Weston Contact Lens Institute

Weston Contact Lens Institute is a specialty eye care practice in Weston, Florida, dedicated to helping patients who need more than conventional glasses or standard contact lenses to achieve clear and comfortable vision. The practice focuses on customized contact lens solutions for complex eye conditions, with particular expertise in scleral lenses, irregular corneas, ocular surface disease, and patients who have struggled to find a comfortable or effective vision correction option elsewhere.

Dr. Elise Kramer is the owner and specialist of Weston Contact Lens Institute. She has completed specialized training in ocular disease. She is also involved in clinical research and professional education, and lectures internationally on specialty contact lenses and ocular surface disease. Her clinical focus is helping patients with challenging conditions such as keratoconus, post-surgical corneal changes, corneal transplants, trauma, chronic dry eye, and corneal dystrophies and degenerations.

Scleral lenses are a major part of the practice's specialty care. Unlike conventional contact lenses that rest directly on the cornea, scleral lenses vault over the cornea and rest on the white part of the eye, creating a space that can be filled with preservative-free saline. This design can provide a smoother optical surface for irregular corneas while also keeping the ocular surface hydrated. Weston Contact Lens Institute uses advanced diagnostic equipment and specialized software to create lenses customized to the shape and needs of each individual eye. The practice uses sMap3D corneo-scleral topography to map the eye's surface and guide the scleral lens fitting process, which can be particularly valuable for patients with complex corneal shapes.

The practice works with patients experiencing a wide range of conditions that can affect vision, comfort, and contact lens wear. These include keratoconus, post-surgical ectasia, pellucid marginal degeneration, corneal changes following transplant surgery, radial keratotomy (RK), corneal degenerations and dystrophies, chemical and burn injuries, eyelid abnormalities, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, graft-versus-host disease, and Sjögren's syndrome. For patients with chronic or severe dry eye, the practice also offers dedicated dry eye care, including treatments such as BlephEx, scleral lenses, Prokera, and other ocular surface therapies.

While scleral lenses are a key specialty, Weston Contact Lens Institute offers several other lens options so treatment can be matched to the patient's eye rather than forcing every patient into the same type of lens. Its specialty lens services include RGP lenses, hybrid lenses, Rose-K lenses, soft and custom soft contact lenses, EyePrintPRO, orthokeratology, and a range of prosthetic, therapeutic, cosmetic, colored, theatrical, and hand-painted lenses. The practice also provides disposable contact lenses when a conventional lens is appropriate.

The institute also provides comprehensive eye care beyond specialty contact lens fitting. Services include comprehensive eye examinations, pediatric eye exams, emergency eye care, dry eye treatment, Prokera, OptiLight and OptiPlus treatments, and myopia management. For children and teens with myopia, the practice offers options such as orthokeratology, atropine treatments, and CooperVision MiSight one-day lenses. This allows the team to address both everyday vision needs and more complicated cases requiring specialized lens technology or ocular surface care.

Weston Contact Lens Institute is located at 2863 Executive Park Drive, Suite 103, in Weston, Florida, and serves patients throughout the Weston and Fort Lauderdale area as well as individuals seeking specialty contact lens care from outside the region.