Timothy B. Edrington, O.D., M.S. Professor Coordinator, Cornea and Contact Lens Residency
Phone:	714.449.7422
Email:	tedrington@scco.edu
Fax:	714.992.7833

Dr. Timothy B. Edrington is a tenured Professor lecturing in all four contact lens courses at the College. Dr. Edrington received his undergraduate and Doctor of Optometry degrees from Indiana University. He also earned a Masters of Science degree in higher education. Upon graduation from optometry college, Dr. Edrington served as an officer in the US Army and was stationed at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, DC. He was also in private optometric practice in Illinois, Texas and California. A faculty member at SCCO since 1978, Dr. Edrington served for 18 years as the Chief of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service. He currently serves as Co-ordinator of the Cornea and Contact Lens residency at the Eye Care Center. Dr. Edrington is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a Diplomate in their Cornea and Contact Lens Section. Dr. Edrington has authored more than 30 published manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, over 40 published articles, over 100 published research abstracts, and 10 book chapters in the area of cornea and contact lenses. He co-authored a paper which received the American Academy of Optometry’s Garland M. Clay award for the best manuscript published in Optometry and Vision Science in 1997.  He served on the Executive Committee of the National Eye Institute funded, multi-center Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Keratoconus (CLEK) Study. Dr. Edrington was the initial recipient of the Dr. Richard Hemenger Faculty Research award at SCCO in 2001. Dr. Edrington also serves as a consultant to the Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).