EDUCATION AND MEDICAL TRAINING

  • Chief Resident - 1990-1991 - Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Resident Physician - 1988-1990 - Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, Department of Ophthalmology
  • Intern - 1984-1985 - Department of Internal Medicine Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • B.S. Biology, Modern Language cum laude
APPOINTMENTS
  • Associate Clinical Director, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY, NY
  • Eye Trauma Service, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, NY, NY
  • Director of Eye Trauma, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
  • Instructor for the Department of Ophthalmology, Beth Israel Hospital, NY, NY
PUBLICATIONS
  • Book Review: Sports Injuries: The Unthwarted Epidemic, Paul Vinger, M.D. editor New England Journal of Medicine, 1986; 315:1238
  • Hoehn, Elliott, Edmunds, Spitzer: Practical Management of Fingertip Injuries, Surgical Rounds, Vol. 6; 8 Aug 1983
  • Book Review: A Woman in Residence, Medical News and International Report, Michelle Harrison, M.D., April 1983
ACTIVITIES
  • Advisory Board, Project Vision, Atlanta, GA
  • Medical Commentator, In Touch Radio Network, NY, NY
  • Visiting Eye Surgeon, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, 1991
  • Consultant, VISIONS - Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, NY, NY
  • Consultant for the United Stated Olympic Pentathlon Team, San Antonio, TX, 1987
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
  • American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Fellow, N.Y. State Ophthalmic Society

CLINICAL SPECIALTIES

  • Ophthalmology
  • Cataract Microsurgery
  • Intraocular lens implantation
  • Glaucoma
  • Lasers
  • Strabismus
  • Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery
  • Contact Lenses
  • Diabetic Eye Disease
  • Refractive Surgery

LICENSURE

  • New York State