{"id":21,"date":"2023-06-25T14:23:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T14:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyefashion.clientreview.dev\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2024-08-21T21:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:13:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eyefashionopticalwaco.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Dr. Gerdes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21\" class=\"elementor elementor-21\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f6ee2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53f6ee2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4215b3e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4215b3e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98c1c03 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98c1c03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ea5b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94ea5b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet Dr. Gerdes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c3eec6 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c3eec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/eyefashionopticalwaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DrGerdes-Photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-57\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eyefashionopticalwaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DrGerdes-Photo.jpg 398w, https:\/\/eyefashionopticalwaco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DrGerdes-Photo-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40cf6d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40cf6d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Gerdes has over 30 years of experience in Optometry. He received his optometric degree from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the third generation of Gerdes\u2019 to practice in Waco since 1923.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5eff34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5eff34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Gerdes is actively involved in his profession and has served on several optometric committee boards. He was elected President of the Southwest Contact Lens Society and Heart of Texas Optometric Association. He has authored publications on visual field loss relating to tumors along the visual pathway, lectured on contact lens multi-focal fitting and variety of similar topics. 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