Leonard B. Nelson, M.D.
Pediatric Ophthalmology, Adult Motility
Strabismus and Nystagmus
Biography
Dr. Nelson received a B.A. in Biology from Columbia University in New York and his Medical Degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his Surgical Internship at The South Harvard Surgical Service at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston and his Ophthalmology Residency at New York University, Bellevue Hospital Medical Center in New York City. He went on to complete a one-year Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at The Children’s Hospital National Medical Center of George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC, and a one-year Fellowship in Ocular Genetics at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He obtained his M.B.A. at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Nelson became a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1981. He is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attending surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital. He is the Director of the Wills Eye Strabismus Center and the Co-Director of The Pediatric Ophthalmology Department at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and has authored over 275 publications and 15 textbooks in pediatric ophthalmology. He belongs to numerous societies including the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and The American Academy of Ophthalmology. He was also listed as a Top Doctor in Ophthalmology in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 in Philadelphia Magazine and Best Doctors in the US. Presently he is the principle investigator of a major grant study on Nystagmus Surgery.
Education
Undergraduate
Columbia University
New York
B.A.
1968-1972
Medical Degree
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
1972-1976
Internship, General Surgery
South Harvard Surgical Service
New England Deaconess Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1976-1977
Ophthalmology Residency
New York University
Bellevue Hospital Medical Center, New York
1977-1980
Fellowship
Pediatric Ophthalmology
The Children’s Hospital National Medical Center of George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
1980-1981
Fellowship, Ocular Genetics
Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
1981-1982
MBA
St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania
1995-2000
Service Locations
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