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Our Medical Directors:
Mark S. Milner, MD
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Mark S. Milner, MD is a specialist in corneal
disease and refractive surgery. He is also an assistant clinical
professor at the Yale University School of Medicine Department of
Ophthalmology, and received the 1999 Award of Excellence in Teaching
from the Department of Ophthalmology at Yale. He is also a partner
at The Eye Center- A Medical and Surgical Group, PC. Dr. Milner
serves as the director of the Cornea Clinic at the Veterans Administration
Medical Center in West Haven, CT.
Dr. Milner is Co-Medical Director at our newly
opened Precision Lasik Group in Cheshire, CT. Precision was the
first in the state and one of the first in the country to obtain
the Sunrise laser for performing the recently FDA approved LTK procedure.
Dr. Milner received his bachelor of science degree
from Union College, Schenectady, NY, and received his medical degree
from S.U.N.Y. Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY. He completed
his residency in Ophthalmology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
in New York City, and completed his fellowship in cornea, external
disease, and uveitis at the Francis L. Proctor Foundation at the
University of California San Francisco.
Dr. Milner was an FDA investigator for The Sunrise
Technologies LTK U.S. clinical trials for the treatment of hyperopia
(farsightedness).
His professional group memberships include the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association,
the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS), the American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), the Ocular Microbiology
and Immunology Group, the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians,
and the New Haven County Medical Society. He is well published in
the peer-reviewed literature.
Dr. Milner resides in Woodbridge, CT. with his
family.
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Joel A. Geffin, M.D.
Dr. Joel Geffin is a Board Certified ophthalmologist
and fellowship trained in both corneal surgery and refractive surgery.
This makes Dr. Geffin one of a select few eye surgeons who has received
full fellowship training in surgery of the cornea, the external
window of the eye, and refractive surgery which corrects the eye's
ability to focus.
Dr. Geffin received his undergraduate degree
with honors from the University of Chicago and his medical degree
from the University of Pittsburgh. He completed his ophthalmology
residency training at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr.
Geffin then went on to California Pacific Medical Center in San
Francisco where he specialized in corneal and refractive surgery
during his fellowship.
Dr. Geffin is a Fellow of the American Academy
of Ophthalmology, a member of the American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery, the Refractive Surgery Interest Group, the New
England Ophthalmological Society and the prestigious Castroviejo
Cornea Society. Dr. Geffin is a member and on the executive board
of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians. Dr. Geffin has published
work in a major ophthalmic text book.
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Alan Stern, M.D.
Alan L. Stern, MD, is recognized by his peers,
as an authority in Connecticut, on Laser Vision Correction. He has
been active in refractive surgery since 1979, and was the first
physician to perform both laser vision correction and Lasik in our
state. He has served as an PDA investigator, and has trained over
60 other physicians in the clinical use of the excimer laser. Precision
Lasik Group evolved from the Connecticut Excimer Laser Center founded
by Dr. Stern. As an author of numerous articles and two chapters
on Refractive Surgery, he has been honored by the American Academy
of Ophthalmology for his teaching contributions.
Dr. Stern is board certified, and fellowship
trained as a corneal surgeon, and serves as both Chief of Ophthalmology
at the New Britain General Hospital, and as Medical Director of
the Connecticut Eye Bank. Academically, he is an assistant clinical
professor at the University ofConnecticut. His primary practice
is at the Grove Hill Medical Group, NewBritain, Connecticut.
click to visit Grove Hill Medical Group
Dr. Stern has a biology degree from Villanova
University, and a medicaldegree from Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia. His ophthaImo1ogy training was at Jefferson and the
prestigious Wills Eye Hospital, and he completed his fellowship
training at our own University of Connecticut. He is an active member
of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the New England Ophthalmological
Society, and various other professional groups.
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Steve Zuckerman, M.D.
Stephen J. Zuckerman, M.D. is co-medical director
of Precision Lasik Group. He was one of the first doctors in the
country to use the Excimer Laser; having worked with this exciting
new technology beginning in 1993. At that time, the laser was considered
investigational in the United States but ten academic medical centers
were allowed to offer this surgery. Dr. Zuckerman spent a full year
treating laser vision patients and providing data to the FDA so
that it could be approved for general use.
Dr. Zuckerman is a specialist in corneal disease
and combines this with years of experience in state of the art vision
correction techniques including LASIK, PRK- Laser Vision Correction,
Radial Keratotomy, SunRise LTK - Laser Thermal Keratoplasty and
Astigmatic Keratotomy. He has trained many surgeons in these techniques
and lectures nationally and internationally in this area. He is
committed to providing the highest quality care to his patients.
Stephen Jay Zuckerman received his Doctorate
of Medicine from the Mount Sinai School in New York with top academic
honors including the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical
Society. He later distinguished himself as ophthalmology Resident
of the Year while completing his training in eye surgery at Boston
University Medical Center. He then accepted a fellowship in corneal
surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
As a Board certified surgeon and Diplomat of
the American Board of Ophthalmology he has received many professional
memberships including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Connecticut
Society of Eye Physicians, the Connecticut State Medical Society,
the Fairfield County Medical Society and the Danbury Medical Society.
He has been published in the ophthalmic and medical literature.
Dr. Zuckerman has been a partner at Danbury Eye
Physicians and Surgeons in Danbury, Connecticut since 1994. He resides
in Redding, CT with his family.
click to visit danburyeye.com
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