Ronald Schachar is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Velatec.  Dr. Schachar is an internationally recognized ophthalmologist, physicist, and inventor with a broad array of accomplishments in both academia and the business world including "Inventor of the Year" for the Dallas Fort Worth area.  He has been very active in the medical and academic communities serving as editor and reviewer for multiple professional journals and as Adjunct Professor of the Department of Physics at the University of Texas at Arlington.  He has served in numerous leadership positions including president of the Grayson County Medical Society, Keratorefractive Society, and President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Presby Corp.  His publications include, over 130 research articles and seven books, and he has been issued over 60 patents.  Dr. Schachar has expertise in Lasers, optics, refractive surgery, image analysis, finite element analysis, ophthalmic surgery, and corneal, lenticular and retinal physiology.  Dr. Schachar received a B.S. in Physics from City University of New York in 1963, an M.D. from Downstate Medical Center of the University of the State of New York in 1967, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1975.