Department of Ophthalmology Faculty | NYU Langone Health

Department of Ophthalmology Faculty

Our faculty are leaders in academia, research, and patient care.

Faculty in NYU Langone’s Department of Ophthalmology are dedicated to training the next generation of leaders in the field.

Our Leadership

Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD

Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD Professor and Chair

Comprehensive Ophthalmologists

Shani Golan, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Evan L. Held, MD

Clinical Instructor

Cornea Specialists

Kathryn A. Colby, MD, PhD

Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD Professor and Chair

Andrea Blitzer, MD

Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, Ophthalmology Residency

Himani Goyal, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor and Chief of Service, Bellevue Hospital

Ilyse Haberman, MD

Assistant Professor and Director, Alumni Relations And Surgical Scholar

Douglas R. Lazzaro, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Operations

Laura Palazzolo, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Christina R. Prescott, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Chief of Cornea, and Director, Ophthalmology Residency Program

Laurence Sperber, MD

Clinical Professor

Glaucoma Specialists

Ariana Levin, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Yvonne N. Okaka, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Joseph F. Panarelli, MD

Professor and Chief of Glaucoma Service, and Program Director, Glaucoma Fellowship

Andrew M. Prince, MD

Associate Professor and Advocacy Ambassador

Jonathan S. Williams, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Neuro-Ophthalmologists

Nancy Blace, MD, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

Doria M. Gold, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Scott N. Grossman, MD

Assistant Professor

Floyd A. Warren, MD

Clinical Professor

Oculoplastic Specialists

Stella Chung, MD

Assistant Professor

Roxana Fu, MD

Associate Professor, Chief of Oculoplastic Service, and Director, Resident Research Education

Marjorie J. Rico, MD, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Ophthalmic Pathology

Norman C. Charles, MD

Clinical Professor

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Zachary Elkin, MD

Assistant Professor and Director, Medical Student Education

Stacey J. Kruger, MD

Member of the Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology

Retina Specialists

Vaidehi S. Dedania, MD

Associate Professor and Program Director, Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship

Nitish Mehta, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Yasha S. Modi, MD

Associate Professor

Kenneth Wald, MD

Professor and Chief of Retina Service

Peter E. Weseley, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Optometry

Nana Abrams, OD

Clinical Instructor

Brieann K. Adair, OD

Clinical Instructor

Mary Botelho, OD

Clinical Instructor

Colleen Dye, OD

Clinical Instructor

Samuel M. Harrosh, OD

Clinical Instructor

Rose Mandel, OD

Clinical Instructor

Barbara M. Mendoza, OD

Clinical Instructor

Jenna Salner, OD

Clinical Instructor

Sadhvika Venkat, OD

Clinical Instructor

Angela Wen, OD

Clinical Instructor

Uveitis Specialists

Cesar Michael A. Samson, MD

Professor and Chief of Uveitis Service

Gabrielle Fridman, MD

Associate Professor

Research Faculty

Shukti Chakravarti, PhD

Professor and Director, Basic Science Research and Interim Vice Chair for Research

Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD

Professor, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs and Advisor to Three Year Pathway Students

David Howard, MD

Assistant Professor

Shane A. Liddelow, PhD

Associate Professor

Ravi S. Parikh, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, and Director, Health Care Delivery Research

JohnRoss Rizzo, MD

Associate Professor

Vivek J. Srinivasan, PhD

Associate Professor

Cassandra Thiel, PhD

Assistant Professor

Part-Time Faculty

Dinah Chen, MD

Clinical Instructor

Sonya Dhar, MD

Clinical Instructor

Anna G. Escuder, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Joyce Khandji, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Eleanore T. Kim, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Yoon Lee, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Allison Rizzuti, MD

Adjunct Instructor

Voluntary Faculty

Louis S. Angioletti, MD
Kichiemon Asoma, MD
Natalie Borodoker, MD
Emily J. Ceisler, MD
Rodney P. Coe, MD
Michael J. Cooney, MD
Robert Cykiert, MD
Jack Dodick, MD
Michael Engelbert, MD, PhD
Jonathan Feistmann, MD
Millie Fell, MD
Yale L. Fisher, MD
K. Bailey Freund, MD
Dorothy N. Friedberg, MD, PhD
Ilana B. Friedman, MD
Louis Furlan, MD
Andrew M. Gazzard, MD
Ronald Gentile, MD
Farhad Hafezi, MD
Lisabeth S. Hall, MD
Brandon Johnson, MD
Ronit Kahanowic, MD
Jonathan B. Kahn, MD
A. J. Kanellopoulos, MD
Maayan Keshet, MD
James M. Klancnik, MD
Robert W. Klein, MD
Richard E. Koty, MD
Jonathan N. Kruh, MD
Daniel Laroche, MD
Carol Lee, MD
Michelle Levi, MD
Munro Levitzky, MD
Johnny Li, MD
Jonathan Ligh, MD
Richard D. Lisman, MD
Grace Liu, MD
Benjamin F. Mason, MD
Marguerite B. McDonald, MD
Constance Mei, MD
Andrew I. Miller, MD
J. Anthony Movshon, MD
Levitzky Munro, MD
Lawrence Najarian, MD
Julie N. Nam, MD
Erica L. Oltra, MD
Paul Orloff, MD
Glenn Ostriker, MD
Richard N. Palu, MD
Anthony J. Panarelli, MD
Payal Patel, MD
Daniel Polla, MD
Aryeh Pollack, MD
Anam Qureshi, MD
Nikola Ragusa, MD
Milan P. Ranka, MD
Vincent S. Reppucci, MD
Bingjing Roberts, MD
Edwin Schottenstein, MD
Keith Seidenberg, MD
William H. Seiple, PhD
Ivan W. Selesnick, PhD
Sabah Shah, MD
Pamela Sherwood, MD
Irwin Siegel, MD
Luis O. Silva, MD
Jason S. Slakter, MD
Joel M. Solomon, MD
John A. Sorenson, MD
Richard F. Spaide, MD
Mark A. Steele, MD
Jonathan J. Stein, MD
Nany Tsai, MD
Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD
Joshua A. Young, MD