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Montefiore Einstein Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Highlights

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FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS

Recent investments in our state-of-the-art facilities

Our state-of-the-art technologies and facilities allow us to provide the most advanced eye care to our patients. 

Montefiore Einstein’s Department of Ophthalmology comprises a large and diverse faculty, which has trained and mentored the finest ophthalmologists in the New York area and across the country. Our world-renowned team of clinicians and researchers has earned recognition for its development of technology and treatments that raise the standard of adult and pediatric ophthalmologic care. Our faculty members have contributed to the advancement of the field by publishing their innovative work hundreds of times in national and international forums. Chairman and Professor Roy S. Chuck, MD, PhD continues to innovate within the field. He has been named on 14 patents to date, including the Trabectome, a minimally invasive surgical device that has revolutionized the way adult and infantile glaucoma patients are treated.

LASIK and Eye Care Center

With our highly advanced WaveLight® FS200 femtosecond laser and Allegretto Wave Eye-Q Excimer Laser System, our surgeons are able to adapt to the eye’s anatomy, thereby enhancing the safety and efficacy of LASIK surgery. Montefiore Einstein is one of only a handful of academic medical centers in the nation to own this technology. With the addition of topographic-guided excimer correction, Montefiore Einstein is a leader in the field of keratorefractive surgery. The addition of the ability to perform corneal crosslinking to our patients has revolutionized how corneal ectasias, such as keratoconus, are managed.  We offer these concierge-level services at our state-of-the-art LASIK and Eye Care Center facility.

Ronald M. Burde, MD, Microsurgical Simulation Laboratory

The Ronald M. Burde, MD, Microsurgical Simulation Laboratory was established in 2013, and is housed within the Center for Ophthalmic Innovation (COIN), a collaboration that defines the Department’s dedication to combining surgical teaching with research and device development. The Center provides residents with access to one of the most advanced ophthalmic surgical training facilities in the country. The laboratory is available 24/7, and allows residents the ability to perform complex eye procedures, including entire cataract procedures, in a highly realistic simulated environment. Phacoemulsification units are permanently housed in the laboratory to allow for training on multiple commonly used platforms. 

The Burde Laboratory is amongst the most advanced multimedia surgical training facilities in the world, and holds the distinction of being the featured wetlab in the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s EyeWiki article on the subject. A surgical wetlab curriculum has been incorporated and organized into the monthly academic calendar, and residents are trained by our subspecialty faculty in a variety of division specific skill transfer sessions. A 3D virtual reality anatomy simulator is housed in the laboratory, allowing users to view and manipulate complex eye and brain structures, far beyond what is possible from a traditional anatomy atlas or textbook. The Laboratory has a total of 17 (expandable to 22) Video-enabled microscope stations featuring Ipad integration, Digital whiteboards, and a multimedia conference center housed within the facility which allows for a combined didactic experience.

The Laboratory allows residents endless opportunities to improve their surgical skills well before operating on a live human eye. The facility continues to undergo expansion, serving as a community educational resource laboratory, innovation center and local training site for multiple device manufacturers. The Burde Laboratory has helped define the Department of Ophthalmology’s commitment to resident education, and training our residents to be the best ophthalmic surgeons they can.

https://eyewiki.aao.org/The_Anatomy_of_a_Lab

EyeLecture.com Online Learning Platform

Since 2017, under the leadership of Dr. Anurag Shrivastava, Montefiore Einstein Ophthalmology has been funded to develop an innovative lecture and content management system capable of creating highly interactive modules. These lessons deliver robust online didactics, thereby allowing live lecture time to be dedicated to interactive case-based discussions and hands-on training. Montefiore Einstein Ophthalmology faculty are producing dozens of lectures in collaborative partnership with Einstein students and ophthalmology residents. A robust online curriculum is being built within this proprietary platform in coordination with residency leadership, house staff, and Einstein medical students. The collaboration of students, residents, and faculty has led to the creation of robust modules that promote active learning, and augment live case-based discussions. Ongoing development of the portal will allow for extensions to other ophthalmology departments throughout the country, ultimately allowing for the creation of an educational consortium that can help access and educate ophthalmology residents throughout the world 

The project has received a third round of funding this year from the Allergan Foundation, and the portal was highlighted and presented by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association for University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) in recent national meetings. The recent COVID-19 pandemic brought the absolute need of high level online didactics, and we aim to have the eyelecture.com portal be an integral component of our dynamic educational offering. For more information, please visit www.eyelecture.com for short video clips of the portal capabilities and to make requests to join the consortium.

 

Patient referrals

At Montefiore Einstein Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, we know that providing patients with the best possible care includes teamwork and trust. We work closely with our valued referring physicians to ensure open communication and reliable expertise.

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Contact us

ashrivas@montefiore.org,
Anurag Shrivastava,
Assistant Dean for Montefiore Medical Center
Please call 718-920-2020 for patient appointments