Dr. Schell received his bachelor’s degree in Physiology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 and his Doctor of Optometry degree from University of California, Berkeley in 1986. He has a wide variety of clinical experince, including serving as an active duty and reserve Air Force Chief of Optometry at Mather and Beale Air Force Bases, working in an opthalmology clinic and in private practice. He has treated a wide variety of vision problems and eye disease in practice settings ranging from hospitals, clinics and in remote villages on three continents from rainforest to arctic.