BCLA Medal
The Medal may be awarded to any living person of any qualification or nationality for outstanding achievement in the field of contact lenses and or anterior eye; this could represent a significant contribution to the development, understanding, appreciation or usage of contact lenses, through invention, research, industrial work, clinical practice, or a similar level of contribution relating to anterior eye or technology for assessing the anterior eye, or such other means that are considered appropriate by the council of the BCLA.
The BCLA Medal is presented at the annual BCLA Clinical Conference.
The BCLA Medal lecturer for 2012 is Professor Alan Tomlinson.
Past BCLA Medal holders
| 2011 | Professor Mark Willcox |
| 2010 | Dr Donald Korb |
| 2009 | Professor Debbie Sweeney |
| 2008 | Professor Des Fonn |
| 2007 | Professor H Dwight Cavanagh |
| 2006 | Professor Charles McMonnies |
| 2005 | Professor Ken Polse |
| 2004 | Professor Leo Carney |
| 2003 | Professor Brian Tighe |
| 2002 | Dr Hikaro Hamano |
| 2001 | Professor Nathan Efron |
| 2000 | Professor Barry Weissman |
| 1999 | Mr Keith Edwards |
| 1998 | Professor Jan Bergmanson |
| 1997 | Professor Brien Holden |
| 1996 | Mr John Dart |
| 1995 | Professor Richard Hill |
| 1994 | Professor Irving Fatt |
| 1993 | Professor Otto Wichterle |
Professor Mark Willcox
2011 BCLA Medallist
