After completing undergraduate degrees from Young Harris College and Emory University, Dr. Smith worked as a medical editor for sports medicine orthopedists in Columbus, Georgia and Los Angeles, California. He attended graduate school at Auburn University prior to earning the Doctor of Optometry degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1989. A former intercollegiate tennis player, he has a special interest in sports vision and contact lenses. He is a co-author of scientific journal publications on visual skills in professional baseball players and is a member in good standing of the American Optometric and Georgia Optometric Associations.  Dr. Smith is a Harris County native.