Our Doctors
William L. Rich III, M.D.
- Comprehensive
Retired from practice
Dr. Rich co-founded NVOA with Dr. Thomas Frey in 1976 and retired in December 2016 after 40 years in practice, concluding his term as President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Find a current NVOA doctorDr. Rich is a nationally recognized leader in health policy. He served as President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and as its Medical Director of Health Policy, chaired the AMA RVS Update Committee (RUC) for six years, and chaired the Academy's IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight). Both his undergraduate and medical degrees are from Georgetown, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; he interned at San Francisco General Hospital and returned to Georgetown for ophthalmology training.
Education & training
B.A.
Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences
Phi Beta Kappa
M.D.
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Internship
San Francisco General Hospital
Ophthalmology Residency
Georgetown University
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