Dr. Nicholas Colatrella, is the medical director and owner of PineCone Vision Center in Sartell and St Cloud, MN. Dr. Colatrella received his Bachelor of Science degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, and his Doctor of Optometry with honors from the Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. He completed his residency in ocular disease at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and a mini fellowship in Cornea at Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons. He is board certified by the American Board of Optometry.

Dr. Colatrella is a fellow in the American Academy of Optometry, past Chair of its disease section and a founding chair of the Anterior Segment Section and one of the first of two Diplomates in Anterior Segment Disease. He is also a trustee on the American Academy of Optometry Board, a member of the American Optometric Association, Past President of the Minnesota Optometric Association, and currently serves on the AOA Third Party Committee. He is an adjunct professor for several Colleges of Optometry, and routinely mentors optometry student externs. He has been published several times and lectures nationally on various topics including OSD, dry eye, cataract surgery, pharmacology and corneal diseases.