Steven A. Hitzeman Clinical Associate Professor OD 1976 (Indiana University)

Steven A. Hitzeman received his A.B. in Biology in 1972 and his O.D. in 1976 from Indiana University. He is Clinical Associate Professor and has been on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Optometry for over 30 years. He is presently Director of Clinics, Director of the External Rotation Program, Director of Residencies, and Director of the Sports Vision Program at the School of Optometry. He is Past-Chair of the American Optometric Associations Sports Vision Section as well as Chair of Screening Services for the AOA Sports Vision Section. He is chair of the AAU Junior Olympics Screening Team and was on the vision screening team for the 1991, 1995, and 1999 International Special Olympics and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. He serves on the American Optometric Associations Clinical Care Group as a member of the Eye Safety Committee. He was installed President of the Indiana Optometric Association on April 22, 2007.

In addition to his other duties at the school, he has authored articles for journals including the Journal of the American Optometric Association and Contact Lens Spectrum. He teaches sports vision in the optometry program, provides clinical instruction regularly in the school's clinics, and conducts screenings of athletes for all sports in the Indiana University Athletic Department. The Indiana Optometric Association recognized him as Optometrist of the Year in Indiana for the year 2000. He was awarded this honor for outstanding service to the IOA, the AOA and the profession in the areas of teaching, community service, and volunteerism. He has taught numerous continuing education courses for the American Optometric Association, the American Academy of Optometry, the National Athletic Trainers Association, the American Academy of Sports Medicine, the Indiana Optometric Association, and other state association meetings--and was the keynote lecturer at the International Conference of Athletic Training and Health at the National College of Physical Education and Sports, Taipei, Taiwan. He was awarded the American Optometric Associations Sports Vision Section Sports Vision Optometrist of the Year at the 2005 AOA Congress.

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