education & experience

Cornell University Medical College: New York, New York
‍MD with Honors in Research

Dartmouth College:  Hanover, New Hampshire
‍BA, cum laude:  English Literature

New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine& Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston:  Boston, Massachusetts
‍Fellowship:  GlaucomaProgram Directors:  Joel S. Schuman, MD and A. Robert Bellows, MD

New York University Medical Center:  New York, New York
‍Residency:   Ophthalmology
Program Director:  Kenneth G. Noble, MD

Lenox Hill Hospital:   New York, New York
‍Internship:  Internal Medicine
Program Director:  Ira Hoffman, MD

Florida Medical License:  ME99976

New York Medical License:  197923

DEA:  BG5483374

Massachusetts Medical License (inactive)

Bay Area Eye Institute
‍Glaucoma Specialist
3242 Cove Bend Dr., Tampa, FL 33613

Tampa Eye Clinic
‍Glaucoma Specialist
3000 W. MLK Jr. Blvd, Tampa, FL  33607

James Haley Veterans Affairs Hosptial: Tampa, Florida
Staff Physician, Department of Ophthalmology.

University of South Florida Eye Institute
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine
Collaborative Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

University of South Florida Eye Institute: Tampa, Florida
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, USF College of Medicine
Glaucoma & Anterior Segment Specialist
Glaucoma Fellowship Director

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary at Beth Israel Medical Center,
Phillips Ambulatory Care Center:  New York, New York
‍Full-time faculty, Department of Ophthalmology
Physician in charge, Glaucoma, Cataract, and Laser Surgery Service
Liaison for Ophthalmology Consultation Service

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary:  New York, New York
‍Associate Adjunct, Department of Ophthalmology
Clinical and Surgical Resident Instructor on Glaucoma Service

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University:  Bronx, New York.
‍Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

James Haley VA Hospital, Tampa, Florida

Tampa General Hospitial, Tampa, Florida

Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida

Morsani Ambulatory Surgery Center, Tampa, Florida

University of South Florida Eye Institute, Tampa, Florida

Bay Pines VA Hospital, Bay Pines, Florida

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York

New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York

Betances Health Center, New York, New York

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts

Tufts University Medical Center/New England Eye Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Chelsea Soldiers Home, Chelsea, Massachusetts

American Academy of Ophthalmology

American College of Surgeons, Fellow

American Glaucoma Society

Chandler Grant Glaucoma Society

Florida Society of Ophthalmology

Tampa Bay Ophthalmology Society

Women in Ophthalmology

New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Medical Society of the State of New York

New York State Ophthalmological Society

New York Glaucoma Society

Award for Excellence in Surgical Teaching
‍Given by senior resident graduating class at USF

Award for Excellence in Surgical Teaching
‍Given by senior resident graduating class at USF

Achievement Award:  American Academy of Ophthalmology

Best Speaker Award: Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting, Maui, Hawaii
Lecture topic:  Alternative Medicine for the Treatment of  Glaucoma

MD with Honors in Research: Cornell University Medical College
Thesis topic:  Unilateral Retinoblastoma:  New Intraocular Tumors after Treatment

NIH:  Research Grant, Cornell University Medical College
‍Calcium Hyperabsorption During Pregnancy

Dartmouth College Dean's List
‍Cum Laude

Academic Citation in Physics:  Dartmouth College
Computer Research, Fourier waveform analysis

FSO Board:   Public Relations Committee
-elected by Board

FSO Board:  Member-at-Large
-elected by Board

Financial Oversight Committee-USF COM, elected position
-term 4 years

Professional Development Committee-USF COM, appointed position
- term 2 years

By-Laws Committee: USF COM, appointed position
- term 1 year

FSO Board:  sub for Dept Chair of USF,  Dr. Reed Pavan

USF Dept of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Fellowship Director

USF Medical School
‍Student advisor

USF Physicians Group Board
Dept. Nominated Representative

National Association for the Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
‍Medical Advisory Board
Low vision education and fund raising
Annual Low Vision Fair Volunteer, Ask the Experts

American Glaucoma Foundation
‍Glaucoma Screenings in Community, Honor Roll

Beth Israel Medical Center
‍Glaucoma Screenings

AHRC
‍Camp Loyaltown fund raising

Allergan, Athena Study.  A Comparison of  Bimatoprost SR to Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty in patients with Open Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension. IRB approval almost complete.

Non-Glaucomatous Diagnostic Trends among patients referred from Glaucoma Specialists to Neuro-Ophthalmologist at USF Eye Institute.   Dana Schneider MD, Mitch Drucker MD, Lisa Gamell MD.

BRAVO: FVF4165G- A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Sham Injection-Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab Injection Compared with Sham in Subjects with Macular Edema Secondary to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion

RISE:  FVF4170G - A Phase III, Double-Masked, Multicenter, Randomized, Sham Injection -Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab Injection in Subjects with Clinically Significant Macular Edema with Center Involvement Secondary to Diabetes Mellitus

VIEW 1: A Randomized, Double Masked, Active Controlled Phase III Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Repeated Doses of Intravitreal VEGF Trap in Subjects with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration

A randomized, 26 week, placebo-controlled efficacy and safety study with a 26-week long-term safety extension, of high- and medium-dose inhaled mometasone furoate/formoterol fixed-dose combination formulation compared with formoterol and high-dose inhaled mometasone furoate monotherapy in subjects with moderate to severe COPD.: P04229 and P04230

Phase 4 Clinical Trial.  AstraZenceca Pharmaceuticals.  A multicenter, open-label, flexible-dose, parallel-group evaluation of the cataractogenic potential of quetiapine fumarate (Seroquel TM) and resperidone (Risperalal TM) in the long-term treatment of patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.  Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.

Phase 4 Clinical Study:  Allergan Pharmaceuticals.  Intraocular Pressure Changes in Glaucoma Patients on Topical Therapy after Addition of Lumigan.TM  Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.

Optical Coherence Tomography as a tool for predicting visual field loss. Original Clinical Study, New England Eye Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

Intraocular pressure after clear corneal phacoemulsification, Original Clinical Study with Dr. Brad Shingleton, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.

Does weight loss affect the course of Pseudotumor Cerebri, with Dr. Mark Kupersmith, New York University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

New tumor development in patients with Unilateral Retinoblastoma, with Dr. Robert M. Ellsworth and Dr. David H. Abramson, Cornell University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Calcium Hyperabsorption during Pregnancy, with Dr. Joseph Gertner.
Cornell University Medical Center, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, New York, New York.

Developing a HyperCard teaching program for Psychiatry, with Dr. Jonathan Polan, Cornell University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York, New York.

Gamell, LS and Chen B.  Glaucoma Associated with Systemic Diseases. Glaucoma Today, 2013, Nov/Dec, pp. 26-28.

Williams ZY, Schuman JS, Gamell LS, Nemi A, Hertzmark E, Fujimoto JG, Mattox C, Simpson J, Wollstein G.  Optical Coherence Tomography Measurement of Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and the Likelihood of a Visual Field Defect.  Am J of Ophthalmology, 2002 Oct; 134 (4): 538-46.

Shingleton BJ, Gamell LS, O’Donahue MW, Baylus S, King R.  Long Term Intraocular IOP Changes after Clear Corneal Phacoemulsification:  Normal patients versus Glaucoma suspect and Glaucoma patients.  J Cataract & Refract Surg, 1999 Jul; 25 (7):  885-90.

Kupersmith MJ, Gamell LS, Turbin R et.al.  Effects of Weight Loss on the Course of Idiopathic  Intracranial Hypertension in Women.  Neurology, 1988 Apr; 50(4):  1094-98.

Abramson DH, Gamell LS, Ellsworth RM, Kruger EF, Servodido, CA, Turner L, Sussman D. Unilateral Retinoblastoma:  New Intraocular Tumors After Treatment.  Br J Ophthalmol. 1994 Sept;  78(9):  698-701.

Abramson DH, Servodido CA, DeLillo AR, Gamell LS, Kruger EF, McCormick B.  Recurrence of Unilateral Retinoblastoma following Radiation Therapy.  Ophthalmic Genet. 1994 Sep-Dec;  15(3-4):  107-113.

Perszyk, I, Gamell LS, Kahook MY, Schuman JS. Combination Therapy.
‍Glaucoma Medical and management. (AAO). 3rd Edition. (in press)

Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS, Deval Joshi, MD, Kris-Ann Humprhrey, and Lisa S. Gamell, MD. The  Angle of the Anterior Chamber,  In Kahook ML &  Schuman JS, ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Sixth Edition.  Slack Inc., Thorofare, NJ, (in press)

Lisa S. Gamell, MD, Alexander Zabaneh, MD,  and Cristan M. Arena, MD.  Laser  Peripheral Iridoplasty, In  Kahook ML & Schuman JS, ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Sixth Edition. Slack Inc., Thorofare, NJ, (in press)  

Lisa S. Gamell, MD, Norberto Mancera MD, and Gretta Fridman, MD.  Adherence to Glaucoma Medical Therapy,  In  Kahook ML & Schuman JS ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Sixth Edition.  Slack Inc., Thorofare, NJ, (in press)

Lisa S. Gamell, MD,  Alexander  Schneider MD, Timothy Saunders, MD, and Joel   S. Schuman, MD, FACS. Laser Peripheral Iridotomy, In Kahook ML & Schuman JS ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Fifth Edition.  Slack Inc.,  Thorofare, NJ, 2013: (in press)

Kahook MY, Gamell L, Schuman JS. Combination Therapy. Glaucoma Medical and management. (AAO). 2 nd Edition. October, 2006

Joel S. Schuman, MD, FACS, Deval Joshi, MD,  and Lisa S. Gamell, MD. The  Angle of the Anterior Chamber,  In Kahook ML & Schuman JS, ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Fifth Edition.  Slack Inc., Thorofare, NJ, 2013:  Chapter 7.

Lisa S. Gamell, MD and Cristan M. Arena, MD.  Laser Peripheral Iridoplasty, In   Kahook ML & Schuman JS, ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Fifth Edition. Slack Inc., Thorofare, NJ, 2013: Chapter 57.

Lisa S. Gamell, MD and Gretta Fridman, MD.  Adherence to Glaucoma Medical Therapy,  In  Kahook ML & Schuman JS ed:  Chandler and Grant’s Glaucoma: Fifth Edition.  Slack Inc.,  Thorofare, NJ, 2013: Chapter 74.

Gamell LS. and Schuman JS.  Optic Nerve Assessment. In Gross RL, ed: Clinical Glaucoma Management.  WB Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, 2000, 5: 48-66.

Gamell LS and Schuman JS.  Combination Medical Therapy. In Ophthalmology Monographs, Glaucoma Medical Therapy, 2000.

Gamell, LS and Schuman, JS.  Nerve Fiber Layer Analysis.  In Tasman, W and Jaeger, EA. ed:   Foundations of Clinical Ophthalmology, Lippincott-Raven Publishers.

Kris-Ann Humprey, Dave Richards MD, Lisa Gamell MD:  Revision of Ahmed Tube Shunt:  Case Series.  Presented at WIO meeting, August 2018, Florida.

Kris-Ann Humprey, Dave Richards MD, Lisa Gamell MD:  Revision of Ahmed Tube Shunt:  Case Series.  Presented at FSO meeting, June 2018, Orlando, Florida.

Gamell LS, Schuman JS, Hertzmark E, Pakter HM, Peiris ID, Mattox C.  Optical Coherence Tomography as a Tool for Predicting Visual Field Loss.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (ARVO suppl)  39/4:  S932, 1998.

Gamell L, Turbin R, Spiegel P, Wall M, Kupersmith MJ.  Does Weight Loss Affect the Course of Pseudotumor Cerebri.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (ARVO suppl)  1996; 37 (3): 3256.

Turbin R, Kupersmith MJ, Langer R, Gamell L, Paget S, Mitnick J, Speira H. Systemic Corticosteroids do not Adversely Affect Vision in the Elderly. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (ARVO suppl)  1996; 37 (3):  3463.

Gamell LS, Abramson DH, Ellsworth RM, Kruger EF.  Unilateral Retinoblastoma:  New Intraocular Tumors After Treatment.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (ARVO suppl)  1994; 33: 1319.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Scientific Co-Chair and Co-Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session:Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Hollywood, FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Scientific Co-Chair and Co-Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session: Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Scientific Co-Chair and Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session: Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Miami, FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Scientific Co-Chair and Co-Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session: Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

Scientific Co-Chair and Co-Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session: Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Palm Beach, FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Scientific Co-Chair and Co-Moderator Glaucoma Breakout Session: Masters in Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting for Florida Society of Ophthalmology, Orlando, FL.

Course Director and Moderator: Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting,  Chicago,IL.

Symposium: Guest speaker/panelist for “A Multidisciplinary Approach to Glaucoma in our Multicultural World” (combined meeting with Prevent Blindness American).  Lecture Topic:  “Behavior Modification 101: Lifestyle Changes and Glaucoma”, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando FL.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  Lecture Topic:  “Argon Laser Iridoplasty”, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.

USF Resident Conference:  Tampa, FL.  Lecture:  Overview of Laser Therapy for Glaucoma.

USF Resident Conference: Tampa, FL.  Lecture:  Clinical Evaluation of the Optic Nerve.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago,IL

Focus on Females:  Tampa, FL.  Radio Interview, one hour discussion about Various Types of Glaucoma.

USF Resident Conference:  Tampa, FL.  Lecture:  Introduction to Uveitis

USF Glaucoma Conference: Tampa, FL.  Lecture: Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient

USF Glaucoma Conference: Tampa, FLLecture: Clinical Evaluation of the Optic Nerve.

Course Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. Lecture:  Iridoplasty

USF Summer Geriatric Institute: Comfort Inn Hotel and Conference Center, Tampa, Florida.  Lecture: Evaluation and Management of Decreased Vision in the Elderly Patient.

Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting:  Big Island,  Hawaii.  Glaucoma  Session.
Lecture Topic: Alternative Medicine and Glaucoma Management.

Dinner Presentation:  Enhancing Compliance in the Treatment of Glaucoma. Sponsored by Allergan Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York.

Course Co-Director and Moderator:  Laser Treatment for Glaucoma:  Innovations and Advice from the Experts.  
American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
‍Skills Transfer Course:  Lab instruction Diode Laser, SLT, Yag, ECP

Dinner Presentation:  The Need for a New Preservative in IOP Lowering Medications.  Sponsored by Alcon  Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York.

Dinner Presentation: Unusual Glaucomas:  Ghost Cell Glaucoma Resident Instruction Course, sponsored by Alcon Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York

Course Co-Director and Moderator:  Laser Therapies for Glaucoma.  American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting,  Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
‍Skills Transfer Course:  Lab instruction Diode Laser, SLT, Yag, ECP.

Glaucoma Conference:   Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

New Frontiers in Glaucoma III:  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, heldat the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York.  Panel Discussant of Unknown Case:  Treating pre-perimetric glaucoma.

Glaucoma Conference:  Glaucoma Laser Therapy.  New York Eye and Ear  Infirmary, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:   Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference: Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.

Wet Lab Instructor:  Glaucoma Microsurgery Course for Residents, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.  Teaching suturing and trabeculectomy flap techniques to residents.

Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting:  Maui, Hawaii.  Glaucoma  Session.
Lecture Topic:    Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma

Course Director:  Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Lecture:  Herbs and Vitamins for Glaucoma

Course Instructor:  Glaucoma Lasers, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
‍Skills Transfer Course:  Web lab instruction of Diode, SLT, ALT, LPI techniques

New Frontiers in Glaucoma II:  Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, held at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York.  Panel Discussant of Unknown case:  Surgical Management of Uveitic Glaucoma.

Glaucoma Conference:  Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY

Polish Ophthalmological Society:  Lublin, Poland.
Lecture Topic: Special Considerations and Techniques: Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma Patients.
‍Live Surgery:  Cataract and Trabeculectomy

Glaucoma Conference: Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Medical College/Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York, New York.

Round Table Lecture: Hot Topics in Glaucoma. sponsored by Allergan Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York.

Round Table Lecture:  Hot Topics in Glaucoma. sponsored by Allergan Pharmaceuticals, New York, New York.

 Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting:  Kona, Hawaii
Glaucoma Session Lecture: Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma Nursing Program
Lecture: Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma

New Frontiers in Glaucoma I:  Columbia Presbyterian  Hospital, held at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York.  Panel Discussant of Unknown case:  Evaluation and Management of  Normal Tension Glaucoma

Lab Instructor:  Glaucoma Microsurgery Course for Residents, New York Eye  and Ear Infirmary.  Teaching suturing and trabeculectomy flap techniques to residents

Course Director:  Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Ophthalmology.   American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lecture:  Herbs and Vitamins for Glaucoma

Course Instructor:  Glaucoma Lasers, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and IridoplastySkills Transfer Course:  Web lab instruction of Diode, SLT, ALT, LPI techniques

Glaucoma Conference:   Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference: Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY.

Round Table Lecture:  Hot Topics in Glaucoma, sponsored by Allergan Pharmaceuticals.

Wet Lab Instructor: Glaucoma Microsurgery Course for Residents, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Teaching suturing and trabeculectomy flap techniques to residents.

Glaucoma Support Group:  How to Take the Visual Field Test, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Glaucoma Conference:  Glaucoma Laser Therapy,  New York Medical College/Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center.

Grand Rounds:   Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Glaucoma Conference:  Glaucoma Laser Therapy.   The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.

Course Director:  Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma.  American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
Lecture:  Lifestyle Modification and Glaucoma

Course Instructor:  Glaucoma Lasers, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
‍Skills Transfer Course:  Web lab instruction of Diode, SLT, ALT, LPI techniques

Glaucoma Conference:   Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:  Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.

Moderator of Symposium:  Alternative Therapies for Glaucoma, IGS Meeting, Barcelona, Spain.  

Glaucoma Conference:  Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head and Glaucoma Laser Therapy, Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Ophthalmology.  New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:  Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma.  New York Medical College/Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, New York, New York

Royal Hawaiian Eye Meeting:  Maui, Hawaii.
General Session: Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma
Nursing Program: Overview of Glaucoma
‍CME  Breakfast: Circadian Control of Intraocular Pressure, sponsored by Merck Pharmaceuticals.

Grand Rounds:  Alternative Medicine for Glaucoma, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Harkness Eye Institute.

Glaucoma Conference:  Laser Therapy for Glaucoma, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY.

Course Instructor:  Alternative Therapies for Glaucoma, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.  Lecture:  Herbs and Vitamins for Glaucoma.

Course Instructor:  Glaucoma Lasers, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
Skills Transfer Course:  Web lab instruction of Diode, SLT, ALT, LPI techniques

Glaucoma Conference:  Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference. Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.

Course Instructor:  Alternative Therapies for Glaucoma, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lecture:  Herbs and Vitamins for Glaucoma.

Course Instructor:  Glaucoma Lasers, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lectures:  Laser Suture Lysis and Iridoplasty
Skills Transfer Course:  Web lab instruction of Diode, SLT, ALT, LPI techniques

Course Instructor:  Alternative Therapies for Glaucoma, American Academy of  Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lecture:  Herbs and Vitamins for Glaucoma.

Radio Show Correspondent:  Doctor On-Call,  North American Broadcasting Co, Wale Radio, Providence, Rhode Island.

Glaucoma Conference: Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head.  NYU Medical Center Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:  Glaucoma Laser Therapy.  New York Eye and  Ear  Infirmary, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:  Clinical Evaluation and Imaging of the Optic Nerve
Head,  New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York.

Course Instructor:  Cyclodestruction:  State of the Art, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas.  Participant in Skills Transfer Course, Wet Lab Instruction of Diode Laser

Glaucoma 2000:  Laser Therapy for Glaucoma.  Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.

Paper Presentation:  Optical Coherence Tomography as a Tool for Predicting Visual Field Loss. First International Symposium on Optical Coherence Tomography, Longboat Key, Florida.

Course Instructor:  Cyclodestruction:  State of the Art, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.   Participant in Skills Transfer Course, Wet Lab Instruction of Diode Laser

Glaucoma Conference:  Postoperative Shallow Anterior Chamber.  NYU Medical Center, Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Glaucoma Conference:  Traumatic Glaucoma.  NYU Medical Center, Dept. of Ophthalmology, New York, New York.

Course Instructor:  Cyclodestruction:  State of the Art, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.   Participant in Skills Transfer Course, Wet Lab Instruction of Diode Laser.

Paper Presentation:  Long Term Intraocular IOP Changes after Clear Corneal Phacoemulsification:   Normal Patients vs. Glaucoma Suspects and Glaucoma Patients. ASCRS Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.

Grand Rounds:  Postoperative Shallow Anterior Chamber.  Boston University Medical Center, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Boston, Massachusetts.

Glaucoma Conference:  Postoperative Shallow Anterior Chamber.  Tufts University Medical Center, New England Eye Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Glaucoma Conference:  Traumatic Glaucoma, Tufts University Medical Center, New England Eye Center, Boston, Massachusetts.  

Grand Rounds:  Pseudotumor Cerebri.  New York University Medical Center, New York, New York.  

Clinical Neuroscience Course for Medical Students:  Pupils:  The Essentials.  New York University Medical School, New York, New York.   

Paper Presentation:  Unilateral Retinoblastoma:  New Intraocular Tumors After Treatment. New York University Medical Center, Advances in Ocular Therapeutics Symposium, New York, New York. 

Thesis Presentation:  Unilateral Retinoblastoma:  New Intraocular Tumors After Treatment, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York.  

Beth Israel Medical Center,
Quality Improvement Committee:  2002- present

National Association for the Visually Handicapped
‍Elected Secretary:  2001-2005
Appointed to National Board:  2001-present
Medical Advisory Board:  2001-present
Co-author/Editor Glaucoma Brochure “Sneak Thief of Sight:” 2001-present

Cornell University Medical College
Vice President, Class of 1993:  1990-91, 1992-93

Dartmouth College
‍Composition Center tutor:  1988-89
Undergraduate Advisor:  1986-87

English: first language

Spanish  
Fluent in written and conversational Spanish
Spanish Translation Service--The New York Hospital, 1989-1990
Foreign Study Program--University of  Salamanca, Spain:  Fall 1987