Dr. Frank Spors

Dr. Frank Spors is an Associate Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry. He joined the faculty in 2009 and teaches several courses in optics and contact lenses. Dr. Spors holds a German optometry degree, the European Diploma in Optometry, a MSc in Clinical Optometry from Salus University, PCO, and a Ph.D. in Materials science/Optical nanotechnology from Christian-Albrechts University in Germany. Prior to joining WesternU, Dr. Spors worked for 13 years in his private optometry practice in Northern Germany, which specialized in orthokeratology, specialty contact lenses, and low vision, and he was a faculty member at the Department of Optometry at the University of Applied Sciences, Luebeck in Germany. Dr. Spors’ primary area of research is in contact lenses and the optics of myopia management systems.