BostonSight’s Dr. Karen G. Carrasquillo Promoted to Senior Vice President, Clinical and Professional Affairs
Expanded role will include developing BostonSight’s Educational Center of Excellence Dr. Karen G. Carrasquillo Needham, Mass. –June 7, 2022 – BostonSight®, a nonprofit eye healthcare organization and research center dedicated to saving sight and improving quality of life for patients, announced today that Karen G. Carrasquillo, OD, PhD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Clinical and Professional Affairs. Dr. Carrasquillo previously served as Vice President, Clinical and Professional Affairs. In this expanded role, Dr. Carrasquillo will build upon BostonSight’s educational initiatives by developing BostonSight’s educational center of excellence, which will provide education on scleral lenses and the treatment of ocular surface diseases. She will have broad responsibility for the development and growth of global market knowledge and demand for BostonSight lenses, treatments, innovations, research, and technologies. “Dr. Carrasquillo’s passion and drive to educate, raise awareness, and promote our work has been a key driver in elevating BostonSight’s reputation to a well-recognized, supportive, and collaborative organization,” said Sara Yost, BostonSight President and CEO. “Her unwavering commitment to BostonSight’s mission and vision has created a bridge to the international scleral lens community.” Dr. Carrasquillo has a remarkable resume. She has contributed a vast amount of knowledge to the scleral lens industry based on her years of clinical and medical device design experience. In 2015, she led BostonSight in the research and development of the patented BostonSight SCLERAL FitKit®. She has been vital to the product’s success over the past 5 years and continues to lead product [...]