Dr. Ross Chatwin

HI, I’m Dr. Ross Chatwin. I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and St. George, Utah. I became fluent in Spanish while serving an LDS mission in Monterrey, Mexico for two years. I received my Bachelors of Science in Public Health from Brigham Young University and my Doctorate of Optometry from Southern College of Optometry. I am currently a member of the American Optometric Association, Sugar House Chamber of Commerce, American Diabetic Association, and serve as President of the Utah Optometric Association.

I take pride in practicing primary care optometry as well as practicing pediatric optometry, seeing children as young as one year old. I practice ocular disease, helping patients suffering from conditions such as glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, macular degeneration, cataracts, diabetes, and high blood pressure. I also enjoy fitting specialty contact lenses for patients with corneal and anterior segment conditions and orthokeratology. I have received certified training in Laser Therapy of the Anterior Chamber and Surgical Procedures for Optometric Physicians from Northeastern State University College of Optometry.

I am married to the love of my life, Rebecca Schmidt. We have 4 beautiful children Jackson, Cole, Hazel, and Ellie. We live in Becca's hometown of Bountiful. We enjoy the outdoors, camping, fishing, mountain biking, and sports, sports and more sports.

Dr. Chris Valliere

Dr. Chris Valliere is a small-town Texas native. He attended University of Texas in Austin where he earned his Bachelor's of Science in Neurobiology. After undergrad, he spent 2 years in Austin, enjoying the hill country, and took a trip across Europe. He completed his Doctor of Optometry degree at University of Houston College of Optometry where he was a member of the optometric honor society Beta Sigma Kappa, inducted as a Gold Key Society member, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He also served a leadership role in the Student Practice Management Association. During his rotations in optometry school, Dr. Valliere learned to provide comprehensive care for patients who have glaucoma, ocular infections, cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, dry eye, and a wide variety of other ocular diseases. He is also well versed in refractive surgery co-management and is trained to fit specialty scleral or RGP contact lenses for the treatment of corneal conditions like keratoconus.

Dr Valliere is a current member of American Optometric Association (AOA) and Utah Optometric Association (UOA). Dr Valliere finds his profession diverse, interesting, and challenging and loves that it provides an opportunity to directly improve each individual’s life that walks through his door. He strives to stay up to date on new technology and treatments so that he is always finding new ways to help solve a problem that we weren’t able to before.

After graduation, Dr Valliere and his fiancé Ashley moved to Salt Lake City for the incredible access to outdoor recreation and mountain living. When he is not at work you can find him traveling, hiking, camping, skiing, playing guitar, and riding his motorcycle through the canyons. He looks forward to providing exceptional eye care at Sugar House Vision!