DALE G. LERVICK, OD, FAAO

DR LERVICK IS A GRADUATE OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY AND ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY. AFTER HIS GRADUATION FROM ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY 31ST FIELD HOSPITAL AND 5TH FIELD HOSPITAL. FROM 1972-1976 HE HELD POSITIONS AS DIRECTOR OF THE CONTACT LENS CLINIC AND LOW VISION CLINIC, COLORADO OPTOMETRIC CENTER. SINCE 1974 HE HAS BEEN IN PRIVATE PRACTICE IN LAKEWOOD AND DILLON, COLORADO.

DR. LERVICK HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES. HE IS A FELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY, AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND THE COLORADO OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE LOW VISION SECTIONS FOR THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPTOMETRY AND SERVES ON THE LOW VISION COMMITTEE OF THE COLORADO OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION. AT THE LOCAL LEVEL HE HAS SERVED IN NUMEROUS CAPACITIES INCLUDING STATE LEGISLATIVE CHAIR, STATE PARTY COMMITTEE CHAIR, AND LEGISLATIVE KEYMAN. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL HE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACTIVE IN THE THE AOA VOLUNTEER STRUCTURE AND HAS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE AOA-PAC, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC FOUNDATION AND VICE PRESIDENT OF BETA SIGMA KAPPA. DR. LERVICK WAS APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH TO SERVE AS MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PRACTICING PHYSICIANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, A COMMITTEE OF 15 PHYSICIANS SERVING IN THE ADVISORY CAPACITY TO THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MEDICARE ISSUES. HE HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CURRENTLY SITS ON ITS DIABETIC ADVISORY COUNCIL.

CARRIE M BURLESON, OD

DR. CARRIE BURLESON RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN 1998 AND THE DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST.LOUIS OF OPTOMETRY IN 2002. DR. BURLESON COMPLETED EXTERNSHIPS IN PRIMARY CARE OPTOMETRY, OCULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT, BINOCULAR VISION AND VISION THERAPY, AND CONTACT LENS PATIENT CARE. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION, THE COLORADO OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION,AND THE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS IN VISION DEVELOPMENT. IN HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS RUNNING, HIKING, SNOWSHOEING, SKIING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, TODD, AND DOG, LAWRENCE

JASON M. JOST, OD

DR. JOST IS A GRADUATE OF DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BIOLOGY AND NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS OPTOMETRY DEGREE. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND THE COLORADO OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION. HE PRACTICES PRIMARY CARE OPTOMETRY AND JOINED DR. LERVICK IN 2005