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Dr. Richard Schamerloh becomes IOA President

Bluffton optometrist Richard J. Schamerloh, O.D., F.A.A.O., will lead the Indiana Optometric Association over the course of the next year. Since 1993, Dr. Schamerloh has been a partner with Eyecare Associates of Bluffton in Bluffton, Indiana, and since 1996 he has served as a consultant to the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System.

From 1993 to 1996, he was an assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Optometry, from where he graduated with honors in 1992. While attending IU, Dr. Schamerloh belonged to the Beta Sigma Kappa Optometric Scholastic Fraternity and earned the Fisons Outstanding Clinician Award.

Dr. Schamerloh completed a residency in hospital-based primary care optometry and low-vision rehabilitation at the West Side VA Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, from July 1992 to June 1993, and participated in a residency rotation in low vision rehabilitation optometry at the Central Blind Rehabilitation Center at the Hines VA Hospital in Hines, Illinois, from December 1992 through June 1993.  

In addition to his involvement with the IOA since 2001, Dr. Schamerloh also volunteers his time in many other capacities. He has been involved with and assisted in leading six Volunteer Optometric Services for Humanity (VOSH) trips to Honduras; he is an American Academy of Optometry Fellow, a member of the Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry, a member of the American Optometric Association, a member of Beta Sigma Kappa International Optometric Honor Fraternity, and has served as Section Chief Examiner and Clinical Examiner at numerous sites for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Dr. Schamerloh is also very involved in electronic health records (EHR) development for optometry, serving as Lead Consultant for Clinical Trials for OD Professional Active EHRs Focus Group.

In his community, Dr. Schamerloh belongs to the Bluffton Lions Club, is a member of the Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and the Saint Michael Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne. He is also a guest lecturer discussing eye health on WBCL Radio’s Mid-Morning Show.

Dr. Schamerloh joined Drs. C. William Trubey, Sandra J. Hullinger and Dawn Gutwein Kazmierzak in 1993. He was joined by his current practice partner, Brady Hanlon, in 2005. The practice was founded in 1932.
 
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