Jonathan Lawrence Prenner MD

Dr. Jonathan L. Prenner is a nationally recognized retinal specialist. He holds a number of leadership positions in the field of vitreoretinal surgery.  Dr. Prenner is Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where he serves as a Clinical Professor. At Rutgers, he has taught and mentored dozens of students who have subsequently become ophthalmologists.  He is also the Ophthalmology service chief of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dr. Prenner is the President-elect of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS), the world’s largest society of retinal specialists, and a member of the ASRS Executive Committee.

Dr. Prenner received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his MD 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. 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.

Dr. Prenner is Board Certified in Ophthalmology.  He is a member of the Macula Society, Retina Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists, Society of Heed Fellows, Alpha Omega Alpha, ARVO, 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 a special interest in complicated retinal detachment, secondary intraocular lens surgery, diabetic eye disease, and age-related wet macular degeneration.