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Richard L. Levy, M.D.

Ophthalmology

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Personal Statement

Our mission in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus is to provide all of our patients and their families with consistently excellent, thoughtful, and compassionate care. Our team of physicians, support staff, and physicians-in-training stands ready for the challenges of pediatric eye disease and ocular misalignment. From educating a family on the nature of their child's eye condition, to performing strabismus surgery, to imparting knowledge to the next generation of physicians, my job provides daily challenges and rewards. I find it a perpetual honor to be entrusted with my patients' eyes and vision.

Biographical Info

Dr. Levy is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of the Pediatric Ophthalmology service at Weill Cornell Medicine and a member of the Weill Cornell Ophthalmology Department.

After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, he completed his ophthalmology residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital and New York University. He completed fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology, at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and then pediatric ophthalmology, at Children's Hospital Boston.

Before returning to New York, he was a Clinical Instructor of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and on the staff at Children's Hospital Boston, where he was also the director of residency training for the ophthalmology department.

Dr. Levy sees children of all ages and adults with strabismus.

Honors and Awards

1.   Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard College, 1993

2.   Grunebaum Cancer Research Fellowship, Harvard Medical School, 1997-98

3.   Wilmer Resident Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2005

4.   Von L. Meyer Fellowship Award, Children's Hospital Boston, 2005

5.   Farley Fund Fellowship Award, Children's Hospital Boston, 2005

6. Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine

Board Certifications
American Board of Ophthalmology
Clinical Expertise
Strabismus Surgery In Children and Adults
Pediatric Strabismus
Strabismus
Amblyopia
Double Vision
Lazy Eye
Clinical Research
Pediatric Cataract Surgery
Childhood Glaucoma
Gradual Changes in Vision
Sudden Changes in Vision
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Languages
English
Education 
  • M.D.
    Harvard Medical School
    1998
Appointments 
  • Assistant Attending Ophthalmologist
    NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
    Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University

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