Doctors around Queens, NY.

[rukapuka]

Hello everybody..I'm planning to come to the US in a month or something to put an end for my eyes..I know it won't be 100% cured but I need to drop the 'abroad' option from my mind, I will be staying at a family in Queens, NY. I need a dry eye specialist around the area, some one I can trust so I can figure out the options I have specially that I'm not gonna be able to spend much money..Wish me good luck!!!
Thanks!
Reham.

[nycdryeyegirl]

Hello everybody..I'm planning to come to the US in a month or something to put an end for my eyes..I know it won't be 100% cured but I need to drop the 'abroad' option from my mind, I will be staying at a family in Queens, NY. I need a dry eye specialist around the area, some one I can trust so I can figure out the options I have specially that I'm not gonna be able to spend much money..Wish me good luck!!!
Thanks!
Reham.

Hi!

Welcome to New York City!

I would like to suggest to you the following two eye doctors to see in New York City and their names are Dr. Michael Samson and Dr. Robert Latkany.

I have been seeing a wonderful and caring eye doctor since November, 2008. His name is Dr. Michael Samson. His office is located at the New York Ear & Eye Infirmary in Manhattan at 14th Street and 2nd Avenue. He specializes in inflammatory disorders of the eye (i.e.,sjogren's, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis,etc) His telephone number is 212-979-4515.

I would also highly recommend that you see Dr. Robert Latkany who seems like an excellent eye doctor based upon the feedback that I have read from the members of the DEZ forum. He also wrote a wonderful book on dry eyes, which was a pleasure to read. His office is located in Manhattan, 115 E.57th Street and his telephone number is 212-832-2020.

I know that if I were traveling all the way from Cairo, Egypt, I would want to consult with a doctor who not only has a wonderful expertise in dry eye/and or inflammatory eye conditions but one who is also a caring and kind doctor who will take you seriously and both of these doctors fit that description.

I hope I have provided you with some helpful information.

Pam

[odydnas]

This is a great post! I may be moving to New York this coming September, and I would need a new eye doctor. i'm hoping to have a list of options and doctors. It's such a big city, I'm sure Dr. L isn't the only good dry eye doc right?

I don't think that MGD and ocular surface pain really fits into inflammatory eye disease...or does it? Does Dr. Samson treat MGD/rosacea/possible corneal neuralgia/dry eye patients?

I'd like a list of NYC/Queens/Brooklyn/whatever city is nearby of good dry eye doctors please!

[rukapuka]

Hey Pam thanks for all the help! I really am grateful to you.
About NY, how is the weather like there? Is there enough humidity for my eyes or not? I'm coming from a place which is so polluted (Cairo, Egypt) so I'm really hoping that it wouldn't be as bad as here. Specially that I might be extending the visit to a year and maybe more if I liked the place.

[odydnas]

I went to NY twice, once in May and once in September. I can't vouch for the rest of the months, but during those two times, it was very humid. I've heard that the summers are also very humid.

i've never been to Egypt, but it sounds dry and dusty (is it?). There is a lot more pollution in NY than I'm use to compared to where I am from and it is noticeable to me. I don't know how that compares to Cairo though.

i would probably say that NY's weather is easier on the eyes than Cairo.

[nycdryeyegirl]

Hi!

Rukakupa-I'm sorry for my delayed reply to your post! The weather in New York City in April is usually in transition from winter to spring, so the temperatures vary from the mid fifties to the upper sixties. Humidity wise, it should not be too bad around this time of the year, since the temperatures are very moderate, although you might experience some rainy days here and there.

Odydnas- Please excuse my lateness to responding to your post! I'm not absolutely sure that Dr. Samson would accept you as a patient but I think that there is a very good possibility that he would see you.

I have an appointment with him next week and I'll let you know if he sees patients who have mgd,rosacea, corneal neuralgia and/or ocular pain due to dry eye symptoms.

I would like to add that he has told me of one patient of his who has severe dry eyes (but not due to any underlying autoimmune disorder) and he treats her with autologous serum eye drops, which she seems to be responding very well to.

Feel free to ask me any more questions!

Pam

[nycdryeyegirl]

Hello everybody..I'm planning to come to the US in a month or something to put an end for my eyes..I know it won't be 100% cured but I need to drop the 'abroad' option from my mind, I will be staying at a family in Queens, NY. I need a dry eye specialist around the area, some one I can trust so I can figure out the options I have specially that I'm not gonna be able to spend much money..Wish me good luck!!!
Thanks!
Reham.

Hi!

I was just curious to find out if you are currently in New York City and if so, have you seen any opthamologist yet?

Pam