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Richard J. Shuldiner, O.D., F.A.A.O., attended Long Island University from 1964-1966 and received his Doctor of Optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 1970. He completed an internship and residency in Vision and Child Development in New York. In 1975, he received certification in Low Vision from the New York State Optometric Association.
In 1988, Dr. Shuldiner became the 41st Low Vision Diplomate from the American Academy of Optometry.
The Diplomate status in Low Vision is a recognition of academic and clinical achievement.
Currently, there are 43 practicing clinical Diplomates in Low Vision.
Dr. Shuldiner is Clinical Director of LOW VISION OPTOMETRY of southern california, with offices the counties of Riverside, Los Angles, San Diego and Orange. He is also Clinical Director of LOW VISION OPTOMETRY of NEW YORK, with offices in Manhattan, Long Island and Westchester.
Dr. Shuldiner founded the INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF LOW VISION SPECIALISTS in 2005. A list of doctor members can be found at www.IALVS.org.
Dr. Shuldiner created and served as director of the Westchester Lighthouse Low Vision Clinic in New York, and was an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at New York Medical College. He was instrumental in establishing the "Dutchess Lighthouse", a new agency for the blind, in July, 1985.
Dr. Shuldiner has lectured on Low Vision Care to eye professionals in Russia, China, Hong Kong, Africa and throughout the United States. He has numerous articles published in the optometric literature. He has been featured in many newspapers for his work in contact lenses, and with the visually impaired. The doctor has been on television and radio, educating the public on the need for routine eye-health care.
Dr. Shuldiner trains doctors of optometry to add low vision care to their practice. Their contact information can be found in Doctors We Have Trained.