Eyal Gal (MOptom.)
Head of Contact Lens labs and clinics and Senior Lecturer
Dr. Eyal Gal holds a B.Sc./B.Optom from Bar-Ilan University and an M.Optom with honors from Hadassah Academic College. He earned his Ph.D. at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, with a focus on contact lens design for keratoconus and post-keratoplasty (PKP), emphasizing specialty contact lenses for ocular diseases.
He is a lecturer and the Director of the Contact Lens Laboratories and Clinics at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College, where he oversees both graduate (Israeli and international) and undergraduate clinical training in specialty contact lenses. Dr. Gal co-instructs the Final Research Project course and teaches Advanced Contact Lens Techniques within the M.Optom and undergraduate programs, as well as myopia management clinics.
In his academic and clinical pursuits, Dr. Gal collaborates with prominent international contact lens companies such as CooperVision Israel, SwissLens (Switzerland), Spectrum INC (USA),Ultavision (UK) and Mark’ennovy-Euclid (Spain).
Eyal Gal, B.Sc/B.Optom from Bar Ilan University, M.Optom with honors from Hadassah Academic College.
Currently pursuing his PhD in the field of contact lenses for keratoconus and PKP, his research focuses on specialty contact lenses for ocular diseases.
Mr. Gal is the director of the contact lens laboratories and clinics at Hadassah Academic College, supervisor in graduate and undergraduate clinics, co-lecturer in the M.Optom and undergraduate programs’ "Final Research Project" course, and a lecturer in the "Advanced Contact Lens Techniques" course. In the M.Optom program clinics, Eyal collaborates with all the local contact lens companies, including Cooper-Vision Israel, Swisslens (Switzerland), and Markennovy (Spain).
Mr. Gal is also a member of the Optometry Department's undergraduate pedagogical committee.
Haya Shamesa, Sharon Goldbergb, Cyril Kahlouna, Philip Finea, Eyal Gal, Dov Rosena, Jennie Goldsteina, Ariela Gordon-Shaaga. (2013). Self induced digital pressure associated with significant transient corneal distortions in a pediatric patient --- A multi disciplinary approach. Journal of Optometry 6, 219---224.
Conference Proceedings and Abstracts
Gantz L., Gal E., Weissman BA., Tarbia R., Agabrea H., Mattar M., Jabaly Y., Abu Ahmad A., Shneor E. (2018) Complications and Compliance in Over-the-Counter Versus Fitted Contact Lens Wearers. AAO ,Texas, USA
Mattar M, Gal E, Weissman B, Tarbia R, Agabrea H, Abu Ahmad A, Jabaly Y, Shneor-Lavi E., Gantz L. (2018) Complications and compliance in over-the-counter versus fitted contact lens wearers. Israeli Society of Vision and Eye Research (ISVER) Oral Presentation,Israel.
Gantz L, Gal E, Weissman B, Tarbia R, Agabrea H, Mattar M, Abu Ahmad A, Jabaly A, Shneor E. (2018) Complications and Compliance in over-theCounter Versus Fitted Contact Lens Wearers. European Academy of Optometry and Optics Oral Presentation, Pula, Croatia.
