Jeffrey D. Perotti received his B.A. in Chemistry from Wabash College in 1983 and an M.S. in Computer Science from Indiana University in 1986. He taught computer science at DePauw University until 1992 before deciding to change careers. In 1997 he received his O.D. degree from the Indiana University School of Optometry and completed a fellowship at Eye Surgeons of Indiana the following year.

After working at a refractive surgery center in Indianapolis for several months, he shifted to the United States Public Health Service where he provided primary eye care to members of the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana, and to members of the San Carlos Apache Reservation in San Carlos, Arizona.

He returned to Bloomington in June of 2001, and soon thereafter joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Optometry part time as Chief of Rural Health Clinics. In January of 2006 he joined the faculty as a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor, where he currently serves as Community Outreach Director. As such, he is responsible for coordinating all of the outreach activities of the School of Optometry.

Dr. Perotti also serves on the board of Prevent Blindness Indiana, is a member of the American Optometric Association, was recently elected President of the Stonebelt Society of the Indiana Optometric Association, and was accepted as the first optometrist in the National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Fellowship program in 2008.