Dr. Ansel Johnson is the founder and owner of Vision Salon Eye Care Associates in Blue Island, Illinois. He received his BA in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and graduated from the New England College of Optometry. He has completed a post-graduate certificate from the Wharton School of Business Optometry...
Joseph J. Pizzimenti, OD, FAAO, FORS, FNAP
Dr. Joseph J. Pizzimenti received his Doctor of Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry, and completed a residency in Ocular Disease and Rehabilitative Optometry at the University of Houston. He is a recognized clinician and educator and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and the...
Dr. Lara Zakaria PharmD MS CDN CNS IFMCP
Dr. Zakaria is a Pharmacist and Nutritionist with a focus in implementing solutions for Functional Medicine and personalized nutrition. A graduate of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, at Rutgers University (BSpharm) and the University of Colorado Skaggs College Of Pharmacy (PharmD), she spent 20 years in community pharmacy practice....
Neda Gioia OD, CNS®, FOWNS, CFMP
“One patient and one doctor at a time.” This is Dr. Neda Gioia’s motto to help change the landscape of healthcare. With 17 years of optometric clinical experience spanning 3 states, her personal success in nutrition inspired her to pursue a formal education in functional medicine and clinical nutrition so...
Steven Pratt, MD, FACS, ABIHM
Steven G. Pratt MD, FACS, ABIHM is a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego. He has had training in holistic medicine and has a degree with the American Board of Holistic Medicine. (ABIHM) He is the author of five Super Foods books, including two...
Dorothy L. Hitchmoth, OD, FAAO, ABO, ABCMO DIPLOMATE
Dr. Hitchmoth is a nationally-recognized award-winning professor, lecturer and educator who has authored countless scientific papers, editorials and book chapters. She is Fellow of the Academy and the Retina Society and is dual board-certified. She had a 22 year tenure serving our nations veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Dennis Ruskin, OD, FAAO
Dr. Dennis Ruskin graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1976 with a Doctor of Optometry degree, the same year he established his full scope practice in Toronto, Ontario. In 1989, he became a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry. Dr. Ruskin has been an appointed advisory member to...
Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FONS
Dr Julie Poteet graduated from The New England College of Optometry and then completed a residency in primary care and ocular disease at the VA Medical System in Boston. At the VA, Dr. Poteet became interested in why some veterans seemed to age so differently than their peers and began...
Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO
Kaleb Abbott is an optometrist and assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s of science in nutrition, he attended The University of Houston College of Optometry for both his doctorate of optometry and master’s of science in physiological...