Dr. Richard Swales graduated from the University of Houston in 1975 and also entered his practice the same year. He is a member of the Oklahoma Association of Optometric Physicians and American Optometric Association.

He has served on the OAOP Board of Directors and is President and CEO of Primary Vision Care Services. He is a member of Rotary and the Boy Scouts of America, as well as serving on the Wichita Mountains Prevention Network Board and as a United Way Board Member. Dr. Richard Swales was also named as OAOP’s Physician of the Year in 2005.