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Richard E. Meetz, OD, MS Room No. 513 Phone: (812) 855-7063 email:meetz@indiana.edu

Dr. Richard Meetz is a Clinical Associate Professor of Optometry in the School of Optometry. He received the Doctor of Optometry degree from the Indiana University School of Optometry in 1976 and a Master of Science in Clinical Research Design and Statistical Analysis from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan in 1988. He has been with Indiana University since 1976. For 20 years he served as the Director of Screening and Evaluative Services, where he directed the School of Optometry's mobile clinics in a statewide program bringing eye care to thousands of children each year who otherwise would not receive any. During those years he has testified before the state legislature, advised revisions in the school health laws and wrote the procedure manual for vision testing of children for Indiana public schools. In addition, he has served for the last 8 years as a senior examiner for the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Dr. Meetz presently teaches the beginning Clinical Methods Laboratory courses to the first- and second-year Optometry students, Epidemiology and the courses on Physical Assessment and Medicine to the third-year Optometry interns.