Gundersen Decorah Clinic optometrists earn board certification

Jennifer Gipp

Gundersen Decorah optometrists Jennifer Gipp and Andrew Sassaman have earned board certification from the American Board of Optometry.

ABO board certification is a process that allows doctors of optometry to demonstrate that they exceed standard level requirements of practice and are maintaining the appropriate knowledge, skills and experience needed to deliver quality eye care.

To attain the certification, Gipp and Sassaman completed a series of rigorous post-graduate activities. They then passed a four-hour examination on issues spanning the scope of practice of optometry.

The ABO was created in 2009 to provide optometrists with a voluntary pathway to earn a meaningful board certification credential. Optometry, along with medicine, is one of the few professions who offer board certification for the purpose of verifying that their providers are maintaining their skills and competency.

Andrew Sassaman