Jennifer Liao, OD, FAAO, FSLS

Credentials

FAAO, Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
FSLS, Fellow, Scleral Lens Education Society
Fellowship, Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem, BostonSight
Residency, Cornea and Contact Lenses, New England College of Optometry
OD, New England College of Optometry
BS, Honours, Human Biology and Anthropology, University of Toronto, Trinity College

Areas of Expertise

Professional Honors & Awards

2025 Contact Lens Institute Visionary
2024 Contact Lens Institute Culture Award
2022 Preceptor of the Year Award, New England College of Optometry
2019 Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
2019 Fellow, Scleral Lens Education Society

Practice Locations

NECO Center for Eye Care, Commonwealth
Contact Lens Service, Dry Eye Clinic

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Optometry (AAO), Fellow
American Optometric Association (AOA), Member
Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the AOA ,(CLCS AOA) Board Member
Scleral Lens Education Society (SLS), Fellow

Research Interests

Scleral Lenses
Scleral Anatomy
Myopia Control

Research Involvement

Scleral Lens Multi-Center Study, Dec 2023 – present
Principal Investigator at NECO, Clinical investigator

Multicenter Evaluation of Near Vision and Outdoor Time in Kids Study, Nov 2023 – present
Clinical Investigator

MiSight 1-Day Post-Approval Study for Effectiveness and Visual Symptoms, June 2022 – present
Clinical Investigator

Publications

1. Garvey, L, Liao, J, Boychev, N, Gijs,M, Datta,M, Honoré,B , Vorum, H, Cehofski, L, Flemming, M, Jakobsen, T. Protein analysis of the surface of orthokeratology lenses. Case Reports in Ophthalmology 2025.
2. Carrasquillo K, Riccobono K, Liao J, Shi Y, Asghari B, Brocks D, Crowley E, Peiris B. Pediatric scleral lenses: 21-year retrospective review. Clinical Optometry 2024(16). 327-339.
3. Wong BM, Trinh T, Garg A, Mimouni M, Ramdass S, Liao J, Chandrakumar M, Slomovic AR, Chan CC. Prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem for Terrien marginal degeneration: A case series. Eye and Contact Lens 2022.
4. Garg, A, Trinh, T, Wong, B, Mimouni, M, Ramdass, S, Liao, J, Manokarananthan, C, Chan, C, Slomovic, Prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem for limbal stem cell deficiency: a case series. Eye and Contact Lens 2022.
5. Liao, J., Asghari,B., Carrasquillo, K. Regression of corneal opacity and neovascularization in Stevens-Johnson syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with the use of prosthetic replacement of the ocular surface ecosystem (PROSE) treatment. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports 2022. Jun(26).

Presentations

1. The End of Myopia Starts at the Beginning
   New England Ophthalmological Society Meeting – Sept 2025
2. Growing your keratoconus contact lens tool box
   Maine Optometric Association conference – Sept 2025
3. Now What? Making sense of your specialty contact lens patient complaints
   American Optometric Association Optometry’s Meeting – June 2025
4. Co-Management considerations in ocular surface disease
   BostonSight FitAcademy meeting – Sept 2025
5. Don’t lose sight of the disease: systemic disease considerations in scleral lens care
   American Academy of Optometry Meeting – Nov 2024