Tips for Choosing a Dry Eye Specialist

If you are reading this, you are a patient searching for a dry eye specialist. I would suggest that you consider a number of issues in your search.

1. Your dry eye specialist should have experience. This is important because good judgement takes time to develop.

2. Your dry specialist should be affiliated with major teaching centers. This gives your doctor the advantages in new treatments, since most innovative treatments are developed in the context of major teaching centers. Additionally, specialists with affiliations with major teaching centers are themselves teachers of doctors.

3. Your dry eye specialist should have the full range of diagnostic and treatment options. Most general ophthalmologists are aquainted with the variety of drops that are the mainstay of dry eye treatment. An ophthalmologist specializing in dry eye treatment will usually have undergone a fellowship in Cornea. This is a distinguishing accomplishment that separates the corneal specialist from other ophthalmologists.

The Ocular Surface Treatment Center of North Jersey at Sebrow Laser Vision was created as a result of requests by patients and colleagues for a resource – a centralized forum for patients to obtain the information and treatments they need.

Dr. Sebrow has close to 30 years of experience. Dr. Sebrow has been involved with the teaching of ophthalmologists for over 20 years. Dr. Sebrow has, through affiliations with Cornell Medical Center and the Downstate Medical Center, been involved with FDA studies of new lasers.

Dr. Sebrow received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the Downstate Medical Center, and then refined his skills with specialized fellowship training in corneal surgery and refractive surgery. Dr. Sebrow has a teaching appointment at the Downstate Medical Center, where he is a Residency Site Director. Dr. Sebrow has lectured regularly – instructing young physicians in the specialty of corneal disease – with an emphasis on dry eye.

We look forward to seeing you, and we look forward to having you see your best.