Kenneth E. James, O.D.

Optometrist

BIOGRAPHY

	Kenneth E. James, O.D.

Specialties
Contact Lenses, children's vision, treatment and management of glaucoma.

Dr. Kenneth F. James is an Associate Director of Optometry with the California Eye Professionals. With over thirty-five years of private practice specializing in contact lens and children's vision, Dr. James also was an Assistant Clinical Professor for 26 years at the Southern California College of Optometry in Fullerton, California. He has authored and lectured in the field of Contact Lenses fitting and has been a vision consultant to Carden Hall Elementary and Intermediate School and First Southern Baptist School in Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley, California. In addition, he is a the past Charman of the Optometric Advisory Committee to the State California Department of Motor Vehicles. Dr. James has extensive experience, having practiced optometry as a Lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve, founded and managed Huntington Beach Optometry for twenty-six years and practiced professionally in group medical practice in the Inland Valley Region. He lives with his family in Murrieta, CA. Dr. James is licensed to treat and to manage ocular diseases and is currently pursing his certificates to treat and mange glaucoma.

Personal:
Date of Birth: May 16, 1942
Place of Birth: Huntington Park, CA
Marital Status: Married, 3 children

Offices:

Temecula:
California Eye Professionals
41637 Margarita Road, Suite 100
Temecula, CA 92591
(951) 296-9300
(888) Eye-Pros or (888) 393-7767

Sun City:
California Eye Professionals
21825 Bradley Road, Suite 180
Sun City, CA 92586
(951) 301-8888
(888) Eye-Pros or (888) 393-7767

Curriculum Vitae:

Education:
Associate of Arts, Fullerton Junior College of Optometry
Bachelor of Science, Southern California College of Optometry
Doctorate of Optometry, Southern California College of Optometry
Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Certificate, Southern Claifornia College of Optometry
Topical Pharmaceutical Certificate, Southern College of Optometry
Glaucoma Certificate, Southern California College of Optometry

Founder:
Huntington Family Optometry
20932 Brookhurst St Suite 205
Huntington Beach, CA

License:
California License OPT-4815-T

Academic Appointments:
Clinical assistant Professor, Contac Lens Clinic, Southern California College of Optometry
Clinical Assistant Professor, Vision Therapy Clinic, Southern California College of Optometry
Clinical Assistant Professor, Vision Services Clinic, Southern California College of Optometry

Recognition:
Valedictorian, Southern California College of Optometry
National Institutes of Health award for Undergraduate Research, Indiana University
Chairman, Department of Motor Vehicles Optometriv Advisory Committee
Outstanding Service to Profession, California Optometric association, 1988
Recognized for Outstanding Service to Huninton Beach Pop Warner Football and Little Scholars Association, President 1990-1992
Lieutenant, USNR (Ret.)

Positions:
Vision Consultant to Carden Elementary and Intermediate School, Costa Mesa, California
Vision Consultant to First Southern Baptist School, Fountain Valley, California
Vision Consultant to School Nurses Advisory Board, Elementary School District, Huntington Beach, California
Vision Consultant to School Nurses, Fountain Valley, Califoania
President, Huntington Beach Pop warner Little Scholars and Football Association, 1990-1992
President, Huntington Beach Exchange Club, 1974-1975
Board of directors, Huntington Beach Boys Club, 1974-1976
Chairman, Optometric Care Council for Southern California, 1981
Chairman, Communications Division, California Optometric Association, 1980-1981
Chairman, Membership Division, California Optometric Association, 1982-1984
Board of Trustees, Trustee, California Optometric Association, 1981-1982, 1987-1999
Managing Director, Pearle VisionCare, Escondido, CA, 1996-1988
Associate Doctor, Temecula Medical Eye Center. 1988-2000

Memberships:
Orange County Optometric Association
California Optometric Association
American Optometric Association
Past Member, College Optometric Vision Development

Research:
Clinical Practice participate, Cooper Vision, Contact Lenses
Clinical Practice participant, Bausch & Lomb, Contact Lenses

Associations:
Member, Orange County Optometric Association, California Optometric Association
Past Board Member and Treasurer of the California Optometric Association
Past Faculty Member and Assistant Professor, Southern California College of Optometry.

Honors:
National Institutes of Health winner for Undergraduate Research
Valedictorian, Southern California College of Optometry