Steen Saust - Copenhagen, Denmark
Curriculum Development Committee Member
Director of OEP Support Services for
Scandinavia
Fax: +45 7020 9999 Phone:
+45 7020 9998 E-mail:
steen-Saust@ksi-int.dk
Address: Prinsesse Maries
Alle 16, 3, th.
1908 ‑
Frederiksberg C
DK – Denmark
Date
of birth: 1948 May 23
Married
to: Janne Kromann ‑
Physical Therapist
Children: Anne born 1971
Casper
born 1982
Joachim
born 1985
Schools
/ Universities attended:
Tølløse Boarding School, 4300 Tølløse, Denmark 1954 - 1964
Danish School of Optometry, Copenhagen, Denmark 1964 - 1968
Optometry Course, Danish School of Optometry, Denmark 1968 - 1969
Basic Contact Lens Course (KL1) 1974
Advanced Contact Lens Course (KL 2) 1976
Further Optometric Courses (OP1 OP7) 1983 - 1985
CLAVIS College of Optometry and Applied Visual Science Master Program 1999
Professional
Activities / Appointments:
Employed by Cornelius Knudsen, Copenhagen 1969 - 1972
Employed by Brillehuset, istedgade, Copenhagen 1972 - 1974
Chef Optometrist at Brillehuset (Synoptik) Istedgade, Copenhagen
1974 - 1975
Chef Optometrist at Domus Optica (Synoptik), Copenhagen 1975 - 1978
Self‑employed in private practice, Roskilde. 1978 - 1994
Council member of "Optikerringen". Association of Optometrists 1979
- 1981
Member of the Danish Optometric Association. 1980 - 1994
Council member of the Danish Optometric Association. 1980 - 1985
Teacher in Contact Lenses, post graduation, Danish School of
Optometry. 1978 - still active
Member of the Danish Society of Optometry. 1969 - 1990
Member of the Danish Contact Lens Society. 1974 - 1990
OEP Clinical Associate 1979 - still active
Member of BCLA 1983 - still active
Council member of the Danish Contact Lens Society. 1985 - 1990
Council member of the Danish Committee for Visual Enhancement. 1980
- 1985
Committee for the prevention of blindness. 1984 - 1986
Committee for enhancement of optometric education. 1988 - 1992
Consultant (technical), for development of educational materials.
1980 - 1985
Member of the Optometric Joint Committee. 1980 - 1985
Council member of the Scandinavian Congress of Optometry (SOKKO)
1987 - still active
Member of the Danish Optometry and Contact Lens Society, DOKS. 1990
- still active
Council Member of DOKS. 1990 - still active
Chairman of the Contact Lens Committee in DOKS. 1991 - still active
Co - Director of OEP - European Service Center 1991 - 1994
Managing Director for OEP-Europe 1994 - 1996
Educational Consultant for the Danish School of Optometry on VT
and Sports Vision. 1992 - 1993
Appointed member of the Danish ISO / CEN council, (Optics). 1992 -
still active
"What is behavioral optometry?" for para MDs. 5‑6 lectures a year.
1992 - still active
"What is sports vision?" for national team athletes. 5‑8 lectures a
year. 1992 - still active
"What is sports vision?" national course for shooting instructors.
1995 - still active
Visual consultant for the Danish Military sports teams. 1992 - still
active
Consultant on the B&L Vision Center, Olympic Winter Games, Norway.
1994
Employed in private practice, Roskilde 1994 - still active
Managing Director, OEP - European Service Center. 1994 - 1996
Self‑employed in VEX - Europe. 1994 - 1996
Co‑manager on BABO - OEP-Europe courses 1994 - 1996
Managing Director European Kraskin Invitational Skeffington
Symposiumon Vision 1995 - still active
Member of the advisory board of the Dutch Foundation for
Ophthalmology and Behavioral Optometry. 1995 - 1997
Appointed facilitator-Invitational Conference on Clinical Vision
Care, Memphis, USA 1995
Appointed facilitator-Invitational Conference on Clinical Vision
Care, Memphis, USA 1996
Appointed member of the board of Baltimore Academy for Behavioral
Optometry 1995 - still active
Appointed member of the COVD international Task force 1995 - 1997
Consultant for Parents Active for Vision Education (P.A.V.E.) in
Europe 1995 - still active
Appointed member of the OEPF Clinical Development Advisory Committee
1995 - 1996
Appointed as external examiner at the Danish school of Optometry by
the Danish
Optometric Joint Committee. 1996 - still active
Executive Director for the Kraskin & Skeffington Institute Aps. ®
1996 - still active
Boardmember of the Kraskin & Skeffington Institute Aps. ® 1996 -
still active
Co-founder of ICEBO - International Center for Education in
Behavioral Optometry 1996
International Center for Education in Behavioral Optometry
Association 1996 - still active
Co-founder of the CLAVIS College of Optometry and Applied Visual
Science 1999 - still active
Administration of CLAVIS educational program for ICEBO membership
Association 1999 - still active
President Elect for Danish Optometry and Contact lens Society (two
year period) 1999 - 2001
Nominated Spokesman for national (Denmark) members of COVD 1999
Appointed member of “Future Education - Taskforce” - Danish
Optometric Association 1999 - 2000
Appointed as external examiner at the Danish school of Optometry -
Frederiksberg 1999 -
Appointed member of the taskforce for optometric education in
Denmark, DO 2000 -
List of publications:
“Visual Training”, Clinical Optometry no. 6, Published by Danish
Society of Optometry. 1979
“Why my understanding of visual function includes visual training",
Clinical Optometry no. 6, Published by Danish Society of Optometry.
1979
The Skeffington Invitational Symposium 40th anniversary, JBO. 1995
“Behavioral Optometry will become the cornerstone within the
Optometric Profession during the next millennium”. (Danish) 1998
“Visual Related Attention Problems and the School Child”. (Danish)
1999
Papers presented at conferences:
“Polycon Design and Fitting Techniques”: Danish Contact Lens
Society, Hotel Marina, Helsingør, Denmark. 1984
“Contact Lenses and Visual Therapy”, Nordic Contact Lens Congress.
1993
“Why Sports Vision can be an Eye‑opener to Behavioral Optometry”,
2nd ICBO, Sydney, Australia. 1994
“Vision Center at the Olympic Winter Games, Lillehammer”. Presented
at Danish Optometry and Contact Lens Society, National Meeting. 1994
“An Interpretation of the Contributions of Robert A. Kraskin to the
Profession of Optometry. ” The 4th European Robert
Kraskin-Skeffington Symposium on Vision held in RIMINI, Italy 1998
“CE national and international - who can you go to? Eye-examination
now and into the next milenium. Can we survive as a profession? Are
we opticians or Optometrists?”Paper given at the Optics trade fair,
Vejle, Denmark 1998
“How do we interpret the work of Kraskin and Harmon ?” - Specific
papers were discussed! Workshop given at the 5th European Kraskin
Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision held in RIMINI, Italy -
1999
“Vision development and the Schoolchild" Paper given at the
Scandinavian Congress of Optometry, Sweden - 1999
“Motility testing” Paper/workshop given at the annual meeting for
DOKS 1999
Professional awards:
Award for outstanding work for the development of optometry in
Denmark. 1985 Danish Optometric Association.
Best Study Group / Experience Exchange Group in Denmark (The Iris
Group) 1995
Certificate of Appreciation - for outstanding contributions to the
science of Vision College of Optometrists in Visual Development, USA
1999
Special interest and goals within Optometry:
Behavioral Optometry & Visual Training in all aspects also Sports
Vision
Contribute to the development of vision care and implementation of
behavioral viewpoints in the everyday optometric practice.
To make the above mentioned aspects and benefits of professional
vision care known to the public.
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