CHARLES McMONNIES

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science, Uni of NSW
  • Masters of Science, Uni of NSW
  • Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
  • Fellow, Contact Lens Society of Australia
  • Diagnostic Ophthalmic Drugs Certificate
  • Therapeutic Ophthalmic Drugs Certificate

Professional Associations & Appointments:

  • Associate Professor, School of Optometry, University of NSW
  • Senior Consultant, Cornea & Contact lens Research Centre
  • Member, Optometrists Association Australia
  • Member, Contact Lens Society of Australia
  • Member, Australian Optometric Panel

Over 75 publications on topics including contact lenses, dry eye, childrens vision, & left right body awareness.

Publications by Charles McMonnies:

Contact Lenses
Childrens Vision
Left-Right Confusion
Vision Charts
Dry Eye
Keratoconus

CONTACT LENSES:

  • Excess lacrimation in contact lens fitting. Aust. J. Optom. 50 (2) 1967 49-52
  • New thinking on old thinking; corneal curvature. Aust. J. Optom. 50 (1) 1967 8-17
  • Photophobia in neophyte contact lens wearers. Aust. J. Optom. 50 (4) 1967 97-100
  • Corneal curvature from profile measurements. Aust. J. Optom. 54 (5) 1971 153-62
  • Corneal curvature from profile measurements: Results and conclusions. Aust. J. Optom. 54 (7) 1971 223-39
  • Contact lenses and aphakia. Aust. J. Optom. 55 (12) 1972 488-500
  • Predicting residual astigmatism with flexible hydrophilic contact lenses. Aust. J. Optom. 55 (3) 1972 106-11
  • Monocular fogging in contact lens practice. Aust. J. Optom. 57 (1) 1974 28-32
  • Optimum conditions for contact lens patient instruction. Aust. J. Optom. 57 (12) 1974 381-6
  • A comparison of base curve measurement methods. Aust. J. Optom. 58 (5) 1975 210-5 (With C. Dinatale)
  • Mathematical prescribing of soft contact lenses. Aust. J. Optom. 59 (10) 1976 333-7
  • Predicting the rotational performance of toric soft lenses. Aust. J. Optom. 60 (4) 1977 130-5 (With D. Parker)
  • Allergic complications in contact lens practice. Trans. N.Z.C.L.S. 1977 12-7
  • Prescribing and evaluating toric soft lenses. Trans. N.Z.C.L.S. 1977 21-4
  • The status of cellulose acetate butyrate lenses. Trans. N.Z.C.L.S. 1977 28-9
  • Allergic complications in contact lens wear. Inter. Cont. Lens Clin. 5 (4) 1978 182-9
  • Endothelial bedewing of the cornea in association with contact lens wear. Brit. J. Ophthal. 63 (7) 1979 478-81 (With S. Zantos)
  • Contact lens intolerance in association with epithelial dystrophy. Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 58 (5) 1981 414-8
  • Vascular response to contact lens wear. Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 59 (10) 1982 795-9 (With A. Chapman-Davies and B.A. Holden)
  • Contact lens-induced corneal vascularization. Inter. Cont. Lens. Clin. 10 (1) 1983 12-21
  • Risk factors in the aetiology of contact-lens induced corneal vascularization. Inter. Cont. Lens Clin. 11 (5) 1984 286-93
  • Contact lens-induced corneal vascularization; Aetiology and risk factors. J. Brit. Cont. Lens Assoc. 7 (3) 1984 154-7
  • Non-contact tonometry through soft contact lenses. Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 63 (12) 1986 948-51
  • Assessment of hard lens edges. Inter. Eye Care 2 (10) 1986 532-8
  • Assessment of conjunctival hyperaemia in contact lens wearers; Part I Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 64 (4) 1987 246-50 (With A. Chapman-Davies)
  • Assessment of conjunctival hyperaemia in contact lens wearers; Part two: Preserved versus unpreserved storage of soft lenses. Am. J. Optom. & Physiol. Optics 64 (4) 1987 251-5 (With A. Chapman-Davies)
  • Contact lens aftercare; A detailed analysis. Clin. & Exp. Optom. 70 (4) 1987 121-7
  • The maintenance minefield. Trans. Brit. Cont. Lens Assoc. (5) 1988 47-51
  • Quality control for gas permeable hard lens manufacture. Clin. & Exp. Optom. 72 (1) 1989 15-8
  • Aftercare symptoms signs and management. Chapt 19 in Contact Lenses. Eds A.J. Phillips & J. Stone Butterworths, London 1989 703-36
  • Yeux secs et hyperhemie conjonctivale. L'Optometriste 11 (4) 1989 7-13
  • Corneal vascularization. Chapter 61 in Clinical Contact Lens Practice. Eds E. Bennett and B. Weissman Lippincott & Co New York. 1990 1-9
  • Aids to improved patient compliance. Chapt. 2 Contact Lens Year Book ed. C. Kerr Med. & Scientific Publishing Ltd, London. 1991 12-14
  • Conjunctival hyperaemia in non-contact lens wearers. Acta Ophthalmologica 69 (1) 1991 799-801 (With A.Ho)
  • Surface Deposit Theory And Practice. Brit. Cont. Lens Assoc. (4) 1991 179-182
  • Bias against prescribing. Invited article in Australian Optometrical Association News Contact Lens Supplement. November 1994: 46-47.
  • Contact Lens Solutions. A source of profit or too much bother. Invited article in Australian Optometrical Association News Contact Lens Supplement. November 1994: 10-11.
  • Nine Problems....Nine Solutions using a microscope in practice. Invited article in Australian Optometrical Association News Contact Lens Supplement December 1995; 38-39.
  • Identifying RGP lenses makes sense: guidelines for practitioners. Invited article in Vision: Asia Pacific. Journal of the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry 1996; 5(2): 9-11.
  • Corneal topography validity and reliability for orthokeratology fitting. Clin & Exp Optom 1997:80;69-73 (with G. Boneham)

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CHILDREN'S VISION:

  • School myopia. Aust. J. Optom. 49 (11) 1966 316-8
  • Vision problems and learning disability. Aust. J. Optom. 59 (11) 1976 381-3
  • New device for convergence training. Aust. J. Optom. 60 (9) 1977 299-304
  • Clinical vergence training. Aust. J. Optom. 62 (1) 1979 28-34 (With Vaegan)
  • Optimum conditions for examining children. Aust. J. Optom. 62 (9) 1979 368-73
  • Guidelines for talks by optometrists to parent groups ( Children, vision and learning difficulties) and children in class rooms (Vision, how we see, and about our eyes). J Aust Coll Behav Optom 1990; 2 (3): 29-32
  • Vision and early intervention. Being an early interventionist: a professional approach. Proceedings of the 10th Annual Conference of the Australian Early Intervention Association (NSW Chapter) 1992: 45-60.

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LEFT-RIGHT CONFUSION:

  • Left-right discrimination in adults. Clin. & Exper. Optom. 73 (5) 1990 155-8
  • A Practical Guide for Remedial Approaches to Left/Right Confusion & Reversals. Australian College of Behavioural Optometrists Sydney 1991
  • Reversals and left/right confusion in reading disability. Proceedings of the Metropolitan North Region 1991 Guidance Conference.
  • Overcoming Left/Right Confusion & Reversals : A Classroom Approach. Superior Educational Publications Sydney 1991.
  • Reversal Prevalence and Reading Level Among Third Graders. Aust J. Remed. Educ. 24 (1) 1992 15-18.
  • Little Kim's Left & Right Book. Superior Educational Publications Sydney 1992
  • Reversals and Left/Right Confusion. Journal of Behavioural Optometry 31 (2) 1992 31-34
  • Visuo-spatial discrimination and mirror image letter reversals in reading. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 63 (10) 1992 698-704.
  • Early Intervention: Left/Right Body Awareness & Letter Reversals. Aust J. Remed. Educ. 25 (1) 1993 8-13.
  • Left/right confusion. b?-d? Does your child reverse letters? Invited article in First Steps on the Ladder of Learning. Toddler Kindy Gymbaroo Pty Ltd Melbourne 1993; Number 9 (Autumn/Winter): 16-19.
  • Teaching left/right body awareness (LRBA). Active and Healthy (Quarterly). The ACHPER magazine for physical educators, health educators and fitness leaders. Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc. Hindmarsh South Australia 1995: 2(3) Spring: 15-17.
  • Left/right confusion Part 1: The general problem. Aust J Learn Dis 1996; 1: 15-18
  • Left/right confusion Part2: Early intervention teaching of left/right body awareness. Aust J Learn Dis 1996; 1: 19-23 (with JD Bates).

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VISION CHARTS:

  • Variations in visual acuity with observation distance Aust. J. Optom. 49 (6), 1966 164-9 (With P. Woodward, M. Geddes and J. Mclean)
  • Analysis of errors in letter acuity measurements. Clin & Exp Optom 1996; 79:
  • Chart construction and letter legibility/readability. Ophthal Phys Opt 1999

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DRY EYE:

  • Key questions in a dry eye history. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 57 (7) 1986 512-7
  • Marginal dry eye diagnosis: History versus biomicroscopy. in The pre-ocular tear film, ed Holly F.J. Lubbock Texas, Dry Eye Institute Inc. 1986 32-40 (With A. Ho)
  • Patient history in screening for dry eye conditions. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 58 (4) 1987 296-301 (With A. Ho)
  • Responses to a dry eye questionnaire from a normal population. J. Am. Optom. Assoc. 58 (7) 1987 588-91 (With A. Ho)
  • Tear deficiency. Chapt 9 in Problems in Optometry. Ed M.G. Harris Lippincott & Co New York Vol 2 (4) 1990 584-98
  • Dry Eyes and Contact Lens Wear. Chapter 2 in Contact lenses: treatment options for ocular disease. Harris MG (editor) St Louis : C.V. Mosby 1996 23-45
  • Optimum dry eye classification using questionnaire responses. (Proceedings of symposium) Permalum Press 1997 (with A. Ho & D. Wakefield)
  • Lacrimal gland, tear film and dry eye syndromes 2: Basic science and clinical relevance. Sullivan DA, Dartt DA, Meneray MA (Editors) in Advances in experimental Medicine and Biology Volume 438 Plenum Press New York 1998 835-837 (with A. Ho & D. Wakefield)

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KERATOCONUS:

  • McMonnies CW, Boneham GC. Keratoconus, allergy, itch, eye rubbing and hand dominance. Clin Exp Optom 2003) 86; 376-384.
  • McMonnies CW. Keratoconus fittings: apical clearance or apical support? Eye Cont Lens 2004; 30: 147-155.
  • McMonnies CW. The biomechanics of keratoconus and rigid contact lenses. Eye Cont Lens 2005; 31: 80-92.
  • McMonnies CW, Schief W. Biomechanically coupled curvature transfer in normal and keratoconus corneal collagen. Eye Cont Lens 2006; 32: 51-62.
  • McMonnies CW, Boneham GC. Experimentally-increased intraocular pressure using digital forces. Eye Cont Lens 2007; 33:
  • McMonnies CW, Boneham GC. Corneal curvature stability with increased intraocular pressure. Eye Cont Lens 2007; 33:
  • McMonnies CW. Abnormal rubbing and keratectasia. Eye Cont Lens 2007;
  • McMonnies CW. Management of chronic habits of abnormal rubbing. Eye Cont Lens 2008.

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