Dr. Daniel Press is a 2007 honors graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and is a Board Certified optometrist in vision development and therapy. Dr. Press has been serving Park Ridge and the surrounding communities since 2012 when he moved to the area with his wife, Sara and their three children. Dr. Press brought vision therapy to Park Ridge with the goal of providing the most comprehensive, effective, evidence-based vision therapy program in the area. He loves being a Park Ridge eye doctor and additionally enjoys serving patients from Glenview, Deerfield, Skokie, Niles, Des Plaines, Chicago and the surrounding areas.

Dr. Press has been recognized by his colleagues including being named a rising star in the profession in 2017. He is active in his academic pursuits holding faculty positions at Indiana University, Illinois College of Optometry and Southern College of Optometry. Dr. Press has been an invited lecturer at 15 different colleges of optometry between 2014 and 2019. Dr. Press has served as an elected official of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (www.covd.org) since 2012 and was elected president of COVD at the annual conference in April 2019. Dr. Press has lectured professionally domestically and internationally and was honored with the “International Award for Popularization of Science” at the Vision China meeting in Qingdao, China in 2019. In addition to being a wonderful optometrist and eye doctor, Dr. Press has authored numerous peer reviewed articles in professional journals and publications and has volunteered many hours of service to the profession and his community.

Dr. Press is a Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (www.covd.org), and member of the American Optometric Association (www.aoa.org), International Sports Vision Association (www.sportsvision.pro), and the Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (www.noravisionrehab.org). Dr. Press serves on the editorial advisory board for the Review of Myopia Management (www.reviewofmm.com) and serves on the speaker bureau for multiple contact lens companies. Dr. Press provides full scope optometric care with a special emphasis in vision therapy, pediatric vision and myopia control. We are proud to have Dr. Press as an eye doctor at Park Ridge Vision.