
Raymond Maeda, OD, FAAO
Chief of Optometric Staff
College of Optometry
E-Mail: rmaeda@westernu.edu
Phone: 909-706-3851 | Fax: 909-469-5228
Website: www.westernu.edu
Join year: 2008
Education
Residency in Primary Care Optometry, 1995, Illinois College of Optometry
O.D., 1993, Illinois College of Optometry
Certification
Glaucoma, 2011, CA State Board of Optometry
Lacrimal Dilation and Irrigation, 2001, CA State Board of Optometry
Fellow, 1998, American Academy of Optometry
Professional Experience
Chief of Staff – Eye Care Center (Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry) / 2010 - present
Chief of Primary Care - Eye Care Center (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
Clinical Faculty – Eye Care Center (Southern California College of Optometry), 1995 - 2003
Work Site
Western University of Health Sciences Patient Care Center, Pomona, CA
Academic Interests
Ocular Disease
Clinical Procedures
Primary Care Optometry
Teaching Experience
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.
Courses
Ocular Disease I: Disorders of the Episclera and Sclera, College of Optometry
Ocular Disease I: The Lens: Cataracts / IOL’s, College of Optometry
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
Philosophy
Observe, Perform, Teach (see one, do one, teach one)
Research Interest
Ocular Disease & Diabetes
Research Grant
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
Awards
Numerous teaching awards while at Southern California College of Optometry, 1995 - 2003
Organizations
Board Member, 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)
Committees
Member, Awards Committee
Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee
Member, Executive Committee
Publication
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.
Narrative
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 Chief of Staff and is kept busy overseeing the daily functions of the Eye Care Center.


