Jonathan L. Prenner, M.D.

Dr. Jonathan L. Prenner is a nationally recognized leader in the field of vitreoretinal surgery.  Dr. Prenner serves as assistant editor of the standard scientific journal for our field, RETINA: the Journal of Retina and Vitreous Diseases.  He is also the chief medical editor of the journal New Retina MD.  In addition, he sits on the board of directors of the American Society of Retinal Specialists, and was the former president of the New Jersey retina society.  He has been elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America since 2008.

Dr. Prenner has published more than thirty papers in the peer-reviewed literature in addition to a volume of textbook chapters, articles and scientific abstracts.  He lectures routinely at major scientific meetings concerning his original research and the development of new approaches to vitreoretinal diseases.  He has recently delivered invited lectures on retinal research in Italy, Hungary and Brazil, and has been an invited member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology subspecialty day faculty for the past five years.  He is the Principal Investigator for numerous international multi-center clinical trials evaluating new treatments for retinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration.

Dr. Prenner received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical doctor degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was accepted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and served as its president there. He was also president of the student chapter of the American Medical Association at SUNY. Dr. Prenner then returned to the University of Pennsylvania's Scheie Eye Institute for residency training in ophthalmology, where he was appointed chief resident. He then completed a two-year vitreoretinal fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, one of the premier retina training programs in the country. At Beaumont, he was awarded two national honors, the Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship Award and the Ronald G. Michels Retinal Fellowship. Dr. Prenner joined the Retina Vitreous Center in 2004, and serves as an assistant clinical professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Ophthalmology at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Dr. Prenner is Board Certified in Ophthalmology. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Society of Pediatric Retinal Surgeons, the Society of Heed Fellows, Alpha Omega Alpha, and the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology, Club Vit, and the Buckle Vit Society.  He serves as a manuscript referee for Ophthalmology, the Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Retina, The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, and the British Journal of Ophthalmology. He has also edited recurring series in both Retina Times and Review of Ophthalmology.  He maintains special interests in retinopathy of prematurity, complicated retinal detachment, diabetic eye disease, and age-related wet macular degeneration.

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