Professor/Vice President for Strategy and Institutional Advancement
Illinois College of Optometry
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Leonard V. Messner, OD holds the rank of Professor of Optometry at the Illinois College of Optometry and also serves as the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at the Illinois College of Optometry. His predominant research interests include vision, ocular structure and visual motor abnormalities with concussion, the eye movements associated with the physical act of reading, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, optic neuritis and diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters in the areas of neuro-ophthalmic disorders and vitreoretinal disease. He is the past chair of the American Academy of Optometry's Neuro-ophthalmic Disorders Special Interest Group and serves of the Chicago Board of the Concussion Legacy Foundation. He is a two-time recipient of the American Academy of Optometry’s Service Appreciation award, the 2012 recipient of the Illinois College of Optometry’s Alumni Council Educator of the Year and was recognized as the Optometrist of the Year in Illinois in 2013. In 2019, Dr. Messner received the Presidential Medal of Honor from Salus University. He is a 24-time recipient of the “Teacher of the Year” award at the Illinois College of Optometry.
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