Andrew Pucker

Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA
Sr. Director of Clinical and Medical Sciences
Lexitas Pharma Services.

Dr. Pucker is the Sr. Director of Clinical and Medical Sciences at Lexitas Pharma Services. He earned his OD, MS, and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University. His independent research and clinical career has focused on dry eye disease, contact lenses, and myopia development. He has authored about 50 peer-reviewed publications and about 150 editor reviewed columns. Dr. Pucker is a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry, Fellow of the Scleral Lens Education Society, and Fellow of the British Contact Lens Association. He has also received a number of other honors, which include two William C. Ezell Fellowships, the Irvin M. and Beatrice Borish Award, and the Association of Schools & Colleges of Optometry’s Rising Star Award.