Dean Bauer OD
Practice
Education
- Certification in Basic and Advanced Life Support Systems including cardioversion
- Hospital-based Externship in Optometry, V.A., Westside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
- Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, Illinois, Degree: O.D.
- Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
- Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School, Unionville, Michigan, Diploma with Honors
Work Experience
Clinical Experience:
- 15 years clinical experience in all areas of Optometry including Board Certification in Recognition Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Diseases
- Staff Optometrist at Rush Presbyterian Hospital
- Specializing in Primary Care and contact lenses.
- Duties also include teaching physiological optics, refraction and contact lenses to residents.
- Optometric Residency at the V.A. Westside Medical Center,
- Chicago, Illinois
- Ophthalmic Technician
- Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
- Little City Eye Clinic, Palatine, Illinois
Research Experience:
- Primary investigator corneal ablation study 2000-2001
- Co-investigator in LASIK retreatment study 1999-2000
- Ocular and Hemispheric Dominance Study
- Illinois college of Optometry, 1986
Activities
- Illinois College of Optometry faculty preceptor in pathology based externship at Kirk Eye Center 2000 – present.
- Member, American Optometric Association,
- Illinois Optometric Association
Honors / Awards
- Who’s Who in American Colleges and University, 1979
- Dean’s List, Central Michigan University, 1978, 1979, 1980
