A Kentucky native, Dr. Ditto received a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. He subsequently did graduate work at Asbury Theological Seminary and the University of Kentucky. Dr. Ditto received a B.S. in Physiological Optics in 1976 and his Doctor of Optometry degree in 1978 from the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) School of Optometry. In his senior year at UAB, Dr. Ditto received the Vodnoy Clinical Optometry Science Award for excellence in Clinical Optometry.
Dr. Ditto is a member of the Kentucky Optometric Association, the Southern Council of Optometry, and the American Optometric Association. He is a member of the Jessamine County Board of Health and is a past Director of the Jessamine County Chamber of Commerce. In 2008 Dr. Ditto was named the Optometrist of the Year by the Kentucky Optometric Association.
Dr. Ditto has practiced in Nicholasville, KY, since 1978. Along with Dr. Musick, he founded the current Nicholasville office of Kentucky Eye Institute known as Drs. Ditto & Musick Eye Care Center, with its full-service retail optical dispensary, Jessamine Optical.
While providing full-scope optometric care to all ages, Dr. Ditto's particular interests are in the areas of contact lenses, co-management of LASIK or other refractive surgery, co-management of cataract surgery, and the treatment of acute eye conditions and anterior segment eye disease. Dr. Ditto has extensive experience and expertise in the correction of all types of refractive errors with rigid gas permeable or soft contact lenses, including hard-to-fit cases, and correcting for presbyopia with monovision or multifocal lens designs.