Dr. Ireland is a graduate of the University of Indiana School of Optometry and has been licensed in Indiana since 1978.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and has received the American Optometric Association's Optometric Recognition Award every year since 1986 for continuing education.

He is also involved with the Lions Club. He practices general Optometry specializing in contact lens fitting.

Dr. Ireland provides exams for patients who have lost vision by prescribing an appropriate low vision appliance to assist the patient with low vision.