Ashley Tuan, OD, PhD.
ATLANTA—Visioneering Technologies, based here, has named Ashley Tuan, OD, PhD as chief medical officer. In her new position, Dr. Tuan will be responsible for managing clinical research studies, such as the NaturalVue (etafilcon A) multifocal randomized clinical trial for myopia progression control in children, helping to identify and develop new products, and leading efforts to communicate findings in key journals and scientific meetings. Dr. Tuan will also lead VTI’s professional services team as it communicates technical information on products and initiatives to eyecare professionals.

“VTI is working hard to build high strategic value in the company and toward being a profitable independent provider of specialized eyecare solutions. Dr. Tuan’s impressive career history highlight our goal to seek out leaders in our industry to help us achieve these goals through innovation in areas such as myopia, and other challenging vision areas,” said Visioneering’s CEO, Stephen Snowdy, PhD.
 
“We are proud to have Dr. Tuan join our team and look forward to the many contributions she will make to our organization as we seek to broaden our profile both geographically and through new product reach.”

Dr. Tuan’s professional career encompasses 27 years’ experience and includes a strong background in clinical and vision research in areas such as myopia, higher order aberrations, presbyopia, refractive surgeries and age-related macular degeneration. Most recently, as vice president of Mojo Vision, a smart contact lens company, Dr. Tuan focused on medical use cases and contact lens platform product strategy, contact lens system research and development with oversight of clinical, regulatory, medical and professional affairs. While at CooperVision, Dr. Tuan was part of the team that delivered the three-year study that enabled the launch of myopia control contact lenses, MiSight.

Dr. Tuan is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry (FAAO). She obtained her Masters degree in physiological optics, her Doctor of Optometry degree from The Ohio State University and her PhD in Vision Science from the University of California at Berkeley.