Dr. Ward was the first optometrist to be residency-trained in ocular disease at the prestigious Cincinnati Eye Institute. In addition to his glaucoma interests, Dr. Ward founded the Valley Dry Eye Disease Center in 2016. This was the first clinic to be solely dedicated to the management of dry eye disease in West Central Ohio. Dr. Ward also enjoys medical missionary work and has been to Haiti several times. He helped establish a medical/surgical eye clinic at a Catholic mission in Kobonal, Haiti.