Katrina Parker, O.D.

Ophthalmology
Vision Care (Optometry)
Contact Lens Fitting

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Biography

Katrina Parker, O.D., is a Faculty Associate in the Department of Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in fitting specialty contact lenses, including custom corneal lenses for regular and irregular corneas (keratoconus, post-surgical, and post-traumatic), scleral lenses, and prosthetic soft lenses. She has expertise in facilitating the management of anterior segment disease and ocular surface disease with these lenses. Dr. Parker joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2016.

Dr. Parker earned her doctoral degree at the Illinois College of Optometry. She completed a residency in cornea and contact lenses at the University of Houston College of Optometry.

Dr. Parker is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Prior to her arrival in Dallas, she served as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry, where she held several administrative appointments, including Director of the Cornea and Contact Lens Service.

She has authored or co-authored several peer-reviewed publications, paper presentations, and scientific posters. She has extensive teaching experience and has been a clinical investigator for more than 20 studies.

Education & Training

Other Post Graduate Training - Illinois College of Optometry (1997-2001)
Graduate School - Illinois College of Optometry (1997-2001), Optometry
Residency - University of Houston College of Optometry (2001-2002), Optometry
Medical School - Illinois College of Optometry (1997-2001)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Board of Optometry (2014)
American Academy of Optometry (2002)
Gas Permeable Lens Institute (2001)
Texas Optometric Association (2001)
American Optometric Association (1997)

Honors & Awards

National Keratoconus Foundation Research Grant recipient/co-investigator 2006
Peter Abel Award 2006, Given for excellent innovative scientific work and practical usage of contact lens optics (co-investigator and co-author)
6th International Congress of Wavefront Sensing and Optimized Refractive Corrections 2005, Founders' Award for Best Scientific Poster
National Institutes of Health 2004-2007, Loan Repayment Program recipient
CIBA Vision Travel Grant 2003
The Eugene W. Strawn Leadership and Service Award 2001

Books & Publications

Publications
- Orthokeratology: An Academic Perspective.
  Parker KE, Leach NE Eye & contact lens 2016 Jan 42 1 56-60
- Factors accounting for the 4-year change in acuity in patients between 50 and 80 years.
  Koenig DE, Nguyen LC, Parker KE, Applegate RA Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry 2013 Jul 90 7 620-7
- Controlled induction of spherical aberration with custom soft contact lenses.
  Parker KE, Marsack JD, Elswick JD, Brunstetter TJ, Applegate RA Clinical & experimental optometry 2009 May 92 3 283-8
- Performance of wavefront-guided soft lenses in three keratoconus subjects.
  Marsack JD, Parker KE, Applegate RA Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry 2008 Dec 85 12 E1172-8
- Dynamic simulation of the effect of soft toric contact lenses movement on retinal image quality.
  Niu Y, Sarver EJ, Stevenson SB, Marsack JD, Parker KE, Applegate RA Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry 2008 Apr 85 4 230-5
- On-eye performance of custom wavefront-guided soft contact lenses in a habitual soft lens-wearing keratoconic patient.
  Marsack JD, Parker KE, Niu Y, Pesudovs K, Applegate RA Journal of refractive surgery (Thorofare, N.J. : 1995) 2007 Nov 23 9 960-4
- Empirical advanced orthokeratology through corneal topography: the University of Houston clinical study.
  El Hage S, Leach NE, Miller W, Prager TC, Marsack J, Parker K, Minavi A, Gaume A Eye & contact lens 2007 Sep 33 5 224-35
- Uncorrected wavefront error and visual performance during RGP wear in keratoconus.
  Marsack JD, Parker KE, Pesudovs K, Donnelly WJ, Applegate RA Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry 2007 Jun 84 6 463-70
- The precision of wavefront refraction compared to subjective refraction and autorefraction.
  Pesudovs K, Parker KE, Cheng H, Applegate RA Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry 2007 May 84 5 387-92