Dr Navneet Gupta is an experienced optometrist holding the College of Optometrist’s Diploma in Independent Prescribing and Higher Certificate in Glaucoma. He is currently the Education Lead for Thea Pharmaceuticals UK where he is responsible for the creation and delivery of CPD activities. His clinical experience includes working in various hospital eye service clinics (2011 to 2021) in Nuneaton, Burton-upon-Trent and Lichfield, providing glaucoma care, post-op cataract care and supporting ophthalmologists in medical retina and general clinics. He has also worked in primary care and refractive surgery clinics, with notable exposure to managing dry eye conditions particularly in the latter role. He is very experienced in the creation and delivery of CET / CPD, having been the Clinical Editor for Optometry Today, the Journal of the Association of Optometrists (2008-2013), independently creating and delivering workshops on AMD and contact tonometry for Optometry Tomorrow (College of Optometrists) (2016-2020), and having been responsible for CPD as Professional Services Manager for Carl Zeiss Vision UK (2021-2023). During his career he has also worked as an education visitor panel member for the General Optical Council (GOC) for the accreditation of university optometry-related programmes and as an Assessor in Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Scheme for Registration of the College of Optometrists (2011-2021).
