Our Staff

Dr. Gerard Lozada 

Dr. Gerard Lozada has both his Bachelor of Chemistry and Doctorate of Optometry degrees from the University of Houston. He has been in practice since 1987 and has extensive experience including teaching at the University of Houston College of Optometry, private practice with an eye surgeon, and volunteer work in Mexico, Costa Rica, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas. Dr. Lozada is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Kansas Optometric Association, and the Optometric Society of Greater Kansas City.

Most recently, Dr. Lozada served as liaison between the Kansas Optometric Association and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for the federal program Healthy People 2010 from 2002 to 2006 and, from 2003 to 2006, as Chairman of the Healthy Eyes Healthy People committee for the Kansas Optometric Association. Healthy People 2010 is the health promotion and disease prevention agenda for the nation created by the National Institutes of Health.

In January 2006, Dr. Lozada was appointed by then Governor Sebelius to serve on the Child Health Advisory Committee (CHAC), a committee designed to address health issues facing Kansas children. The first major recommendation, Newborn Blood Screening, came before the Kansas legislature in 2007 and received funding for 2008.  Now, all 39,000+ children born in Kansas receive a blood test for 29 treatable genetic diseases, an increase from the previous blood screening test for 7 of these diseases.  In 2009, the director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment created a panel to address the infant mortality rate in our state.  The United States is currently ranked 45th worldwide in infant mortality by the CIA (Cuba is ranked 44th) with the infant mortality rate in Kansas being even higher.  Dr. Lozada was one of four members from CHAC to serve on the Blue Ribbon Panel on Infant Mortality which will produce a preliminary report in time for the next legislative session and the final report in 2010.