Scott A. Edmonds OD, FAAO
Senior Member, Edmonds Eye Associates; Clinical Professor, Western University of Health Sciences-College of Optometry, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDr. Scott Edmonds is the senior member of Edmonds Eye Associates. He is the former Co-Director of the Low Vision and Contact Lens Service at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia and Chief Eyecare Officer at United Healthcare. He is a clinical professor at Western University of Health Sciences- College of Optometry and a member of the Adjunct faculty at Salus/Drexel University. He is a member of the Allied Medical staff of the Lankenau Hospital. He is currently the author of a featured BLOG for Healio, a medical media company and information platform for physicians and healthcare professionals.
Background
A 1976 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a 1980 graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Dr. Edmonds is a past President of the Philadelphia Optometric Society, the Chester Delaware Optometric Society and the 1988 President of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association. On the national level, he has served as the Chairman of a number of committees for the American Optometric Association and was a member of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education. Dr. Edmonds was honored by the Pennsylvania College of Optometry as the Preceptor of the Year in 1983. He was honored as the Optometrist of the Year in 1985 by the Philadelphia Optometric Society and again in 2008 by the Chester-Delaware Optometric Society. He was honored as the Pennsylvania Optometric Association Optometrist of the Year in 2008. His BLOG series was a 2015 APEX award winner for publication excellence.