Noga Harizman, MD, (in white shirt) leads a glaucoma surgery course for residents and fellows in the Jorge N. Buxton Microsurgical Education Center at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.
The Fifth Annual Comprehensive Glaucoma Surgery Course for Ophthalmology Residents and Fellows, hosted by New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) and held on Saturday, September 17, attracted more than 20 trainees from the tri-state area for a day of lectures and wet-lab experience. Noga Harizman, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the NYEE Glaucoma Clinic, led the course, which covered such topics as trabeculectomy, tube implants, micro-bypass shunts, patch grafts, and minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. “We were proud to have welcomed residents and fellows from around the area for this outstanding course,” says James C. Tsai, MD, MBA, President of New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and the Delafield-Rodgers Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology.