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.
• 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.
• Founding member of the Association of Practice Management Educators.
• 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.
• Served as an advisory board member for the eye care industry, including companies such as Vistakon, CibaVision, Allergan and Alcon.
• 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 LWW VisionCare and distributed to over 14,000 eye care professionals every week.