Meet Dr. Rob Szeliga

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Meet Dr. Rob Szeliga

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Dr. Rob’s family moved to Thompson’s Station when he was fifteen. He graduated from Fred J. Page High School in Franklin, TN and received a B.S. in Microbiology from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN. In 2005, he received his Doctor of Optometry from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN. At SCO, he received extensive training in primary care, contact lens, ocular disease, low vision, and pediatrics. The Eye Center at Southern College of Optometry is believed to be the largest single-specialty health care facility of its kind in North America. He completed rotations at Drs. Whitley & Hughes Family Eye Care in Covington, TN and at Total Eye Care, P.A. in Memphis, TN.

After graduating from SCO, he opened his own private practice in Spring Hill, TN in November 2005. Dr. Szeliga is a member of the American Optometric Association and the Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians. He is a member of the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Szeliga is on Dr. Ming Wang’s Medical Board for the Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration.

In the summer of 2003, Dr. Rob and his wife, Amy, were married at Rippavilla Plantation in Spring Hill. The couple has a 5-year old son, Jackson. Jackson, currently in kindergarten, was voted the Tennessee winner of Prevent Blindness America’s Most Beautiful Eyes contest. Amy is a first grade teacher at Longview Elementary in Spring Hill. Before Longview opened, she taught at Chapman’s Retreat Elementary, also in Spring Hill. The family has two other members—a Jack Russell terrier and a terrier mix, named Cooper and Tucker.

Dr. Szeliga is an avid sports fan. He is a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan and also follows the Tennessee Titans and Volunteers. He enjoys trout fishing on the Caney Fork and Elk Rivers and golfing.

Doctor of Optometry: The AOA’s Definition:

Doctor's of Optometry (ODs) are the primary health care professionals for the eye. Optometrists examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases, injuries, and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as identify related systemic conditions affecting the eye.

Doctors of Optometry prescribe medications, low vision rehabilitation, vision therapy, spectacles lenses, contact lenses, and perform certain surgical procedures.

Optometrists counsel their patients regarding surgical and non-surgical options that meet their visual needs related to their occupations, avocations, and lifestyle.

An optometrist has completed pre-professional undergraduate education in a college or university and four years of professional education at a college of optometry, leading to the doctor of optometry (O.D.) degree. Some optometrists complete an optional residency in a specific area of practice.

Optometrists are eye health care professionals state-licensed to diagnose and treat diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system.

--Approved by the AOA Board of Trustees, June 21, 2005