Dr. John Fischer completed his undergraduate schooling at Gannon University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology. He furthered his education by obtaining a Doctorate of Optometry degree from University of California Berkeley. He has been practicing optometry since 2017 and has been with Shawnee Optical since day one.

Dr. Fischer became an optometrist because of his interest in health care and sciences along with his own positive experience growing up with contacts/glasses. Today, he enjoys evaluating and discussing eye health with his patients and improving their prescription for glasses/contacts. Outside of the office, Dr Fischer enjoys spending time with family, running, and the outdoors.

Dr. Chelsea Locy-Fowler completed her pre-requisites for Optometry school at Hiram College, where she majored in biology and minored in chemistry; she then continued her education by obtaining a Doctorate of Optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry.

She has been practicing Optometry since 2016 and been with Shawnee since the beginning. Dr. Locy has found the eyes to be interesting since childhood and knew very early on that she wanted to be an optometrist. Also, she enjoys interacting and learning from her patients. She was very excited to find a position in her home town and give back to the community she grew up in.

Dr Piersol earned a bachelor of science degree in Biology with a vertebrate physiology option at Penn St University. He furthered his education earning a Doctorate of Optometry degree from Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia. He has been practicing Optometry since 1992. Dr Piersol became an optometrist because he felt the sense of vision was the most important sense humans possess.