Yesterday I caught up with Kyle who was my summer intern 4 years ago. Since then, he graduated college and now works at a pharmaceutical company in the finance department. Great seeing you, Kyle! At my ophthalmology practice, I enjoy mentoring students. Not every trainee will ultimately become a doctor or nurse, but there are plenty of useful things to learn! Interns that work with me learn multitasking, communication skills and teamwork. Most importantly, I teach them how to

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