ophthalmology

Our group recently studied the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on New York Area residency programs during the time period in which New York City became the epicenter of the pandemic.

Low-value health care reflects activities by patients and physicians that add little quantifiable differences to care, e.g., going to the emergency department instead of a physician for a sore throat.

After developing a swollen eye and experiencing severe, escalating pain for three hours after visiting a relative’s gravesite, a woman in

As a society, we immediately understand a broken arm. A gaping wound. The wasted appearance of a body overrun by cancer.

Sad and scary times are upon us if patient safety is your priority. Assuring medical care delivery is in a patient’s best interest while being as cost-effective as possible should be the goal of a health insurer.

We have entered dangerous times in my beloved medical profession. Non-doctor health professionals, backed by powerful lobbies, are increasingly interested in the easing of certain practice restrictions.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) just published distressing accounts of three patients who endured irreparable damage to their vision after seeking treatment at the same u

I was blind, but now I see.  

  “What is that you express in your eyes?  It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”  Well envisioned, Walt.  Whitman, that is.