Dr. Sean Dempsey lives in Sartell, MN with his beautiful wife, Kayleen, their 2 young sons, and their energetic puppy. He is a staff optometrist at the St. Cloud VA Health Care System, where he is also adjunct faculty for optometry externs and helps train family practice medical residents. Sean is a prior VA board member for AFOS and previously served as chair of the Education Committee. He earned his doctorate from Salus University and completed residency at the Salem VA hospital in Virginia. His professional interests include ocular immunology and retinal/neuro-ophthalmic vascular disease. In his personal time, he enjoys adventuring and traveling with his loving family and also enjoys playing the occasional round of golf.

 

Kurt Moody, OD FAAO, FBCLA

Dr Moody has been employed by Johnson and Johnson Vision Care Inc. in Jacksonville, FL since 2005.   He graduated from Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in 1979 with a BS in Biology and then received his Doctorate in Optometry from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1983.  After graduation Dr. Moody joined the Eye Care Specialists of North East Pennsylvania; one of the largest MD/OD practices in Pennsylvania where he practiced for 22 years as the Director of Optometric Services. During this time, he became both a Fellow and a Diplomate in the Cornea, Contact Lens and Refractive Technologies Section of the American Academy of Optometry. While in practice he held the office of President of the North East Pennsylvania Optometric Society was OD of the Year and was appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to the State Board of Optometry.

During the time Dr Moody has been employed at J&J he has spent 13 years in R&D in multiple positions leadership positions.  During this R&D tenure, he was part of the teams that developed both 1-Day Acuvue TruEye and led the team that developed 1-Day Acuvue Moist for Astigmatism.  Dr Moody also was the R&D lead that developed 1-Day Acuvue Moist Multifocal.  It was the development of this product for which Dr Moody and his team were awarded the prestigious Johnson Medal. In 2015 Dr Moody became the Director of the Clinical Science group, charged with the creation of clinical development plans for new contact lens products and the establishment of the clinical science behind these products.  He then spent two years helping with the newest J&J business; Ocular Surface Disease where he was responsible for the professional education and KOL management.  Most recently, in 2000 Dr Moody has returned to the Vision Care side of the business taking the position of Director of Professional Education for North America.

Dr Moody is a Board Member of the Alumni Association of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia.  He and his wife Georgia have 3 children.