Director
John Seedor, M.D.

The Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary provides clinical, research, and training programs on a number of levels to attending staff, fellows, residents, and medical students.

The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary has the therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities to handle any disorder pertaining to the anterior segment of the eye, including all aspects of anterior segment imaging, such as corneal topography, high frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy, and digital specular microscopy and pachymetry.

The Microbiology Laboratory, under the direction of Mr. Mahendra Shah, is one of the most active in the country and is able to handle diagnostic specimens for all infectious diseases of the eye.

Refractive surgical services have been provided since 1995, at our state of the art Vision Correction Center equipped with the Visx Star S-2 and recently added the Autonomous LADAR Vision excimer laser with patient tracking. Depending on surgeon’s preference, we have the Chiron Hansatome, and Moria LSK-1, and Corriazo-Barrequer keratomes.

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Resident Training

Educational programs on the basic sciences in corneal and refractive surgery are scheduled throughout the year for both residents and attending physicians. A schedule of these lectures can be obtained through the Resident Education office. Certification courses for the excimer lasers and keratomes are given throughout the year. A schedule of upcoming courses can be obtained through the Vision Correction Center.

Corneal, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Clinics are conducted three half-days per week, concurrently with a Contact Lens Clinic. Approximately 2,000 patients are seen per year in the Cornea Clinic, and 1,500 patients in the Contact Lens Clinic. Non-emergent corneal surgery is regularly scheduled one day per week.

Resident clinics and surgery are staffed at all times by an attending physician. All of our attending staff have completed fellowship training in corneal and refractive surgery. Residents also receive extensive training in Laser Vision Correction, including lectures, and attendance at laser and keratome courses throughout the year. Residents will have the opportunity to perform Laser Vision Correction procedures, and will achieve certification in these techniques prior to the end of their residency.

The Corneal and Refractive Surgery Service also sponsors a series of 15 one-hour lectures covering all areas of the specialty. Following this series of lectures, an examination prepared by the attending staff is administered to each resident and reviewed individually. In addition, there is a board review series, consisting of three hours of review prior to the OKAP examination. Case presentations are presented half-quarterly at Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service Rounds, and at Departmental Grand Rounds.

Read more about the Resident Training Program in Ophthalmology.

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Fellowship Opportunities

The Corneal and Refractive Surgery Service accepts one Clinical Fellow per year, who must have satisfactorily completed an accredited ophthalmology residency program. The Fellow participates in the clinical and surgical practice of cornea, external disease, and refractive surgery and is involved in the cornea and refractive surgery research program.

Read more about the Fellowship Programs in Ophthalmology.

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Related Information

Health Matters - Cornea and Refractive Surgery
What is refractive surgery?

Health Matters - Corneal Transplants
Basics about the cornea, causes of corneal injury

Health Matters - Vision Correction
What is 20/20?

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