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Ron Melton, OD

Charlotte, NC, United States

Ron Melton, OD, FAAO, is co-founder of Educators in Primary Eye Care. While attending the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (Salus University), he received a Health Professions Scholarship and after graduation served in the Army. Dr. Melton has lectured nationally and internationally at over 1000 continuing medical education meetings with a goal of educating optometrists around the world in ocular disease. He was honored to be the Guest Speaker for the “European Command of Optometric Military Services” in Garmisch, Germany in November 2019. He was a co-recipient of the “Pioneer in Optometry” recognition by the Editorial Board of Primary Care Optometry News in April 2015 for contributions in optometry education. Dr. Melton was named co-recipient of the American Academy of Optometry 2014 Vincent Ellerbrock Clinician Educator Award for outstanding and sustained contributions to the Academy’s Lectures and Workshops program. He has been on the editorial boards of Optometric Physician and Primary Care Optometry News and a contributing editor to Clinical and Refractive Optometry. Dr. Melton has authored or co-authored over 100 papers on optometry and is the co-author of the popular annual "Clinical Perspectives on Patient Care" (formerly “Clinical Guide to Ophthalmic Drugs”) for Review of Optometry. Dr. Melton has acted as an investigator in more than 55 clinical research trials. Currently he is a member of the adjunct faculty at Salus University (Pennsylvania College of Optometry) and Indiana University (School of Optometry). He is certified as a Diplomate with the American Board of Optometry. He is in a group practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he has staff privileges at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center.

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