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Dr. Paul Chous

Dr. Paul Chous received his undergraduate education at Brown University and the University of California at Irvine, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1985. He received his Masters Degree in 1986 and his Doctorate of Optometry in 1991, both with highest honors from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Chous was selected as the Outstanding Graduating Optometrist in 1991. He has practiced in Renton, Kent, Auburn and Tacoma, Washington for the last 15 years, emphasizing diabetic eye disease and diabetes education. Dr. Chous has been a Type 1 diabetic since 1968. He lives in Maple Valley, Washington with his wife and two sons.

Dr. Chous serves as a consultant to dLife - Your Diabetes Life, Children With Diabetes, the Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association, and the American Diabetes Association, which honored him with its Distinguished Public Service Award in 1998. He is an Adjunct Faculty member at NOVA Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Dr. Chous has given numerous invited talks about diabetes and the eye to both patients and other health care professionals, a process which led him to write a unique and extremely important book aimed at diabetic patients, their families and friends: Diabetic Eye Disease: Lessons From A Diabetic Eye Doctor - How To Avoid Blindness and Get Great Eye Care (Fairwood Press).

Dr. Paul Chous grew up in Southern California. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes mellitus at age five. Paul completed his undergraduate education at Brown University and UC Irvine. He received his Masters Degree in 1986 and his Doctorate of Optometry in 1991, both with highest honors from UC Berkeley. Dr. Chous was selected as the Outstanding Graduating Optometrist in 1991. He developed proliferative diabetic retinopathy in 1986 and underwent multiple laser treatments to save his vision.

Dr. Chous has practiced optometry with a special emphasis on diabetic eye disease and diabetes education for 14 years in the State of Washington, winning the American Diabetes Association’s Distinguished Public Service Award in 1998. Upon the birth of his son in 2000, he began work on a book for patients and doctors alike about the myriad effects of diabetes on the eyes and visual system, Diabetic Eye Disease: Lessons From a Diabetic Eye Doctor (Fairwood Press, 2003), which has been called “one of the most practical and down to earth books on this topic ever written” by noted diabetes specialists (see reviews at www.DiabeticEyes.com)

Dr. Chous lectures and writes frequently on the subjects of diabetic eye disease and emerging treatments for diabetic eye disease. He runs Chous EyeCare Associates in Tacoma & Mill Creek, WA and lives with his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Chous, and sons, Atticus and Charlie, in Maple Valley, WA.

Fairwood Press, 2003

Dr. A. Paul Chous; eye doctor, diabetes educator, and author of the highly-acclaimed book Diabetic Eye Disease: Lessons From A Diabetic Eye Doctor. In this book you will be able to learn about how diabetes affects the eyes from an eye doctor who has been a Type 1 diabetic himself for 38 years.

You will also learn more about Dr. Chous' new book, and be able to ask the doctor your questions about diabetic eye disease, good diabetes management, and the key steps every diabetic must take to get great eye care and prevent blindness.

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Look for Dr. Chous's new monthly web column at dLife.com and his upcoming feature articles in Diabetes Self-Management and Review of Optometry, this Fall. See many of his previously written articles at diabetesincontrol.com.