The 1994 recipient of the New Jersey Optometric Association's Scientific Achievement Award for his contributions to the scientific advancement of the profession of optometry. In 1982, Dr. Press was recruited to the State University of New York, State College of Optometry, to serve as Chief of the Vision
Therapy Service. He is currently an Associate Professor at S.U.N.Y. where he teaches two courses, one in children's vision, and the other in analyzing patient data. Dr. Press is a member of the Associate Medical Staff at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Dr. Press is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development and a Diplomate in Binocular Vision and Perception of the American Academy of Optometry. He is one of only two eye doctors in New Jersey who have specialty
certification from both of these organizations.
Dr. Press has authored over 70 papers in the scientific and clinical literature, and has published two textbooks: Clinical Pediatric Optometry (Butterworth, 1993) and Applied Concepts in Vision Therapy (Mosby, 1997), and
one monograph, Computers and Vision Therapy Programs (OEP, 1992). He is currently working
on another textbook entitled: Conventional Wisdom in Contemporary Refractive Care. This
book serves to educate other doctors on determining optimum prescriptions for patient's
visual well-being.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Optometric Association
New Jersey Optometric Association
American Academy of Optometry
National Academies of Practice
Optometric Extension Program
College of Optometrists in Vision Development
Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association
Bergen-Passaic Optometric Society
New Jersey Academy of Optometry
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Dr. Leonard J. Press is a 1977 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, where he was a member of the Gold Key International Optometric Honor Society. He completed his Residency program in Pediatric Optometry at The Eye Institute of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Philadelphia, and formerly served as Chief of the Pediatric Unit of The Eye Institute.