Dr. Matt Kauffman received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. He attended the University of Houston College of Optometry (UHCO), where he earned his Doctor of Optometry. Afterwards, Dr. Kauffman completed a Residency in Cornea and Contact Lenses at the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Optometry.
Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Kauffman returned to Houston, Texas and worked in a private practice fitting specialty contact lenses. He was also adjunct clinical faculty at the University of Houston College of Optometry.
Dr. Kauffman later joined UHCO as a full-time visiting assistant professor. He enjoys teaching in the Cornea and Contact Lens Service and performing research in the Visual Optics Institute. He also lectures and publishes on the topics of specialty contact lenses and corneal disease.
He is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and the Scleral Lens Society, and a member of the American Optometric Association and Texas Optometric Association.
Dr. Kauffman’s research includes analyzing ocular aberrations for irregular cornea patients (e.g. keratoconus, corneal grafts, post-refractive surgery) and designing and manufacturing custom wavefront guided scleral lenses to help improve the patient’s visual outcome. He is currently a clinical investigator for a NEI funded wavefront guided scleral lens study.
Dr. Kauffman’s clinical expertise is the fitting of irregular corneas with specialty contact lenses. He is well experienced on the fitting of scleral lenses, small-diameter (rigid) gas permeable lenses, hybrids, and custom soft lenses for diseases such as keratoconus, pellucid marginal degeneration, corneal transplants, as well as normal conditions.
