Would you risk getting COVID-19 or risk going blind? This is the choice that my elderly patients have to make these days. For patients with chronic eye diseases such as wet macular degeneration, monthly treatments at my office are the only things preventing them from going blind. But anytime these senior citizens step outside their homes and interact with others, they risk getting COVID-19. This is still true now, even though the curve is starting to flatten in the NY Metro r

“How are you doing these days?” is the first thing I ask my elderly patients during this age of pandemic. Of course I want to know about their eyes. But before that, we talk as if I am chatting with my grandma. Most of my patients these days are ones I’ve known for years. These are the patients who come regularly for in-office treatments to prevent blindness (e.g. Anti-VEGF injections for macular degeneration). These are the patients who still come despite the risks of the on

Earlier this month, when the first cases of COVID-19 were being reported in NY, there were massive shortages of hand sanitizer. People were starting to panic and online price gouging was rampant. In response to this, my friend Joseph Quartana, who owns Six Scents Parfumes, retooled his factory and started producing FDA-approved hand sanitizer. Other perfume companies around the world are following suit. It’s great to see private companies doing their part during this pandemic