Samuel J. Baron, O.D. Dr. Baron is from Butler, PA. and performed his undergraduate studies at Pennsylvania State University and then completed his professional studies at Massachusetts College of Optometry in Boston. During his last year of school he initiated and headed a pilot vision program in Haiti. The team of ten optometrists spent ten days in one of the more remote areas where they examined and prescribed spectacles for 3,500 patients.

Dr. Baron continued his education with a special residency program in visual therapy at the Optometric Center of New York. Following graduation, Dr. Baron began his professional career as a clinical instructor at his alma mater, the Massachusetts College of Optometry. Moving to New York City, Dr. Baron was then appointed to the staff of the Optometric Center of New York, the largest eye center in the U.S.A. After practicing in the general optometry, visual training and developmental vision clinics he was appointed Assistant Chief of the Contact Lens Clinic at the Optometry State University of New York. Dr. Baron established his practice in Golden in 1973, to settle in a small college town near the mountains and Denver. He also was selected to be the Director of the Vision Therapy Clinic of the Colorado Optometric Center. Dr. Baron has special interests in contact lenses, children's vision, and deaf patients. He has authored several articles in professional journals and is in the process of completing his second book. Also he has developed several optometric instruments. Locally, Dr. Baron is a member of Leadership Golden, Colorado Mountain Club and Golden Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Baron has been appointed a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, a prestigious scientific group of Optometrists. Dr. Baron has lectured internationally in the visual sciences, on such topics as, visual field studies, computers and vision, infant visual examinations, examining the deaf, interrelationships of professionals, office design, amblyopia (lazy eyes), contact lens designs, preschool vision, vision and learning, and the paperless office. He especially enjoyed a learning and lecture tour of China. Dr. Baron has completed the highest licensure for his profession in Colorado. Dr. Baron enjoys Colorado's many mountaineering outdoor activities; skiing, climbing, hiking, and camping.

Dr. Baron has been honored with and accepted the invitation to serve as an Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Optometry for the University of Indiana College of Optometry. He will be able to fulfill two of his loves by remaining in private practice here in Golden and by serving as a professor with the interns who study here at our clinic. Congratulations!

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