LASIK Laser Eye Surgery in Long Island Tweet

At North Shore Eye Care, LASIK or Laser in-situ keratomileusiss is a procedure for correcting farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism. Astigmatism is caused by having different curvatures on the surface of the cornea. Almost every person has some form of astigmatism...

There are several theories that exist that can cause cataracts including: smoking, diabetes, excessive exposure to sunlight, steroid use and certain other medications. The typical symptoms that may occur (blurry vision, glare around  lights at night, haloes, colors losing there contrast and increased nearsightedness.

North Shore Eye Care's Symposium for Continuing Education for Optometrists was a successful turnout. Our ophthalmology practice in smithtown is proud to be able to offer continuing education to the optometric society.  Many praises were received about the event and the attendance continues to grow at our symposiums.

North Shore Eye Care is proud to announce that Dr. John Mauro has joined the practice as the newest member of its ophthalmic team to support its expansion and growing patient base. 

Dr. John Mauro is a Board-certified ophthalmologist who completed his fellowship training at Massachusetts Eye Research Surgery Institution in Cambridge and at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School
He is specialized in the treatment of ocular inflammatory diseases, cataract surgery, premium lens implant procedures and laser vision correction.  He obtained additional advanced training in bladeless, custom LASIK at the Boston Laser Eye Group. 

The board certified eye eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island have been perfecting the cataract surgery treatment since Dr. Sidney Martin, the founder of North Shore Eye Care, starting his practice in 1960. Many things have changed over the years, but the underlying dedication toward excellence in eye care and eye surgery has remained with us at our Smithtown new york practice. Dr. Jeffrey Martin Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr John Mauro are board certified and perform the best in cataract surgery in a practice that does about one thousand cataract surgery procedures each year. 

At North Shore Eye Care we perform over a thousand cataract operations each year using the most advanced techniques. Dr. Martin, Dr. Zweibel and Dr Mauro rarely use stitches, periocular needle injections or even eye patches. All of our doctors are board certified and North Shore Eye Care has been named a Crystalens Cataract Surgery Center of Excellence by Bausch and Lomb. These awards reinforce the committment to excellence at this eye care practice by these eye surgeons.