Raymond Maeda, OD, FAAO

Residency in Primary Care Optometry, 1995, Illinois College of Optometry

O.D., 1993, Illinois College of Optometry

Glaucoma, 2011, CA State Board of Optometry

Lacrimal Dilation and Irrigation, 2001, CA State Board of Optometry

Fellow, 1998, American Academy of Optometry

California, 1993-present,State Board of Optometry

Arizona, 2003-2009, State Board of Optometry

Assistant Dean of Clinical Affairs, Eye Care Institute (Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry) 2015 - 2017

Chief of Staff, Eye Care Institute (Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry) 2010 - 2015

Chief of Primary Care, Eye Care Institute (Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry), 2008 - 2010

Director, Eye Clinic (Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital – Sacaton, AZ), 2006- 2008

Optometrist, Eye Clinic (Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital – Sacaton, AZ / Gila Crossing Health Center – Laveen, AZ), 2003 - 2008

Assistant Dean of External Programs, Southern California College of Optometry, 2003

Director for External Programs, Southern California College of Optometry, 2000 - 2003

Clinical Faculty, Eye Care Center (Southern California College of Optometry), 1995 - 2003

Western University of Health Sciences Eye Care Institute, Pomona, CA

Ocular Disease

Clinical Procedures

Primary Care Optometry

On faculty at the Southern California College of Optometry from 1995 – 2003 with lecturing responsibilities in the Advanced Procedures (Ocular Health) course and lab instructor for the following course: Advanced Procedures, Basic Ocular Health Procedures, and Systemic Disease.

PPO VI: Lacrimal Dilation & Irrigation, College of Optometry

PPO VI: Foreign Body Removal, College of Optometry

Ocular Disease IV: Non-proliferative / Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy, College of Optometry

Observe, Perform, Teach (see one, do one, teach one)

Ocular Disease & Diabetes

Optometric Education Diversity Mini-Grant Program, May 2010 - April 2011, sponsored by Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Reaching Out to Families and Communities - Opening Eyes to Optometry, April 2009 - June 2010, sponsored by Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Optometric Education Diversity Mini-Grant Program, May 2009 - April 2010, sponsored by Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Optometric Education Diversity Mini-Grant Program, May 2008 - April 2009, sponsored by Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Numerous teaching awards while at Southern California College of Optometry, 1995 - 2003

President & Western University Liaison, Asian American Optometric Society

Member,Editorial Review Board: Optometric Education

Co-Advisor, Western University Lion’s Club

Member, Peer Review & Quality Management Committee: Delta Vision

Secretary,California Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry

Member, California Optometric Association (COA)

Member,American Optometric Association

Fellow, American Academy of Optometry (AAO)

Publications as member of the CLEERE Study Group:

2003 Zadnik K, Manny RE, Yu JA, Mitchell GL, Cotter SA, Quiralte JC, Shipp MD, Friedman NE, Kleinstein RN, Walker TW, Jones LA, Moeschberger ML, Mutti DO, and the CLEERE Study Group. Ocular component data in schoolchildren as a function of age and gender. Optom Vis Sci 80:226-236.

2003 Kleinstein RN, Jones LA, HullettS, Kwon S, Lee RJ, Friedman NE, Manny RE, Mutti DO, Yu JA, Zadnik K, and the CLEERE Study Group. Refractive error and ethnicity in children. Arch Ophth 121:1141-1147.

2000 Zadnik K, Jones LA, Irvin BC, Kleinstein RN, Manny RE, Shin JA, Mutti DO for the CLEERE Study Group. Myopia and ambient night-time lighting. Nature 404:143-144.

Dr. Maeda graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry (ICO) and completed a residency in Primary Eye Care there as well. Thereafter, he joined the faculty at Southern California College of Optometry (SCCO) with clinical responsibilities in the Ocular Disease department. His administrative duties included coordinating the 4th year outreach program and residencies at SCCO. After 8.5 years at SCCO, he joined the Indian Health Service at Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital in Sacaton, Arizona. He was the Director of the Eye Clinic, which was a training facility for residents and 4th year students from many of the schools/college of Optometry. In 2008 he was the first faculty member hired at the Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry. He holds the position of Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and is kept busy overseeing the patient care mission and clinical education of the College of Optometry of the Eye Care Institute.