Richard Hertle is an investigator in the areas of nystagmus and eye movement disorder. His current titles include, Professor of Ophthalmology, Northeast Ohio Medical College, SUMMA Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, Director, The Children’s Vision Center and Chief of Ophthalmology, Akron Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, USA. He has been a principal investigator on a number of NIH-funded research projects, including on-going studies on the treatment of strabismus, nystagmus and amblyopia.

An avid researcher and publisher, Dr. Hertle has over 220 refereed publications and almost as many abstracts, editorials, reviews and invited lectures. He currently serves as a reviewer for multiple journals and has been a recipient of over two million dollars of research funding.