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Bill Ritzel, O.D. 
Dr. Ritzel is a native of Belleville. He attained his Doctor of Optometry Degree from the Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry in 2000. He completed a post-graduate residency in the medical and surgical management of eye diseases at Eye Health Partners of Middle Tennessee. Dr. Ritzel was in private practice in Hendersonville, TN for 3 years before returning to Belleville. He is a member of the American Optometric Association, the Illinois Optometric Association, the Southwestern IL Optometric Society, and the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness. Dr. Ritzel accepts patients of all ages. Always on the forefront of new developments in eye care, Dr. Ritzel tries to think “outside the box” to provide unique, customized, and innovative solutions to his patients’ vision problems. Outside the office, he enjoys serving the Lord through the Fairview Heights Church of Christ, running, and coaching youth soccer.  Dr. Ritzel and his wife, Jana, were married in 1997, and have 2 children: Nolen and Taylor.
 
 


 

Bart A. Jones, M.D.
After completing his ophthalmology residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Dr. Jones joined the Eye Surgery Center in 2001, and began seeing patients at our location in 2009.  He received his medical degree in 1997 from Southern Illinois University and is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Jones practices comprehensive ophthalmology with a special interest in refractive surgery.
Dr. Jones is the first doctor in southern Illinois to perform Custom Wavefront Lasik and the first doctor in southern Illinois to implant Verisyse phakic IOL, Crystalens Accommodative IOL, and ReZoom Multifocal IOL.

His affiliations include: American Medical Association, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, St. Louis Ophthalmological Society, St. Clair Medical Society