Experts for Media - Ophthalmology

Roy Chuck, MD, PhD

Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center

Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Professor, Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Chuck is a prominent stem cell and dry eye researcher and one of the youngest opthalmology chairs in the country. He is a cornea specialist with expertise in the field of laser techniques, including LASIK surgery. Dr Chuck has been featured on ABC's "Good Morning America" discussing the increased rate of nearsightedness in the United States

His expertise includes corneal replacement and stem cell surgery. A basic scientist as well as a clinical researcher, Dr. Chuck has helped develop a unique model of dry eye usin Botox that allows for testing of preclinical therapies. He has served as principal investigator on five FDA studies of vision correction, authored more than 125 peer-reviewed papers  and 10 book chapters, and holds seven United States patents. Dr. Chuck also serves on the editorial boards of several publications, including the Journal of Refractive Surgery and Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

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Yahoo! Health, ABC News, ABC News, International Business Times,Montefiore

Norman Medow, MD

Chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Medow is a pediatric ophthalmologist with over 35 years experience in treating disorders of the eyes of children. He has special expertise in treating cataracts, glaucoma and corneal diseases in the pediatric age group. He has authored in excess of 100 articles and book chapters and has lectured throughout the world.

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Reuters

Umar Mian, MB, MS

Director, Retina Service, Montefiore Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Mian is a retina specialist specializing in diagnosis, screening and treatment of patients with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vascular diseases. His research interests include ocular pharmacokinetics and antibiotic penetration into the eye.

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WABC-TV

Jeffrey Schultz, MD

Director, Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center

Associate Professor, Department Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Schultz specializes in diagnosis and treatment (medical, laser and surgical) of patients with glaucoma, cataract surgery in high-risk patients, and refractive cataract surgery, as well as presbyopia correcting and astigmatic correcting cataract surgery to help patients improve vision without the need for glasses.

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Jamie Rosenberg, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences , Montefiore Medical Center

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dr. Rosenberg is a pediatric ophthalmologist who specializes in strabismus. Her expertise is on disorders of infants' and children’s' eyes and ocular motor imbalances in both children and adults.

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Charles Zhang, MD

Pediatric Ophthalmologist , Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center

Dr. Zhang specializes in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology. As a physician engaged in all aspects of medicine, Dr. Zhang has dedicated the past 23 years to clinical medicine, medical academia and research in eye care.

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