Leonard J. Press OD, FAAO, FCOVD
Press Consulting, PCDr. Leonard J. Press is a graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and he completed his residency at the college's Eye Institute in Philadelphia. He was recruited to the State University of New York's College of Optometry in New York City, where he served as Chief of the Vision Therapy Service and as an associate professor. He is currently an independent optometric consultant in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Dr. Press is the author of more than 100 articles, 3 textbooks, and 3 monographs. He is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry. He has twice been the recipient of the Scientific Achievement Award from the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians (NJSOP). Dr. Press has served as President of COVD and of the NJSOP. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Vision Development & Rehabilitation.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Nearly All Contact Lens Wearers in National Survey Report Risky Eye Care Behaviors That Can Lead to Eye Infections
- The Baby Piper Glasses Internet Sensation
- Conservative Management for Consecutive Esotropia After Intermittent Exotropia Surgery
- Influence of Near Tasks on Posture in Myopic School Children
- Adaptation to Laterally Displacing Prisms in Anisometropic Amblyopia
- Eye Movements Suggest Neural Origin of Pattern Strabismus
- Measurement of Amplitude of Accommodation in Young Persons
- Impaired Binocular Fusion as a Cause of "Flat Vision" After Right Parietal Brain Damage
- MY APPROACH to the Use of Random Dot Stereopsis in Microstrabismic Children
- Incidence and Clinical Characteristics of Adult-Onset Convergence Insufficiency