contact lenses, and how optometrists can troubleshoot the fitting process.

December 14, 2023
Contact Lens Complications In Non-Compliant Patients
Clinical Guides
Contact Lens Complications In Non-Compliant Patients

Gain an understanding of how non-compliance in contact lens wearers can cause complications and the steps optometrists can take to prevent them.

November 27, 2023
Deciding on a Daily Disposable Contact Lens
Products & Technology
Deciding on a Daily Disposable Contact Lens

Familiarize yourself with four factors optometrists can consider when selecting a daily disposable contact lens.

October 23, 2023
Troubleshooting Discomfort in Contact Lenses
Clinical Guides
Troubleshooting Discomfort in Contact Lenses

Review various approaches available to optometrists to treat persistent contact lens discomfort.

September 25, 2023
What to Consider When You Can't Prescribe a Daily Disposable
Clinical Guides
What to Consider When You Can't Prescribe a Daily Disposable

Review three clinical pearls for communicating effective hygiene and care strategies to improve patient compliance with reusable contact lenses.

August 28, 2023
Do Differences In Contact Lens Materials Matter?
Products & Technology
Do Differences In Contact Lens Materials Matter?

Find out how optometrists factor in the importance of material type when selecting a contact lens brand.

July 24, 2023
How to Successfully Fit Children with Contact Lenses
Clinical Guides
How to Successfully Fit Children with Contact Lenses

Familiarize yourself with tips for optometrists on how to fit pediatric patients with contact lenses to offer a vision correction option beyond spectacles.

June 26, 2023
Building Your Contact Lens Practice
Practice Management
Building Your Contact Lens Practice

Review 3 key pearls for optometrists interested in opening a contact lens practice.

May 29, 2023
When Comfort Is Key: Preventing Contact Lens Dropout
Products & Technology
When Comfort Is Key: Preventing Contact Lens Dropout

Read on to learn how optometrists can prevent contact lens dropout by targeting discomfort, maximizing vision, and tailoring the lens to the patient's needs.

April 24, 2023
The State of Multifocals
Products & Technology
The State of Multifocals

Learn about domestic and global contact lens trends and how eyecare practitioners can improve patient outcomes with multifocal contact lenses

March 27, 2023
Finding Lens Selection Strategy for New Contact Lens Wearers
Clinical Guides
Finding Lens Selection Strategy for New Contact Lens Wearers

For patients new to contact lenses, it is up to optometrists to take accurate measurements, find the best fit and modality, and educate these patients on handling.

December 13, 2022
Managing Messy Multifocal Fits
Clinical Guides
Managing Messy Multifocal Fits

Learn how to communicate with presbyopic patients about finding the right multifocal lens for their visual needs.

November 8, 2022
Developing a Strategy for Lens Selection
Clinical Guides
Developing a Strategy for Lens Selection

To select the best contact lenses for our patients, we have to develop a strategy. Here is a step-wise approach that lends reason and rationale to your lens selection.

September 8, 2022
Differentiate Your Practice with Daily Disposables
Products & Technology
Differentiate Your Practice with Daily Disposables

It is more important than ever for eyecare providers to underscore the importance of in-office evaluation and expertise when selecting and fitting soft contact lenses. Learn how to educate patients, increase sales, and build brand loyalty.

August 9, 2022
Establishing a Multifocal Mindset
Refractive Surgery
Establishing a Multifocal Mindset

Successfully fitting multifocal contact lenses requires the right mindset. Learn how to overcome internal and external challenges to get you and your patient on the same page of the fitting guide.

July 8, 2022
Low Astigmatism, Big Impact
Case Reports
Low Astigmatism, Big Impact

Learn how correction with toric contact lenses for low astigmatism can lead to better vision and greater overall patient satisfaction.

June 22, 2022
Products & Technology
Managing Discomfort in Contact Lenses

Managing discomfort in contact lenses is as an art and a science. Sometimes, we must dig far deeper than ocular surface issues and look at refractive error.

January 17, 2019