About Dr. Gailmard

Helping you build the practice of your dreams


 

 

Neil B. Gailmard, OD, MBA, FAAO

Management Credentials


 

  • Dr. Gailmard built one of the largest and most successful optometric practices in America after opening cold.  He is CEO of Gailmard Eye Center, a five doctor group practice in Munster, Indiana.
  • As an optometrist in active clinical practice, Dr. Gailmard currently puts his management principles to work in the real world.
  • Served on the faculty at Illinois College of Optometry for 20 years, teaching the Practice Management lecture course.
  • Received numerous awards at ICO, including Faculty of the Year three times, the Presidential Medal of Honor, and the Alumni Professional Achievement Award.
  • Received MBA degree, with distinction, from Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago.
  • Benedict Professor of Practice Management, University of Houston College of Optometry.
  • Created Practice Management University for the AOA and served as Chairman for four years.  This award-winning conference program presented hundreds of management seminars across the United States.
  • Serves as an advisor for the eye care industry, including companies such as CibaVision, Topcon, Eyefinity/OfficeMate, Allergan, Alcon and The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence at Southern College of Optometry.
  • Frequent lecturer on practice management topics at major eye care conventions.
  • Former Chief Optometric Editor for Optometric Management magazine.
  • A prolific author and editor for several eye care journals, including Review of Optometry, New O.D., Contact Lens Spectrum and Optometry: Journal of the AOA.
  • Faculty member for the Management and Business Academy, an educational conference series sponsored by Ciba Vision and Essilor.
  • Creator and author of the Management Tip of the Week, an e-newsletter published by Wolters Kluwer VisionCare Group and distributed to over 15,000 eye care professionals every week.