Alex Petty

Alex Petty is a therapeutic optometrist, contact lens specialist and orthokeratologist. He also has interests in myopia control and ocular disease management, including dry eye and glaucoma. Alex has extensively lectured locally and internationally about contact lenses and ocular disease and has published numerous articles and case reports in clinical optometry journals and education forums. In 2016 Alex was one of the first New Zealanders to become a fellow of the International Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control (IAOMC). Alex has previously held the role of Vice-President of the Orthokeratology Society of Oceania (OSO), and section fellowship chair for oceania for the IAOMC. Alex is the director and principal optometrist at Bay Eye Care, a medically focused specialty optometry clinic in Tauranga, New Zealand, which specialises in myopia control, specialty contact lenses including orthokeratology, and ocular disease management including keratoconus and dry eye disease.