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If you are interested in learning more about premium cataract surgery, North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is having a complimentary seminar in August.  The eye doctors at North Shore eye care are leaders in cataract surgery and do the very latest techniques as well as use the best technology. 

On August 16 at 8am, North Shore eye care is hosting their first cataract surgery seminar free of charge.  In this cataract surgery seminar held in our Smithtown new york office in long island, we will give a brief overview of what a cataract is and how it is fixed.  We will also talk about the amazing choice of intraocular lens implants that exist today. 

Cataract surgery at North Shore eye  care in long island new york is an advanced technological experience.  Our board certified eye surgeons perform the latest in cataract surgery and intraocular lens implants.  We give our patients choices and try to use the best implant for their personal lifestyle.

When it comes to cataract surgery, North Shore eye care is a leader in advanced techniques and technology.  Our three board certified eye doctors and cataract surgeons do the very best in cataract surgery for our long island new york patients in suffolk and nassau counties.

North Shore eye care, the leader in cataract surgery in suffolk county of long island new york, has taken the lead again in reducing the number of eye drops necessary after cataract surgery.  Traditionally, eye drops were needed four times a day, but our eye care practice has cut that number in half.

North Shore eye care is a leader in cataract surgery and recently, the eye care practice switched to twice a day dosing for cataract surgery.  Our board certified cataract surgeons are excited about this chance to increase compliance and treat cataracts better.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is a leader in cataract surgery.  Our advanced cataract surgery allows many patients to see far and near without glasses or contact lenses.  Choosing the right intraocular implant for your lifestyle is important.

The board certified cataract surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are happy to offer monthly cataract surgery seminars to help educate the public on the most advanced technology in cataract surgery and intraocular implants

North Shore eye care is holding monthly cataract surgery seminars.  The purpose of these seminars is to educate the community and help to answer questions in regard to cataract surgery with standard intraocular lens implants vs. premium intraocular lens implants or IOLs that are designed to reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses for near and far.

Cataract surgery seminars are helpful for patients that have questions that they want answered, but simply do not have the time with their eye doctor or are afraid to ask.  At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, our board certified cataract surgeons hold monthly cataract surgery seminars.

At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, the three board certified eye surgeons will be taking turns giving free seminars on cataract surgery.  Our goal is to educate the cataract patient and allow them to make a more educated decision on cataract surgery and cataract treatment.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is launching free cataract surgery seminars.  The first cataract seminar will happen in July with one of our board certified cataract surgeons discussing the details of cataract formation as well as cataract surgery.  All questions will be answered and refreshments will be served.

Many long island new york patients come to our office wondering if cataracts ever come back.  Our board certified eye surgeons are happy to answer all questions about cataract formation and cataract surgery.  Our smithtown eye care facility has a wonderful reputation and excellent outcomes.

In cataract surgery, the cloudy crystalline lens of the eye is removed and a new intraocular lens implant is placed.  This implant or IOL restores vision and allows many patients to see without glasses or contact lenses.  The board certified eye doctors at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island specialize in cataract surgery with the most up to date implants.

Finding the right cataract surgeon is a very important decision.  There is a fairly wide range of cataract surgeons and cataract techniques.  You want to make sure that you find a true cataract expert.  At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, we have three board certified  cataract surgeons that are eager to help you through the process.

In Smithtown New York in Long Island, North Shore eye care is the leader in cataract surgery and cataract treatment.  Our board certified cataract surgeons and eye doctors, Dr. Sidney Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, and Dr. John Mauro, are experts in the diagnosis and treatment of cataract.

At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, we have three board certified cataract surgeons that are leaders in their field.  We customize cataract surgery to each patient and try our best to make sure that each patient has the very best outcome.  We are a National Crystalens Center of Excellence and routinely use premium intraocular lens implants.

The board certified cataract surgeons at North shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are leaders in the field of cataract treatment and premium intraocular lens implants or IOLs.  Our eye doctors do their best to give every patient the best possible vision and use the absolute best technology to achieve that goal.

All cataract surgery is not the same.  The board certified eye surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island do their best to provide the best in cataract surgery for all of their patients.  It is important for prospective patients to know the difference.

Dr. Jeffrey Martin is giving grand rounds at Winthrop University Hospital in Nassau County of Long Island on cataract surgery.  Dr. Jeff Martin will be giving his view on cataract surgery and what makes North Shore eye care in Smithtown New York a successful cataract surgery eye care practice.  Dr. Martin hopes to have a lot of interaction and question and answers with the attending eye surgeons of Winthrop Hospital.

This week, Dr. Jeffrey Martin is giving Grand Rounds at Winthrop University Hospital in Nassau County of Long Island New York.  Dr. Martin will speaking about his views on modern cataract surgery including technique tips and choices in intraocular lens implants.  Dr. Martin is a speaker for Bausch and Lomb and plans to highlight the newest iteration of the Crystalens, an accommodating implants used in roughly 20% of cataract surgery at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island.

Cataract surgery is a successful outpatient eye surgery procedure.  At North Shore eye care, our three board certified cataract specialists do the finest cataract surgery technique available.  We are a crystalens national center of excellence.  This blog explains the realistic expectations of crystalens.

The eye doctors at north shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are leaders in lasik and lasek.  We perform all bladefree laser vision correction and do the very best procedure for each patient.

At North Shore eye care, our cataract surgery specialists know that every step of cataract surgery is important from the initial examination to surgery planning to the surgical procedure itself.  Post-operative care is also essential to the very best result.  Our long island new york eye care practice in smithtown prides itself in being a leader in cataract surgery and eye care.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island has three board certified cataract surgeons that strive to give the very best to every cataract case.  Our cataract experts constantly learn and improve on their state of the art procedure.  We routinely perform cataract surgery through microscopic incisions and almost never use stitches, painful injections or even eye patches following cataract surgery.  Schedule an eye examination and learn what makes north shore eye care so special.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island has been awarded the National Crystalens center of excellence in cataract surgery.  Our three board certified eye surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel, and Dr. John Mauro are pleased with this acknowledgment.

Cataract surgery is one of the most successful outpatient procedures performed.  Many people develop cataracts as they go through their lives.  A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye.  When a cataract becomes significant enough that it interferes with quality of life, our three board certified cataract surgeons in smithtown new york in long island are ready to assist.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin clarifies some important points in choosing a cataract surgeon.  North Shore Eye Care is a leader in cataract surgery in long island new york in smithtown.  Our three board certified cataract surgeons do their best to give you the best possible experience in cataract surgery.   That is why North Shore eye Care has been named a National Crystalens Center of Excellence.

North Shore Eye Care is a leader in cataract surgery in the long island region in new york.  Our smithtown new york eye care practice concentrates on every step of the cataract surgery process to give you the best possible result.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin describes the different intraocular implant choices that our cataract patients are able to enjoy.   There are several excellent implants that must be explained in our smithtown new york office in long island.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin describes the different intraocular implant choices that our cataract patients are able to enjoy.   There are several excellent implants that must be explained in our smithtown new york office in long island.

North Shore Eye Care's first Symposium for Continuing Education for Optometrists was a huge success.  There were interesting speakers from many disciplines of eye care and practice management.  Our long island eye care practice in smithtown new york was proud to offer this opportunity for the local optometry population.  The day went very well and was enjoyed by all.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin of North Shore Eye Care in long island new york discusses the importance of making sure that each step of cataract surgery is at a standard of excellence to make sure that the result is as pristine as possible.  Our board certified cataract surgeons are committed to the very best result for every patient.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown new york in long island discusses implant options including the covered standard implants and the intraocular implants that are not covered by insurance.  Cataract surgery is an amazing outpatient surgical procedure.

Cataract surgery is quite a common outpatient procedure performed in expert fashion at our long island new york eye care practice.  North Shore eye care in Smithtown New York in Suffolk county has three board certified eye surgeons that specialize in the finest procedures and technology in cataract treatment.

In long island new york in smithtown, there is a leader in cataract treatment and cataract surgery.  That eye care practice is North Shore eye care.  With three board certified cataract surgeons that have your best interest in mind, our long island cataract practice is a wonderful compassionate professional experience.

At North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in long island, our board certified cataract surgeons provide the very best in cataract surgery and implants.  Our long island eye doctors give you the best possible care and help you through the procedure.  We answer all of your questions and make sure that you are comfortable.

North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown new york in long island is a leader in cataract surgery.  Our board certified cataract surgeons have been recognized as top doctors in the new york metro area by Castle Connolly and North Shore Eye Care has been named a crystalens national cataract surgery center of excellence.  We are caring and compassionate and always use the very best in technology.

Premium cataract surgery refers to cataract surgery with premium implants.  Our board certified cataract experts specialize in these special intraocular implants at our Smithtown new york office in long island.  North Shore Eye care is proud to have the determination of National Crystalens center of excellence.

At north shore Eye care in smithtown, new york in long island, we specialize in the most advanced techniques of cataract surgery.  Many baby boomers are now developing significant cataract and this population seems less willing to deal with visual compromise.  The board certified cataract surgeons at North Shore Eye Care are available to discuss your options and help you through the very important decision to have cataract surgery.

Cataract surgery is now available with premium implants.  The purpose of the premium implant such as crystalens, restor, rezoom, and tecnis multifocal is to achieve vision far and near without the use of glasses or contact lenses.  These implants do have cost associated with them, but our long island new york patients in smithtown are no able to use Care Credit to have zero interest financing.

For patients that are fearful, the technique of cataract surgery that we use at North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in  long island is pain-free and quick.  Our board certified cataract surgeons are able to perform cataract surgery quickly and depending on a patient's anxiety level, we can give heavier sedation if necessary.

Cataract surgery in our baby boomers has been very successful at our long island new york eye care practice in smithtown.  These patients seem to want more from their vision and have embraced premium lens implant choices like the crystalens, tecnis multifocal, rezoom, and restor.  Our baby boomers in long island want to be able to do the most activities without the burden of glasses and contact lenses.  Our board certified cataract surgeons have found this generation to be less tolerant of blur and glare caused by cataract.

In cataract surgery at North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in long island, there is a choice of implants that can be used in cataract surgery.  Our board certified cataract surgeons are happy to speak with you regarding your choices in intraocular lens implants. 

North Shore Eye Care is known as a leader in eye care in smithtown new york in long island.  Our board certified eye surgeons, Dr Jeffrey Martin, dr. larry zweibel and dr john mauro pride themselves as leaders in technique and technology.  If there is an improvement in cataract surgery, our long island eye doctors are aware of it.  We do the most modern and advanced eye surgery in the world and that is one reason why we have been named as a national crystalens center of excellence.

The cataract surgeons at north shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island take special care with our elderly patients.  It is important with our patients with less vital tissues and healing responses to be very gentle and perform cataract surgery with safety and precision.  Our board certified cataract surgeons are always improving technique and technology toward that end.

Cataract surgery is a safe and effective outpatient eye surgery in long island new york provided that adequate dilation of the pupil is acquired.  Our Smithtown long island patients benefit by having our expert cataract surgeons who are proficient in many methods of pupil dilation.  Sometimes, additional medication is necessary and other times, mechanical devices are used to maintain dilation.

In our Long Island eye care practice, our board certified cataract surgeons see many patients with both macular degeneration and cataracts.  Cataract surgery in patients with macular degeneration is routine, but our Smithtown New  York patients must know that their outcome may be limited by the ability of the retina.  We carefully set expectations when it comes to cataract surgery in patients with macular degeneration.

North Shore Eye Care is a leader in advanced cataract surgery with premium implants like the accommodating implant lens, crystalens.  Our board certified cataract surgeons do the very best in cataract surgery and our patient recovery time is quite amazing.  Our patients see the very same day and are able to return to normal activity in long island new york in suffolk county.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in advanced cataract surgery for many years.  Our board certified cataract and lasik surgeons do their best to give you the best result possible.  We perform cataract surgery in a few minutes and rarely use needles around the eyes, stitches, or an eye patch following cataract surgery.  Our patients enjoy several types of premium implants including crystalens, tecnis multifocal, rezoom, and restor.

North Shore eye care is a leader in advanced cataract surgery in long island new york in smithtown.  Our board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons are prepared to restore the vision of all of our long island cataract patients.  We specialize in premium implants designed to reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses.

Long Island's suffolk county is a beautiful place to live.  We have the water, beaches, and very active outdoor lifestyles.  As we age, the natural lenses or our eyes begin to cloud over.  This is more common in people who smoke, have excessive UV light exposure, and people that use certain medications like steroids.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York, our board certified cataract specialists are ready to help you through the cataract process.

Cataract surgery has improved dramatically over the past ten years.  In Long Island New York in Suffolk County, North Shore eye care has been a leader in cataract care for many years.  A cataract is a cloudy lens of the eye that develops as we age.  Cataracts are a normal part of aging.  When a cataract gets significant enough to cause blurred vision, our board certified cataract surgeons will speak to you about cataract surgery.  Our New York eye doctors perform cataract surgery right here on Long Island and use the most up to date technology and techniques.  We remove the cloudy lens using gentle computer controlled ultrasound called phacoemulsifcation. 

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in cataract surgery for many years.  Dr. Sidney Martin started North Shore eye care in 1960 to take care of patients with cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, dry eye, eyelid problems, other eye conditions.  With the addition of Dr. Jeffrey martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro, North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New york in long island has become a leader in advanced cataract surgery.   In cataract surgery, our board certified cataract surgeons perform the latest in cataract surgery including small incision cataract surgery without stitches, needles or a patch on the eye.  Our patients return home the very same day and are able to see right away.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and are able to return to normal activity within a few days.

Many of our patients get referred in to see us and often are worried about picking the right cataract surgeon.  Everyone knows that there can be a tremendous difference in surgeons in any field and it is difficult to find the information to lead you in the right direction.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island, all of our cataract surgeons are board certified.  Dr. jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro all specialize in cataract surgery and our practice performs about one thousand cataract procedures each year.  Because of this, you can feel comfortable that the experience in there at North Shore Eye Care in Long Island. 

As far as finding a skilled eye surgeon, North Shore Eye Care has been named a National Crystalens Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb and Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel have both been voted Top Doctor in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly.  These awards highlight our commitment to excellence and our striving for the absolute best for our eye patients in all areas of eye care.  Our cataract surgery is performed without painful injections around eyes, eye patches or even stitches.  Cataract surgery takes about 10 minutes and our patients return home the very same day. 

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islandia, islip, hauppauge, lake grove, holbrook, holtsville, bohemia, ronkonkoma, bay shore, babylon, centereach, stony brook, commack, northport, and many other towns.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in cataract surgery for many years.  Dr. Sidney Martin founded the Smithtown New York practice back in 1960 and at that time, the eye care practice cared for patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye, and other eye conditions.  Over the years, with the addition of Dr. Larry Zweibel, Dr. Jeff martin and more recently Dr John Mauro,  North Shore Eye Care continued as  a leading general eye care practice, but there was a specialty in cataract surgery and laser vision correction that occurred.  Cataract surgery at North Shore Eye Care takes about ten minutes and is done with topical anesthesia with IV sedation.  There are no needles around the eyes, no stitches, and no eye patch following the cataract treatment.  Our patients are able to stay in their own clothes and return home the very same day.  There is no hospital stay.  As  a matter of fact, 99 percent of our cataract surgery is done at an outpatient surgery center. 

When a cataract is removed from your eye, our board certified cataract surgeons place an intraocular lens implant to restore your vision.  We can use a monofocal distance implant, but with that you will still need glasses for near tasks including reading your watch, cell phone, menus, putting on make-up, and other close tasks.  There is an accommodating implant called Crystalens that moves slightly in the eye to expand the depth of focus.  With Crystalens, a patient is able to see far and near and in most cases, patients no longer use glasses for any tasks.  It is possible that you may still need a light magnifier for close work even with Crystalens, but the overall dependence on glasses is reduced dramatically.  With the multifocal implants, Tecnis Multifocal, Rezoom, and Restor, a ring design allows a patient to see simultaneously far and near.  These lenses also work well to eliminate glasses for near and far.  Our eye surgeons also use many Acrysof Toric implants to eliminate astigmatism in most cases.

In long island new york in suffolk county and nassau  county, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, mt. sinai, miller place, rocky point, shoreham, wading river, shirley, mastic, moriches, yaphank, manorville, calverton, brookhaven, bellport, bayport, patchogue, medford, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, greenport, westhampton, east hampton, sag harbor, eastport, hampton bays, montauk, amagansett, southampton, and many other towns.

Cataract surgery helps over 1 million people each year see better.  A cataract is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye that happens as we age.  As we get older, the lens of our eye becomes hazy causing glare with oncoming headlights at night, glare with sunlight and blurred vision.  Nothing needs to be done about a cataract until the vision is affected to the point that it interferes with quality of life.  Our board certified cataract surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york specialize in all aspects of cataract surgery, from the routine to the complicated.  In cataract surgery, our long island patients benefit from the best in cataract surgery including cataract surgery with no needles, no stitches,and our patients do not even require an eye patch following cataract surgery.  Our eye doctors specialize in premium intraocular lens implants that are designed to reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses.  These lenses are the crystalens, restor, and tecnis multifocal along with the Alcon Acrysof Toric.  These special implant lenses are made to either reduce total dependence on glasses or to reduce or eliminate astigmatism for our long island patients

Some cataract surgery is more difficult due to difficulties or deficiency in the eye.  Pseudoexfoliation is a process in that the support of the lens to the wall of the eye is weakened.  There is a dandruff-like material deposited in the front of the eye that lets the eye surgeon know that this deficiency is present.  The cataract or defective lens of the eye is supported by connective tissue strings called zonules.  In pseudoexfoliation, these zonules are deficient in number or quality and therefore reduces safety in cataract surgery.  A cataract surgeon depends on lens support to complete cataract surgery safely.  Even with pseudoexfolation, most or our long patients benefit from our dedication to excellence and with the technology and techniques available today, we are able to get these cases done in routine fashion.  We use iris hooks and rings and are more gentle cataract removal technique in pseudoexfoliation cases which dramatically increases chances for success.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, huntington, cold spring harbor, commack, northport, greenlawn, deer park, centerport, dix hills, melville, bay shore, babylon, sayville, lindenhurst, massapequa, merrick, rockville center, woodbury, syosset, bethpage, plainview, manhasset, jericho, muttontown, levittown, garden city, great neck, glen cove, hicksville, westbury, oyster bay, hempstead, franklin square, farmingdale,  new york city, manhattan, brooklyn, bronx, queens, and many other towns.

A cataract is a natural aging process of the eye when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy.  Most people experience this as they age, but there is nothing that needs to be done until the cataract gets to the point that it affects quality of life or daily activity.  When a cataract advances to the point that a patient wants it fixed, the board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are ready to help.  Our board certified eye doctors do the very best techniques when it comes to cataract surgery including performing cataract surgery without stitches, eye patches or even a needle injection around the eye.  We use simple numbing eye drops and IV sedation and usually complete the cataract surgery in about 10 minutes.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and return home the very same day.  This wonderful cataract surgery procedure has taken years to perfect and our eye doctors continue to study and learn even after many years of experience.  Dr. Jeffrey  Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel have both been voted Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly and North Shore Eye Care has been deemed a Crystalens Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb.  Dr. John Mauro, our newest associate is an expert at cataract surgery and laser vision correction.

Some of our patients take blood thinners for their systemic health.  In our way of performing cataract surgery, it is not necessary to stop the blood thinners making the procedure safer for you.  With some of the older techniques, especially those requiring needle injections, it was prudent to stop blood thinners, but today, we routinely keep our patients fully anti-coagulated for cataract surgery and encounter no problems.  Our patient's primary care doctors are pleased that they do not have to risk stopping coumadin, plavix or aspirin so there is less of a risk of stroke or heart problems while the medication is stopped.  It is important that you tell your eye surgeon that you take blood thinners.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties of long island, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, bay shore, babylon, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, nissequogue, head of the harbor, poquott, old field, belle terre, and many other towns.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in cataract surgery for years in the Long island and greater new york areas.  Our board certified cataract surgeons and cataract doctors strive for excellence and continue to perfect their eye care and eye surgery.  Currently, our cataract patients stay in their own clothes and cataract surgery takes a few minutes.  Through a 2 millimeter incision, our board certified eye surgeons remove the cloudy lens or cataract using gentle ultrasound called phacoemulsification.  The cataract is broken into pieces and removed in a safe and efficient way without using stitches, needles around the eyes or even an eye patch.  Patients return to their regular activities almost immediately.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro are trained to handle the standard cataract as well as more complicated cataract clinical settings.

One cataract setting that can be more difficult is cataract surgery in the setting of pseudoexfoliation.  The lens of the eye is held to the wall of the eye by small connective tissue strings called zonules.  Zonules create a netting that holds the lens steady as well as the implant lens or IOL following cataract surgery.  In pseudoexfoliation, the zonule apparatus is weak and the lens can be more loosely adherent.  Cataract surgeons depend on zonule support to complete cataract surgery safely.  In cases of pseudoexfoliation, our cataract doctors are ready with more gentle cataract removal techniques as well as supportive technology such as iris hooks and capsular tension rings.  With advanced technology and technique, most patients with pseudoexfoliation are able to have a routine safe cataract surgery.

In long island in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, shoreham, wading river, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, yaphank, shirley, mastic, moriches, bellport, bayport, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, greenport, westhampton, eastport, hampton bays, quogue, southampton, east hampton, montauk, amagansett, and many other towns.

Cataract surgery is a very successful outpatient eye surgery that many people benefit from each year.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in long island, we specialize in advanced cataract surgery and laser vision correction.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons do the very best in cataract surgery and have an unconditional commitment to excellence.  In cataract surgery, our cataract surgeons use topical eye drop anesthesia with IV sedation.  In that way, we are not placing needles behind the eye.  We then use gentle ultrasound called phacoemulsification to remove the cloudy or defective lens and replace it with an intraocular lens implant or IOL.  This IOL can be a standard IOL that is used to see distance, but not near.  You can also elect to have a premium IOL that allows a patient to see far and near like the accommodating lens, crystalens or the multifocal implants like the restor, rezoom, or tecnis multifocal.  We also specialize in the toric implant that reduces or eliminates astigmatism.  North Shore eye care has been deemed a National Crystalens Center of Excellence and Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel have been voted "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" by Castle Connolly.

In many cataract cases, our patients already have dry eye.  Dry eye can cause a gritty foreign body sensation or blurred vision with effort.  When watching a movie, reading a book, or driving a car, vision begins to blur after about 15 minutes.  Patients may also have a red irritated eye, excessive tearing, and itching.  Dry eye is a change that many women get due to menopausal hormonal changes.  Aging is a cause of dry eye.  Certain medications such as blood pressure medications, anti-depressants, and others cause dry eye.  Environmental changes can cause dry eye as well as irritants in the air.  With all this, cataract surgery will make dry eye worse for  a short time.  It is often necessary to treat dry eye postoperatively  especially when using premium implants.  These more complex implants require a good ocular surface for best performance.  The eye doctors at our Long Island New York practice are experts at treating dry eye.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, commack, huntington, northport, greenlawn, centerport, dix hills, melville, deer park, bay shore, babylon, massapequa, lindenhurst, sayville, bethpage, plainview, woodbury, syosset, manhasset, garden city, east meadow, rockville center, merrick, levitttown , manhasset, jericho, muttontown, oyster bay, glen cove, port washington, farmingdale, farmingville, franklin square, mineola, roslyn, new york city, brooklyn, bronx, queens, and manhattan.

Many patients ask us if we perform cataract surgery with laser at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York.  Many of our Long Island patients think that the most modern way to perform cataract surgery would naturally be with laser.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons explain that laser is used for many things in eye care, but not cataract surgery itself.  A cataract is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye.  Using IV sedation and numbing eye drops, we use gentle computer controlled ultrasound called phacoemulsification to break up and remove the cloudy lens.  The capsule or skin of the grape that remains is used to hold the new intraocular implant or IOL.  Because the opening in the capsule we use to remove the defective lens is smaller than the implant (IOL), it remains stable for the rest of your life in most cases.  In our cataract treatment technique, we do not use stitches, an eye patch or needles around the eyes.  Our patients return to the comfort of their home the very same day. 

We do use laser if the capsule gets cloudy months after cataract surgery.  This is called posterior capsule opacity and happens in about 30 % of all cataract patients.  In the healing response, the capsule gets cloudy and your vision may become blurred.  Some people call it a secondary cataract, although it has nothing to do with actual cataract formation.  We use a Yag laser right in our office to gentle remove the center part of the cloudy capsule so that you can see again the very same day.  There are also lasers being developed to perform specific parts of the cataract surgery, but this is all currently in study and not FDA approved.

If you are considering cataract surgery, you must see the cataract experts at North shore eye care in smithtown long island.  We are recognized as a National Crystalens Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb and we have been deemed Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, hauppauge, lake grove, sayville, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, nissequogue, head of the harbor, old field, fort salonga, belle terre, poquott, and many other towns.

Macular degeneration is a widespread eye condition that causes loss of central vision in patients.  Typically, macular degeneration is an eye problem of advancing age and is more typical in fair skin and light eyed patients.  Macular degeneration runs in families and tends to occur slowly; therefore regular eye examinations are important.  The eye doctors at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown new york in Long island examine many patients with this eye problem and typically see drusen or calcification in the macula, which is the center of the retina, as the first sign.  Patient complain of metamorphopsia which describes distortion of a visual image.  There are treatments for macular degeneration including eye vitamins, laser and possible injections for wet macular degeneration.  Macular degeneration is dry when there is no bleeding under the retina and wet when new blood vessels form and start to bleed under the retina.  As patients age, cataracts develop as well.  A cataract is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye.  When a cataract develops in a patient with macular degeneration, it can be difficult to determine whether vision loss is attributed to the cataract or the damage to the retina.

At North Shore Eye Care, our board certified cataract surgeons attempt to make sure that cataract surgery in the setting of macular degeneration will be helpful to our Long Island patients.  We have the retina evaluated by a retinal specialist and use highly technologic tests like OCT. Our cataract doctors do counsel our patients to make sure that expectations can be achieved.  We help our macular degeneration patients to understand that cataract surgery will have certain visual benefits, but may be limited based on retinal disease.  At times, we are pleasantly suprised with the visual performance after cataract surgery.  If you have macular degeneration and are told that you have cataracts as well, contact the cataract specialists at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York for an eye evaluation.

In Long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, riverhead, ridge, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, miller place, mt. sinai, rocky point, shoreham, wading river, yaphank, shirley, mastic, moriches, patchogue, medford, bellport, bayport, brookhaven, bluepoint, manorville, cutchogue, calverton, jamesport, mattituck, southold, eastport, remsenburg, westhampton, east hampton, quogue, hampton bays, southampton, sag harbor, montauk, amagansett, and many other towns.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in cataract surgery for many years.  The board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at our smithtown new york office in long island are always trying to improve upon the state of the art outpatient surgery.  Cataract surgery is performed through a 2 millimeter incision using eye drops for anesthesia.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and return home the very same day.  We use IV sedation to keep our smithtown long island patients comfortable and our cataract surgeons perform cataract surgery in just a few minutes.  We specialize in premium implants that are designed to reduce or eliminate the need for glasses and contact lenses such as accommodating lenses like crystalens and the Acrysof Toric implant for the reduction or elimination of astigmatism.  We also use multifocal implants designed to make our suffolk county patients glasses independent.  The multifocal lens implants are the restor, rezoom, and tecnis multifocal. 

Some of our patients use blood thinners such as aspirin, coumadin, plavix or vitamin E for certain health problems.  These medications can be beneficial to blood flow and heart health, but they will make a patient bleed more freely.  In cataract surgery, there is usually no blood loss and therefore, stopping blood thinning medication is not a necessity.  However, our board certified eye doctors feel comfortable with stopping blood thinners if possible because there is always a small risk of bleeding.  That being said, Dr. Jeffrey martin, Dr. larry zweibel and dr. john mauro have performed cataract surgery on many patients on full anticoagulation without a problem.  It is important that you discuss blood thinners with your primary care doctor before stopping the use of these medications.

In long island in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, huntington, cold spring harbor, commack, northport, centerport, greenlawn, dix hills, melville, deer park, massapequa, lindenhurst, sayville, bay shore, babylon, farmingdale, plainview, bethpage, syosset, woodbury, roslyn, jericho, westbury, rockville center, garden city, east meadow, merrick, manhasset, glen cove, great neck, manhattan, bronx, brooklyn  and queens.

North Shore Eye Care has been at the forefront of cataract surgery for many years.  Cataract surgery is a quick and painless outpatient procedure in most cases.  Our Smithtown new York patients are able to stay in their own clothes and return to the comfort of their home the very same day.  Cataract surgery is performed through a microscopic incision using gentle computer controlled ultrasound called phacoemulsfication.  After the cloudy lens of the eye or cataract is removed a small intraocular lens or IOL is placed to restore vision.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro are all board certified and specialize in advanced cataract surgery including premium implants.  We specialize in accommodating implants like crystalens and are a National Crystalens Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons constantly strive for excellence and continually advance technique and technology.  Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Zweibel have both been included as Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly for the past few years.

In patients that take Flomax, it is important that the cataract surgeon know that information.  Flomax is a prostate medication that relaxes the muscle of the prostate allowing men to have more regular urinary flow.  The muscle of the iris of the eye has very similar receptors to those in the prostate.  The significance of this is that patients on flomax often do not dilate well for cataract surgery and can even lose their dilation in the middle of the cataract surgery.  If the cataract surgeon is not prepared, it can make the surgery more difficult and more dangerous.  Our eye doctors are experts in cataract surgery with flomax and rountinely use devices that ensure adequate dilation during cataract surgery.  This makes even a flomax cataract surgery completely routine.  Our Long island patients are lucky to have such a state of the art eye care practice so close to home.

In Long Island in nassau and suffolk counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, lindenhurst, commack, northport, huntington, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, centereach, head of the harbor, nissequogue, poquott, belle terre, old field and many other towns.

Laser vision correction has become very popular over the past decade.  The eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore eye Care in Smithtown New York in long island have been at the forefront of lasik laser eye surgery during that time.  Our lasik doctors and lasik surgeons use only the best techniques including bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  With ilasik, our board ceritified eye surgeons use Intralase, a blade free flap laser, to create a flap in the superficial layers of the cornea.  We then use Visx Customvue to do the laser vision correction.  With Customvue, we use a wavescan that creates a custom fingerprint of your vision which then automatically centers and tracks eye movements during the lasik procedure.  We also use iris registration in every case so that the lasik laser eye surgery is placed precisely where it should be.  With this method of Intralasik, the results are the best that they can be.

Some of our lasik patients are now reaching the age where cataract surgery is becoming necessary.  With cataract surgery, we use a small incision to remove the cloudy of defective lens of the eye and replace it with an intraocular implant or IOL to restore vision.  Dr. Martin, Dr. Zweibel and Dr. Mauro specialize in cataract surgery and use the most advanced techniques including no-stitch, no-patch, no-needle cataract surgery.  We use state of the art implants such as crystalens, restor, rezoom, and tecnis multifocal that are designed to give the best near and far vision without using glasses in many cases.

After lasik, the cornea has been changed.  The formulas that we use to calculate intraocular lens power is based on an unaltered cornea.  It is very important that your cataract surgeon know that you have had lasik and that he or she knows how to alter the formulas so that the implant power adjustment can be used to get the best result.  The eye doctors at North Shore Eye Care in long island new york have vast experience in making sure that our lasik patients are just as successful with cataract surgery.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from patchogue, medford, bayport, bellport, yaphank, shirley, mastic, moriches, brookhaven, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, ridge, riverhead, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, quogue, east hampton, hampton bays, amagansett, montauk, sag harbor, quogue, and many other towns.

Cataract surgery has been performed at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York on Long Island since Dr. Sidney Martin founded the practice in 1960. Today, North Shore Eye Care is a modern eye care practice that specializes in advanced cataract surgery and laser vision correction. Technology has revolutionized cataract surgery making it a safer, more successful surgery. Dr. Lawrence Zweibel, Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. John Mauro all use state of the art cataract surgery and laser vision correction procedures. In cataract surgery, the cloudy lens of the eye or cataract is removed using phacoemulsification or computer controlled high speed ultrasound through a small incision that seals without stitches. No eye patch is necessary in most cases and needles around the eye are also not necessary. Our patients return home the very same day and experience no pain in most cases. Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons, Dr. Zweibel, Dr. Martin, and Dr. Mauro all specialize in intraocular implant technology including accommodating lenses like the Crystalens and the Crystalens HD. We also use multifocal implants like the Restor and the Tecnis multifocal lens. The Acrysof Toric implant reduces or eliminates astigmatism in most cases and our patients with these premium implants are able to see well without the need of glasses or contact lenses. 

How do I find a good eye surgeon?  It is important when finding a cataract surgeon to look at several things. The cataract surgeon should specialize in cataract surgery and perform many cataract surgery operations each year. The cataract surgeon should be current in his/her knowledge and be using the latest and best techniques. A patient should make sure that the cataract surgeon uses small incisions, usually without stitches. Most modern cataract surgeons no longer use needle injections around the eye routinely. Most modern cataract surgeons do not use an eye patch routinely following surgery. Cataract surgery should be completed without pain and quickly, routinely lasting about 10 minutes or so. There are always more complicated situations, but we are speaking of the routine standard cataract surgery. Lastly, I believe that a patient should feel very comfortable with their doctor/surgeon. Bedside manner, personality, kinfness, respect are absolutely necessary.  This is what we believe is essential for building relationships for life.

In Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau Counties), we see patients from Smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, riverhead, ridge, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, farmingdale, farmingville, bellport, bayport, blue point, yaphank, brookhaven, shirley, mastic, moriches, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, southampton, sag harbor, montauk, amagansett, hampton bays, kings park, islandia, islip, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, commack, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, nissequogue, head of the harbor, old field, poquott, belle terre, fort salonga huntington,  northport, cold spring harbor, dix hills, melville, deer park, centerport, greenlawn, plainview woodbury, syosset, bethpage, massapequa, lindenhurst, sayville, bay shore, babylon, roslyn, great neck, manhasset, east meadow, merrick, rockville center, garden city, mineola, and many other towns including queens, brooklyn, manhattan.

North Shore Eye Care was founded in 1962 by Dr. Sidney Martin in Smithtown New York in Long Island's Suffolk county.  Dr. Martin, a board certified eye doctor and eye surgeon started his eye care center to take care of Long Islanders with glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, dry eye, uveitis, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy as well as laser eye surgery later in the 1970s.  The eye care practice grew quickly and Dr. Martin took on Dr. Larry Zweibel and later, his son Dr. Jeffrey Martin.  Recently, the eye care practice took in Dr. John Mauro, a comprehensive ophthalmologist who specializes in uveitis and intraocular inflammation.  North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in cataract surgery with their board certified cataract surgeons and cataract doctors for many years.  We perform cataract surgery by an advanced technique including no stitches, no needles and no eye patch.  We use IV sedation and numbing eye drops to relax our patients, who are able to stay in their own comfortable clothes and return home the very same day.  We use gentle ultrasound or phacoemulsification to remove the defective lens or cataract and then replace the cloudy lens with an intraocular lens implants.  The new implants have been a wonderful addition to our armamentarium including the premium implants that reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses.  We use the accommodating lens, crystalens as well as the multifocal lenses, restor, rezoom, and tecnis multifocal.  These lenses help patients to see far and near without the use of glasses or contact lenses.  We also use standard implants in many patients that desire good distance vision without glasses. 

Sometimes, the capsule that holds the new implant becomes cloudy over several months.  This is a normal part of healing.  Some patients heal and the capsule remains clear and others become only slightly hazy.  If the capsule clarity interferes with the quality of vision, we suggest Yag Capsulotomy.  With yag capsulotomy, we use a gentle laser right in the office to open up the central part of the capsule.  This is painless and takes about one minute.  About one third of patients that have cataract surgery require a yag capsulotomy.  If it is necessary, patients return to  normal activity immediately after the day of the laser.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau county, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, sayville, lindenhurst, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, centereach, nissequogue, head of the harbor, old field, poquott, belle terre, sound beach, fort salonga, and many other towns.

Uveitis is inflammation anywhere in lining of the eye, known as the uvea, or uveal tract. The inflammation is named according to its location, as anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, or panuveitis (or inflammation that affects the entire uveal tract). Sometimes, uveitis is referred to by the name of the specific part that is inflamed—for example, iritis (inflammation of the iris), choroiditis (inflammation of the choroid), or chorioretinitis (inflammation that involves both the choroid and the overlying retina). Uveitis can occur because of infection, autoimmune disorders (which causes the body to attack its own tissues), or for unknown reasons.

Examples of autoimmune disorders include; Anklosing Spondylitis, Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Addison’s Disease, Hepatitis, Behcet’s Disease, Pemphigoid, Crohn’s Disease, Dermatomyositis, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Grave’s Disease, Juvenile Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Myasthenia Gravis, Polyarteritis Nodosa, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Psoriasis, Reiter’s Syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Scleroderma, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Temporal Arteritis/Giant Cell Arteritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Wegener’s Granulomatosis. Infections include tuberculosis, syphilis, Lyme disease, herpes simplex virus, shingles (varicella-zoster virus), toxoplasmosis, and cytomegalovirus.

Symptoms of uveitis including eye pain and aching, eye redness, sensitivity to bright light, flashing lights, loss of peripheral vision, or blurred vision and floaters are typical. A eye physician may be able to see prominent blood vessels on the surface of the eye or cornea, white blood cells floating in the fluid that fills the front part of the eye (aqueous humor), and deposits of white blood cells on the inside surface of the cornea.

An eye physician makes the diagnosis and treatment based on the symptoms and a complete physical examination. Depending on suspicion for diseases that also affects other organs, appropriate tests are done. Uveitis is a serious eye disease and can rapidly damage the eye. It can cause long-term, vision-threatening complications, such as glaucoma, and cataracts. Many people have only one episode of uveitis. Others may have periodic recurrences over months to years. All patients with a history of autoimmune disorders should be seen regularly by an eye doctor.

The ophthalmologists at North Shore Eye Care  have consistently been recognized in Castle Connelly's book of Top Doctors. All of the surgeons are board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.  More recently Dr. John Mauro has joined the practice and is well recognized for his work in ocular immunology and inflammation, allergic disease and auto-immune disorders.

In Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau Counties), we see patients from Smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, riverhead, ridge, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, farmingdale, farmingville, bellport, bayport, blue point, yaphank, brookhaven, shirley, mastic, moriches, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, southampton, sag harbor, montauk, amagansett, hampton bays and many other towns.

 North Shore Eye Care was founded by Dr. Sidney Martin in 1962 in Smithtown New York in Long Island.  As a board certified eye doctor and eye surgeon, he opened his eye care practice to care for patients with cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, dry eye, and lid problems.  He built the practice based on the principles of commitment to excellence in eye care and eye surgery.  Today, North Shore Eye Care is located in Suffolk County of Long Island and includes three more board certified cataract and lasik surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel, and Dr. John Mauro.  All of our eye doctors are committed to the very best in cataract surgery and lasik laser eye surgery.  Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel have been voted as Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly ltd and North Shore Eye Care has been deemed a Crystalens National Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb.

The cost of cataract surgery is considerable, but in most cases insurance companies and Medicare cover the majority of the cost.  A cataract surgery takes a few minutes in skilled hands and our patients do not have needles around the eyes, stitches or an eye patch.  Our board certified cataract surgeons have been on the cutting edge of technology and technique for years and Dr. Jeff Martin teaches cataract surgery to resident eye doctors at the Va hospital at Northport.  If you decide to have a premium intraocular implant with cataract surgery so that you do not need glasses for near or far, our doctors specialize in these implants.  We use Crystalens, the accommodating implant as well as Acrysof Toric to reduce or eliminate astigmatism.  Also available are multifocal implants like rezoom, restor, and tecnis multifocal.

In Long Island New York in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, we see patients from Smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, riverhead, ridge, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, farmingdale, farmingville, bellport, bayport, blue point, yaphank, brookhaven, shirley, mastic, moriches, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, southampton, sag harbor, montauk, amagansett, hampton bays and many other towns.

Cataract surgery has been a very successful outpatient procedure for years.  A cataract is a clouding of the natural crystalline lens of the eye.  As the lens of the eye becomes more cloudy with age, patients complain of glare with headlights at night, glare with sunlight and general blurred vision.  When the cataract get to the point that it is interfering with quality of life, our board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons suggest cataract surgery.  Cataract surgery is performed at our Long Island New York eye surgical center.  Our patients from Smithtown and surrounding towns are able to stay in their own comfortable clothes and receive IV sedation to relax.  Our eye doctors and eye surgeons use eye drops for anesthesia and rarely use eye patches or stitches.  There are usually no needles around the eyes and patients are able to return home the very same day.  When the cataract is removed, we replace the defective lens with an intraocular implant or IOL.  This implant can be the standard type of a premium implant that allows for far and near vision without glasses.  Our long island patients have enjoyed accommodating implants like the crystalens and multifocal lenses like the restor, rezoom and tecnis multifocal.  We also use Acrysof toric implants to reduce or eliminate astigmatism.  To help with the cost of these more expensive implants, we offer zero percent financing for two years through Care Credit.

Recovery from cataract surgery is quite easy in most cases.  We have our patients use eye drops to prevent infection and reduce inflammation for a couple of weeks.  We tell our patients that they can return to normal activity after a few days, but can do almost anything right away.  Some of the premium implants take some time to get used to like a new pair of glasses, but our patients have been quite happy with the improvement in vision they have with Crystalens and toric.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel have been voted Top Doctors: New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly ltd and North Shore Eye Care has been deemed a National Crystalens Center of Excellence by Bausch And Lomb.

In Long Island New york in suffolk and Nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, huntington, commack, northport, cold spring harbor, dix hills, melville, deer park, centerport, greenlawn, plainview woodbury, syosset, bethpage, massapequa, lindenhurst, sayville, bay shore, babylon, roslyn, great neck, manhasset, east meadow, merrick, rockville center, garden city, mineola, and many other towns including queens, brooklyn, new york city, manhattan, and many other towns.

Cataract surgery is a very popular outpatient procedure and North Shore Eye Care is the place in long island new york that has been a leader in cataract surgery for many years.  Our patients from smithtown new york and beyond are made comfortable in our professional and warm environment from the first day that they arrive.  We fully examine your eyes and discuss your options and if cataract surgery is warranted, our board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons do the very best in cataract surgery.  We perform cataract surgery at a state of the art eye surgical center.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and receive IV sedation for comfort.  The cataract surgery takes a few minutes and we do not use stitches, eye patches or needles around the eyes.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons use eye drops to numb the surface of the eye and use small incisions to remove the cataract or sloudy lens.  This is done with gentle computer controlled ultrasound called phacoemulsification.  After the cataract is removed, we place an intraocular implant or IOL to restore your vision.  We use several premium implants including crystalens, restor, rezoom, tecnis multifocal, and acrysof toric.  These premium implants are designed to reduce the need for glasses and contact lenses for all activitied including near and far vision.  For those patients that desire premium implants, we offer zero percent financing for two years if it is desired.

So when is it time to consider cataract surgery?  The symptoms of cataract include glare with oncoming headlights at night, glare with sunlight, blurred vision, decreased contrast in vision or clarity and general reduced vision.  These symptoms tend to build slowly and eventually when the symptoms begin to bother our patients and their quality of life, we decide to do cataract surgery.  Although Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro do many cataract procedures each year, it is the patient that decides when the cataract is bad enough for them.  Depending on your visual demands, cataract surgery is performed at different times in the development of cataract. 

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holbrook, holtsville, sayville, bay shore, babylon, commack, centereach, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, nissequogue, head of the harbor, old field, sound beach, belle terre, poquott, and many other towns.

Everyone knows someone that has had successful cataract surgery.  The eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york see many patients each day that require cataract surgery.  A cataract is a natural aging of the lens of the eye that causes the lens to cloud up and cause blurred vision and glare.  Many of our Long Island patients complain of glare with oncoming headlights while driving at night and glare with sunlight.  Things that used to be easy to see become difficult like reading a book or seeing traffic signs.  When these symptoms become significant enough to cause a compromise in quality of life, the cataract surgeons and eye surgeons in our Long Island New York eye care practice suggest cataract surgery. 

Cataract surgery is performed by our board certified cataract surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro.  We perform cataract surgery through microscopic incisions using eye drops for anesthesia which allows us to avoid needles around the eyes.  We do not use eye patches or stitches during cataract surgery and our average cataract surgery takes a few minutes and is relatively painless.  We have worked hard to develop a cataract treatment that is so easy for our patients to go through.  Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel have been voted Top Doctors: New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly ltd and North Shore Eye Care has been deemed a Crystalens National Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb.  It is important that your cataract surgeon have vast experience and use the best in techniques and technology.  In our Smithtown New York eye care practice, we use the best in intraocular implant technology including Crystalens, Restor, Rezoom, Tecnis Multifocal, and Acrysof Toric.

In long Island new york in suffolk and Nassau county, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, centereach, selden, coram, middle island, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, miller place, mount sinai, rocky point, shoreham, wading river, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, yaphank, mastic, moriches, bellport, bayport, shirley, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, hampton bays, quogue, sag harbor, southampton, amagansett, montauk, and many other towns.

North Shore eye care in Smithtown New York in Long Island has been a cataract surgery leader in suffolk county for decades.  Dr. Sidney Martin, a board certified cataract doctor and cataract surgeon founded North Shore Eye Care in 1962.  Back then, cataract surgery was more invasive and more difficult for patients to experience.  Today, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro use the latest in cataract surgery technique and technology.  Our eye doctors and eye surgeons perform cataract surgery through a small incision using eye drops to numb the ocular surface.  Our patients receive IV sedation and remain in their own clothes.  There are no injections around the eyes, no eye patch and no stitches used in most cataract operations.  The cataract treatment takes about 10 minutes on average and our patients return home the very same day.  North Shore Eye Care helps close to one thousand patients each year with cataract to see better.

Many patients want to know what symptoms to expect as a cataract worsens.  We find that glare with oncoming headlights while driving at night is a very common symptom.  Patients complain that they can not drive at night like they used to drive when they were younger.  Glare with sunlight can be significant as well.  Patients often complain of blurred vision or loss of contrast.  Things do not look as clear as they remember.  At times, symptoms progress slowly to a point that patients do not recognize these differences.  Changes in eyeglass prescription can be a significant sign of cataract as well.

In Long Island New York in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, king park, islandia, islip, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, commack, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, sayville, bay shore, babylon, and many other towns.

North Shore Eye Care was founded by Dr. Sidney Martin, a board certified eye doctor and eye surgeon, in 1962.  At the time, Dr. Sid Martin started his eye care practice in suffolk county of long island to take care of eye patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, diabetes, cataracts, dry eye, as well as laser eye surgery as laser became available.  Over the years, Dr. Larry Zweibel, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, and Dr. John Mauro joined Dr. Sidney Martin, who still practices ophthalmology part time at 80 years of age. 

Cataract surgery is done in the most modern way at our eye care practice and takes about 10 minutes.  Our board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons use small incision cataract surgery and do not use stitches, eye patches or needles around the eyes.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and return home the very same day.  There is little to no discomfort and our patients see right away.  Our eye surgeons specialize in intraocular implants or IOLs that are designed to reduce or eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses.  There are accommodating IOLs like crystalens that moves slightly in the eye with focus which increases depth of vision.  We also use multifocal implants like the restor, rezoom, and tecnis multifocal.  We also use Acrysof Toric implant to reduce or eliminate astigmatism in patients with astigmatism.  Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel have been voted "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" by Castle Connolly ltd and North Shore Eye Care has been voted a National Crystalens Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb.

We start eye drops three days before cataract surgery because we feel that it gives our patients the best chance at a great result.  We use an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory eye drop.  Following cataract surgery, we continue eye drops, also adding a steroid eye drop for several weeks following cataract surgery.  The eye drops are probably the hardest part about cataract surgery due to the fact that you have to use them for weeks. 

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, fort salonga, cold spring harbor, huntington, commack, northport, greenlawn, deer park, centerport, dix hills, melville, massapequa, lindenhurst, bay shore, babylon, plainview, woodbury, syosset, bethpage, merrick, rockville center, garden city, manhasset, jericho, great neck, east meadow, manhattan, new york city, queens, brooklyn, and many other towns.

Cataract surgery is an elective outpatient procedure that helps over 1 million patients each year in the United States to see and function better.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island, our board certified cataract doctors and cataract surgeons specialize in the latest techniques in cataract surgery including small incision cataract surgery without using painful local needle injections.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons use eye drops for anesthesia and IV sedation for comfort.  Our patients stay in their own clothes and are able to return home the very same day.  Our cataract surgery technique does not require stitches or even an eye patch.  Since the eye is not covered, our patients are able to see right away and start the important postoperative eye drops.  Dr. Jeff Martin, Dr. John Mauro and Dr. Lawrence Zweibel specialize in premium intraocular lenses that reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses for all activities. An implant or IOL is always placed after the cataract or cloudy lens is removed using phacoemulsification or gentle computer controlled ultrasound.  The premium implants include the Crystalens, an accommodating lens as well as the multifocal lenses such as Tecnis Multifocal, Restor, and Rezoom.  We also use Acrysof Toric to reduce or eliminate astigmatism.

We do cataract surgery on many patients that also have glaucoma.  Glaucoma can occur as narrow angle or open angle.  With narrow angle glaucoma, cataract surgery can be more challenging due to the fact that there is less room to work with in the front of the eye.  Eyes with narrow angles tend to be smaller.  Our cataract surgeons are experienced with narrow angle cataract surgery and we take special steps to ensure the safest and best result.  Patients with open angle glaucoma usually are no different than normal eyes as far as cataract surgery is concerned.  At times, cataract surgery does cause a drop in the intraocular pressure to some degree without any further intervention.  In more severe glaucoma, we may elect to do a glaucoma procedure at the time of cataract surgery to further lower the intraocular pressure. 

In Long island new york in suffolk and  nassau county, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, commack, northport, huntington, cold spring harbor, deer park, centerport, greenlawn, plainview, woodbury, syosset, bethpage, dix hills, melville, bay shore, babylon, massapequa, sayville, manhasset, garden city, east meadow, jericho, merrick, rockville center, new york city, queens, brooklyn, and many other towns.