Dr. Nathan Lighthizer is an Associate Dean & Professor at the Oklahoma School of Optometry and a founding member of the Intrepid Eye Society. He is a top-notch lecturer who has a passion for diagnosing and treating ocular disease and performing advanced ophthalmic and laser procedures. He is also an advocate for scope expansion as part of the future of optometry, which leads to the discussion around how politics doesn’t always follow logic. Get inspired to get involved. Listen in as Dr. Joseph Allen ( @DoctorEyeHealth ) sits down with Dr. Lighthizer on this episode of Eye Give a Damn!

Nathan Lighthizer, OD, FAAO

Born and raised in Bismarck, ND, Nate Lighthizer, OD, FAAO, is a graduate of Pacific University College of Optometry. Upon graduation, he completed a residency in Family Practice Optometry with an emphasis in Ocular Disease through Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry. Dr. Lighthizer has since joined the faculty at the Oklahoma College of Optometry and serves as the Chief of Specialty Care Clinics and the Chief of Electrodiagnostics Clinic. In 2014, he founded and now heads the Dry Eye Clinic at the College of Optometry. Also in 2014, he was named the Director of Continuing Education as well as the Assistant Dean for Clinical Care Services at the Oklahoma College of Optometry. He is a founding member, and currently serves as Vice President, of the Intrepid Eye Society which is a group of emerging thought leaders in optometry. He was named a member of PCON 250—a list of the top 250 optometrists in the country who practice progressively, provide innovative patient care, conduct optometric research or excel in academia and share what they have learned with other optometrists to advance the profession. Dr. Lighthizer lectures nationally on numerous topics, most notably advanced ophthalmic procedures, electrodiagnostics, and ocular disease.Eye Give a Damn hosted by Dr. Joseph Allen is produced by FluoreSCENE

Media.

For more information on Dr. Joseph Allen visit

https://doctoreyehealth.com/

Visit https://odcommunity.com/ to learn more about FluoreSCENE Media.