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Richard A Jones MD is a Board Certified
Ophthalmologist. He graduated from the University of
California, Davis with highest honors then finished
his medical degree from the University of Texas
Medical Branch where he was a member of Alpha Omega
Alpha, the Medical Honors Society in the top 1% of
his class. He served an internship in general
Surgery at the University of Arizona and performed
his residency in ophthalmology at the University of
Texas.
He has been Chief of the Department of
Ophthalmology at Mercy General and Sutter General
Hospitals. He currently is Medical Director of
Capital City Surgery Center. Dr Jones was named
twice in “Best Doctors in Sacramento” by his peers
published in Sacramento Magazine. He has been
program director and president of Northern
California's Alta
Ophthalmologic Society. He is a member of the
California Academy of Ophthalmology, fellow in the
American Academy of Ophthalmology,
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and member of
the California Medical Association and
American
Medical Association.
Dr Jones currently is President of the
Sierra Sacramento Medical Society composed of over
1600 physicians dedicated to health outreach and
advocacy for Sacramento's 1.7 million residents. He
is active with the
California Medical
Association leadership, serving as delegate and
committee member helping to determine health care
policy for 36 million Californians.
Dr. Jones speaks for numerous professional
and patient organizations and has served as
associate medical director for Vision Service Plan
and as participant with the Sacramento Blood Source
Foundation. He has volunteered overseas with the
International Eye Foundation and he is a participant
with the Medical Society SPIRIT program, providing
free eye surgical care restoring eyesight to
uninsured, indigent citizens of the community.
Dr Jones is an avid bicyclist and has
traveled several times to ride parts of the Tour De
France. He likes technology and computers (when they
work!) He and his wife enjoy traveling
internationally, hiking and skiing. He has had the
distinction of working with his highly regarded
predecessors Dr. William Kohl, Dr. Norman Schwilk,
Dr. Randal Childers and, Dr. Richard Zipf. Dr. Jones
is currently honored to work with his current
partner Dr. Christian Serdahl.
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