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Dr. Bumgardner is a native of Iola, KS. He attended grades K-12 and graduated in 1962. After attending college in Kansas he attended the University of Houston College of Optometry in Houston, TX. He graduated in 1969. He has continuously been in private practice in Wichita, Kansas since that time. Like his father, Dr. Bumgardner has been a contributing member of the Kansas Optometric Association, serving on various boards and committees throughout his career. He is also a member in good standing of the American Optometric Association and the Wichita Optometric Society, having been a past president of that association. He also has an optometrist brother who graduated from the University of Houston in 1979 and a daughter who graduated from Nova Southeastern College of Optometry in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 2001. She now practices optometry in Oregon. He has a son who is an attorney in Wichita and two of the finest grandsons possible. 
 Dr. Bumgardner has special interests in the latest developments in state of the art eye care technology and computerization. He is also knowledgeable regarding nutrition, especially as it relates to the eyes. He is licensed at the highest level an optometrist in Kansas can be. He is licensed to treat medical eye problems such as glaucoma, severe dry eyes, ocular injuries, and medical emergencies. He actively co-manages patients with the leading eye care specialists and eye surgeons in Wichita. While attending the University of Houston he spent a year participating in a NASA program to research and design instruments and tests to monitor the vision and eye health of astronauts in space. Dr. Bumgardner’s personal interests include computers, gardening, grandkids, music, history, skiing, grandkids, genealogy, movies, traveling, grandkids and outdoor activities among others too numerous to mention. |