Jan Roelof Polling

Jan Roelof Polling graduated as an orthoptist in 1998 and is currently employed at Erasmus MC and the Faculty of Optometry and Orthoptics at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences. In 2021, he completed his doctoral thesis on the development and treatment of refractive errors in children. He now holds a postdoctoral research position at Erasmus MC, focusing on trials related to the inhibition of myopia progression. Jan Roelof has been elected as the president of the International Orthoptic Association (IOA). In his clinical practice, he works as an orthoptist and holds a senior position in the Rotterdam Myopia Control clinic at Erasmus MC.