Eleisha Dudson

Somewhere in Wellington…….

To become president of the CCLS post Covid will come with its challenges. I am so grateful for all the work that Roberta, our current past president, has done over her tenure, pushing CCLS through this time so successfully.

I have been a member of the CCLS since I graduated, which means I have had over a decade being a member of this society. Over this time I have enjoyed the collegiality of this society and look forward to continue to enhance the optometry and ophthalmology engagement that has been the underpinning of this society over the last 60 years.

Roberta and my other predecessors have progressed the CCLS to be more than just a society about
‘The front of the eye’. I am keen to follow on from this and continue to grow the society through the education about the anterior eye, contact lens, and surgical technology; but also continuing to be forefront in myopia management.

The CCLS is looking forward to working with MAG to further the education on myopia management, of not on the Optometry/ophthalmology sector, but also patients, parents, the general health sector, and the ministry. This is following on from work and initiatives already achieved by the CCLS in this field, including an education website about outdoor vision, myopia posters, myopia roadshow and workshops.

I have a passion for educating, and have been an active member presenting and running workshops prior to becoming a council member and president. I am looking forward to continue the society’s emphasis on world class evidence based education.  

I hope to do this all with a smile on my face, whether that is similar to the smile I had on my face while becoming the mechanical bull riding champ a the CCLS Queenstown conference
or when taking shake face images at my very first CCLS conference
or while on stage corresponding with Dr Sue Ormonde about Keratoconus and handstands.

Ngā Mihi.