Steven J. Lichtenstein, MD

Dr. Steven J. Lichtenstein is a fellowship-trained specialist in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. He completed his internship at the University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky and his residency in ophthalmology at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Lichtenstein continued with subspecialty training at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts where he completed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. In 1988, Dr. Lichtenstein began serving as an Instructor for the clinical faculty in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science for the University of Louisville School of Medicine: from 1990 to 2005, he served as Assistant Clinical Professor. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at both Peoria and Chicago. Dr. Lichtenstein has lectured extensively throughout the United States and Japan on Pediatric Ophthalmology and ophthalmic pharmacology. He has served as the Chair for the Section on Ophthalmology of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is currently President of the Peoria Medical Society. Born and raised in Philadelphia, and lived in Louisville, Kentucky for 29 years. Dr. Lichtenstein and his wife, Pam, an ophthalmic medical technologist with the Illinois Eye Center, reside in Peoria. They have three children, the eldest is a former Staff Sergeant in the Air Force, the middle, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, and their youngest, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus B.A. Biology LaSalle College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania M.S. in Anatomy, University of Louisville, Kentucky Doctorate of Medicine: University of Louisville School of Medicine Internship: University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals, Department of Internal Medicine Residency in Ophthalmology: Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, New Haven, Connecticut Fellowship: Harvard Medical School Children's Hospital Boston, Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, Massachusetts Fellow: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons Faculty: Associate Clinical Professor Departments of Surgery & Pediatrics, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria and Chicago Member: Pediatric Advisory Committee, Prevent Blindness America Member: American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Board Certified: American Board of Ophthalmology