Richard Edlow

OD

Dr. Edlow was, most recently, Senior Advisor to EyeCare Services Partners, a consolidator of vertically integrated eye care platforms including Katzen Eye Group, encompassing 150+ Providers and 50+ locations throughout the USA. He recently retired from clinical care and his partnership in Catonsville Eye Group in the Baltimore market. Dr. Edlow, aka ‘The Eyeconomist,’ frequently writes and lectures on EYECONOMICS: business and market issues surrounding the eye care profession, market trends and workforce issues. He previously served as Chair of the AOA’s Information and Data Committee for over 15 years compiling the American Optometric Association’s State of the Profession Report. He has served on a variety of boards and committees including the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Integrated Ophthalmic-Managed Eyecare Delivery (IOMED) Committee. Dr. Edlow was one of the early developers of comprehensive managed eye care programs in the United States. Dr. Edlow currently serves as a board member for Building STEPs, a non-profit Baltimore based organization that equips the city’s brightest students with the tools to propel them to college and career success in science, technology and education. Dr. Edlow received his degree in economics from the University of Maryland and his optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry. He is past president of the Maryland Optometric Association and the Association’s Optometrist of the Year in 1992.