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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. 

Tonight at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, Dr. Jeffrey Martin will be hosting a laser vision correction seminar in their eye care office.  This free seminar will include a lecture on the most current lasik laser eye surgery techniques as well as an introduction to our three board certified lasik surgeons, Dr. Larry Zweibel, Dr. John Mauro, and Dr. Jeffrey Martin.

The leaders in long island lasik surgery, North Shore eye care are holding a free lasik seminar tomorrow night in their smithtown new york eye care location.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin will lead the laser eye surgery seminar which includes a question and answer session so that you get all of your questions answereed.

This week at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york is a free lasik laser eye surgery seminar.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin plans to give an informational seminar with quesitions and answers.

North Shore eye care, a leader in cataract surgery and laser vision correction in smithtown new york in long island, now welcomes Dr. Neil Nichols to their eye care practice.  Dr. Nichols is a board certified eye surgeon that is fellowship trained in oculoplastics.  Oculoplastics is the practice of eyelid and facial surgery.

North Shore eye care has been a leader in eye care in smithtown new york for many years.  We have offered cutting edge cataract surgery and lasik laser vision correction for years and now offer oculoplastic surgery.  Oculoplastic surgery includes correction of eye problems such as droopy lids (ptosis) and other eyelid problems.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is hosting a lasik seminar next week.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin will be hosting this informational seminar with a question and answer session so that all questions are answered.

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.

The board certified lasik surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island have been leaders in laser vision correction and laser eye surgery for years.  Just recently, we were able to switch our post-op drop regimen from four times a day to two times a day.  By halving the number of eye drops, our patients are able to have a more simple and easier postoperative course.

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.

At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, our board certified eye doctors have just made lasik easier for our patients.  By reducing the eye drop regimen from four times a day to two times a day, our patients will find it easier to get the full dose.

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.

In Smithtown new york in long island, North Shore eye care is a leader in laser vision correction and lasik.  Our board certified eye doctors specialize in lasik and lasek and meet with each patient to custom tailor each laser vision correction procedure to that patient.  All consultations for laser vision correction are free and we discuss the procedure as well as the pre and postoperative care involved.

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, a leader in laser vision correction in smithtown new york in long island is now BID for drops.  In the past our pateints that had lasik, lasek or prk had to take drops four times a day.  With the new antibiotic, Zymaxid, and the new steroid Durezol, our postoperative patients are now able to take drops just twice a day making the immediate postoperative course more simple.

Why should you attend a free lasik laser eye surgery seminar at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island?  The board certified lasik experts at our eye care practice tell you about the latest in laser vision correction and answer all your questions.

For summer of 2010, North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is having a special promotion.  The eye surgeons at north shore eye care are sensitive to the current economic climate and want to extend savings to their patients.  Our eye doctors provide only the best in lasik and lasek.

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.

North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island is having a summer special with lasik.  Patients that have lasik in July will get $500 off their bladeless custom lasik procedure.  Our board certified lasik surgeons are ready to help you on your journey to clearer vision.

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.

Bladeless custom lasik is still the best way to have lasik according to the board certified lasik specialists at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island.  With bladeless custom lasik, the laser eye surgery procedure is safer and more precise leading to improved results with each patient.

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.

There is a lasik seminar tonight, June 22 at 7PM at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york.  Dr. John Mauro, a board certified lasik specialist, will be discussing the lasik procedure and all the risks and benefits.  Bring your questions and Dr. Mauro will help to answer them all.

Lasik laser eye surgery is a very successful procedure at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island.  Our three board certified lasik specialists do only the very best in lasik like bladeless custom lasik in order to provide the very best results in every case. 

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.

In lasek, a flap in the cornea tissue is avoided.   The eye doctors at North shore eye care in smithtown new york specialize in lasek and bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  Our eye care specialists are leaders in the field of laser vision correction and continue to help educate and satisfy our patients needs in laser eye surgery.

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.

North Shore eye care is having its monthly lasik seminar June 22 at 7pm in their Smithtown New York office in long island.  The lasik seminar is an excellent way for our board certified lasik surgeons to discuss the aspects of the lasik laser eye surgery with prospective patients.

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.

The board certified laser vision correction experts at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are leaders in their field.  Dr. Jeff Martin, Dr. John Mauro, and Dr. Larry Zweibel do the very best in laser vision correction including bladeless custom lasik and lasek.

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.

Lasik in patients under 40 is a special laser eye surgery procedure bacause these patients do not yet have to deal with presbyopia or the need for reading glasses following lasik.  Once a patient gets over 40 years of age, the internal lens of the eye changes to the point that it can no longer focus for far and near and these patients are more likely to need reading glasses.  At North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island, we specialize in laser vision correction including lasik and lasek.

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.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in laser eye surgery for over a decade.  Our three board certified lasik surgeons do their best to give each patient the best result possible.  Our Smithtown New York eye care practice in long island is constantly improving and only provides the very best in eye care.

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.

The board certified lasik surgeons at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york in long island are committed to educating the community about the best in bladeless custom lasik.  Our long island monthly lasik seminars are being held monthly for your convenience and to make it easier for our patients to make an informed decision about laser vision correction.

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 is a leader in laser vision correction in the smithtown new york area in long island.  Our board certified lasik surgeons specialize in bladeless custom lasik and custom lasek.  Some candidates are better suited for lasek and this blog will explain the differences.

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.

The lasik seminar that took place at North Shore eye care in smithtown new york last night was a success.  Patients came to our long island office and inquired about lasik, mainly ilasik which is bladeless custom lasik.  Dr. Zweibel answered questions.

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, a leader in lasik laser vision correction is hosting a lasik seminar in their smithtown new york office in long island this Tuesday May 25.  Attendees will learn about the process of lasik and why North Shore Eye care is such a special lasik laser eye surgery eye care practice.

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.

North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island is a leader in laser vision correction and lasik.  Our three board certified lasik specialists perform only the best in lasik, iLASIK, which is completely bladefree and customized.  Lasik consultations are free and provide all the information that you need for an informed lasik decision.

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 in smithtown new york in long island is hosting monthly lasik seminars.  One of our three board certified lasik and laser eye surgery specialists will speak about the process of bladeless custom lasik and answer any questions you may have. 

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 smithtown new york describes the benefit of being completely bladeless in lasik.  In ilasik, we use a blade free laser called intralase to make the thinnest and most precise flap possible.  By using a blade free Intralasik experience, we avoid all of the possible complications from microkeratome blade machines that occured in the past.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York discusses the things that make our cataract surgery an exceptional experience for our patients.  Our three board certified eye surgeons and eye doctors perform a state of the art cataract treatment with the best available technology.  Our staff is kind and courteous and our patients are our best referral sources.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin will discuss the difference between PRK and Lasik and which is best for a particular patient.  North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in long island performs the latest in bladeless custom lasik and laser eye surgery.

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.

In this blog, Dr. Jeffrey Martin of North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island will explain lasik laser eye surgery simply.  There are many technical aspects of lasik including  bladeless custom lasik or ilasik and these will be explained by one of our board certified lasik surgeons.

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, we specialize in laser vision correction and have been leaders in laser eye surgery for over 10 years.  Some patients are better suited for lasik and some patients are better suited for advanced surface ablation, also called lasek, epilasik, or prk

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 is the lasik practice in long island new york in smithtown that gives you the very best.  Board certified lasik surgeons have a tremendous amount of experience and do all of the pre and postoperative exams as well as the surgery.  We use the very best in technology including ilasik, bladeless custom lasik.

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.

Lasik surgery has been very successful in the long island new york region.  The decision to have laser vision correction is a difficult one and you want to make sure that you use the best eye doctors possible.  North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York is that eye care practice.

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.

North shore Eye Care specializes in lasik laser vision correction in smithtown new york in long island.  Spring is a great time to get your eyes corrected with laser eye surgery and avoid glasses and contact lenses for the first time. 

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.

North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in long island is a leader in lasik laser vision correction and laser eye surgery.  Our board certified lasik surgeons help our fearful patients by explaining that we are completely blade-free and customized which increases safety and accuracy dramatically.

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.

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in bladeless custom lasik for years.  Our board certified lasik surgeons perform the best in lasik and talk our patients through every procedure.  Our long island patients enjoy our smithtown new york eye care facility.  For our fearful pateints, we offer a light sedative to help calm your nerves prior to lasik laser eye surgery.

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.

Bladeless custom lasik or ilasik in our smithtown new york patients in long island has been a great improvement in laser vision correction on long island.  Our board certified lasik doctors do their best to approach each patient individually by their eye exam and age.  We are leaders  in lasik laser eye surgery for that reason.

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. 

At North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in long island, we do the best in lasik, bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  Our board certified lasik surgeons use intralase for our most precise and thinnest flaps and customvue for vision correction.  Even with this, some patients are simply not candidates for lasik laser eye surgery or laser vision correction.

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.

At the Smithtown New York eye care practice, North Shore Eye Care, our board certified lasik surgeons specialize in the best in lasik, ilasik.  Our long island new york patients benefit from an all bladeless all custom lasik laser eye surgery.  We have vast lasik experience, use the best technology and offer free enhancements if necessary.

Due to increased interest in lasik and how it is performed, evening seminars will begin at North Shore Eye Care.  The seminars will cover all the aspects involving the latest technology incorporated with lasik surgery known as I-Lasik.  These seminars will be given by the board certified surgeons Dr. Lawrence Zweibel, Jeffrey Martin, and John Mauro. Some of the new technological improvements that will be discussed include the intralase laser which creates a bladeless flap, iris registration for accurate astigmatism correction, iris tracking to follow ocular movement during laser, and most importantly Custom-vue laser which gives individualized, precise visual correction.

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.

At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown new york in long island, we take care of patients of all ages.  When a patient decides to have bladeless custom lasik or ilasik over the age of 40, they have to be prepared to still use reading glasses unless monovision is used.   Monovision is the process of doing lasik on one eye for distance and one eye for close.  Many long island patients do not tolerate monovision that well and therefore, we are more inclined to do straight distance lasik and have our patients use magnifiers for near.

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.

Lasik laser eye surgery can be used after cataract surgery to fine tune the refractive result.  The board certified eye doctors at our smithtown new york location in long island specialize in both cataract surgery and bladeless custom lasik.  This allows our lasik surgeons to make our cataract patients closer to a perfect result.

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 and our board certified lasik surgeons in smithtown new york in long island are committed to the best in lasik laser eye surgery and laser vision correction.  We perform only the best in bladeless custom lasik, ilasik and include enhancements if necessary for all of our patients.

North Shore eye care is committed to the best in laser vision correction and ilasik.  Our board certified lasik surgeons do the best in bladeless custom lasik including Intralase for making blade-free flaps and customvue to make truly customized laser eye surgery procedures.  All of our Smithtown New York patients benefit from our commitment to excellence in lasik.

Many of our patients have a difficult time with the decision to have lasik laser vision correction and they feel that choosing the right lasik practice and the right lasik surgeon matters.  We agree that making the right choice is an important one.  North Shore eye care has been a leader in lasik and advanced surface ablation like prk, epilasik, and lasek for years and continues to strive for excellence.  Our three board certified lasik surgeons make sure that every one of their patients gets the very best in lasik.

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.

North Shore eye care has been a leader in lasik laser eye surgery for many years.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Suffolk County, our board certified lasik surgeons do only the best in lasik and advanced surface ablation.  Our board certified eye surgeons do all blade-free lasik using Intralase.  Intralase is a laser that makes the most precise and safest flap possible in lasik.  We then use Wavescan to make a custom fingerprint of your vision to correct your eye. 
This laser eye surgery automatically centers and automatically tracks and also uses iris registration for the best laser vision correction result possible.

In Smithtown New York in long island, there is a leader in eye care and laser eye surgery that stands alone.  North Shore Eye Care in Suffolk County of Long Island sets the standard in eye care, whether the need is cataract surgery or laser vision correction, the board certified eye surgeons at our eye care practice strive for excellence and the very best results.

When you think of lasik laser vision correction in Long Island New York, the one eye care practice that comes to mind is North Shore Eye Care.  North Shore Eye Care is a 60 year old eye practice that was started by Dr. Sidney Martin, a board certified eye surgeon and long time smithtown resident.  Dr. Martin raised his family on long island and his son, Dr. Jeffrey Martin is now the managing partner of North Shore eye care.

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 laser vision correction in the long island New York area for over 10 years.  The board certified lasik surgeons at our eye care practice in Smithtown new york have been performing the best in lasik laser eye surgery since its inception in the mid 1990s.  We do all bladeless custom lasik and also do custom advanced surface ablation if it is warranted.  Your visit starts with a free consultation with one of our three lasik surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel, or Dr. John Mauro.  We examine your eye, measure your cornea with topography and pachymetry measurements and discuss your options.  About 70%of patient qualify for lasik. 

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.

North Shore eye care has been a leader in bladeless custom lasik for over 10 years and the eye doctors and eye surgeons at our Smithtown New York eye care practice in long island have always provided the best in laser eye surgery.  Dr. Jeff Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro work hard to develop and deliver an unsurpassed laser eye surgery product.  In our lasik procedures, we use all blade free and custom Visx Technology.  Our flaps in lasik are made with Intralase.  Intralase is  the way to make the thinnest and most precise flaps possible.  The flaps are perfectly shaped and preserve as much cornea as possible.  Our long island patients then get wavefront maps of their visual systems that are used to precisely correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism.  Our laser automatically centers, automatically tracks and uses iris registration for the best outcome possible.  At our long island practice, there is no better way to get your eyes corrected with laser vision correction.  For those patients thin corneas, irregular corneas or high prescriptions, we use advanced surface ablation or prk, lasek, and epilasik to correct your vision.  In these clinical situations, surface procedures are superior to lasik due to the safety of staying more superficial in the cornea.

To help our long island new york patients afford lasik, we offer zero percent financing through Care Credit.  The financing is for two years with no interest.  Our surgcial coordinators are happy to help you apply for financing over the Internet right in  our eye care office.  Our patients have been thrilled with the ability to finance without interest and has definitely helped many people have laser vision correction that otherwise could not.

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, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, bellport, bayport, yaphank, shirley, mastic, moriches, westhampton, hampton bays, eastport, manorville, calverton, southampton, east hampton, sag harbor, quogue, montauk, amagansett, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, greenport, and many other towns.

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.

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 laser vision correction on Long Island for over ten years.  Our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors use the best technology and have the commitment to excellence necessary for the best results.  We offer a free lasik consultation in our Smithtown New York office where you meet your eye surgeon and discuss your options.  In that free consultation, we examine your eye with corneal topography, corneal pachymetry and autorefraction.  The eye doctor evaluates your measurements and we decide what is best.  At North Shore Eye Care, we do all bladeless custom lasik.  We use Intralase, a blade free laser to make the thinnest and most precise flap possible.  Our eye surgeons then use Customvue by Visx  which uses your own visual fingerprint or waveprint to correct your vision.  The laser vision correction automatically centers and tracks and uses iris registration for the best possible results.

With summer coming, North Shore eye Care is ready to help you make the decision for clearer vision.  Our board certified lasik surgeons, Dr. Jeff Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro are experienced and committed to improving your vision.  Now is the time to come in for your personal lasik evaluation and get ready to be free of contact lenses and glasses.  We offer 0% financing for two years through Care Credit to make it easier for our patients to finance.

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

North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in lasik and laser eye surgery for years.  Our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors have the commitment to excellence and technology to bring our long island lasik patients to the vision that they deserve.  From the moment you walk through the doors of North Shore eye care, you will feel welcome.  Our staff is kind and knowledgeable and we help you through your life altering experience.  Our technicians see you first on your lasik laser vision correction evaluation.  They do an autorefraction, corneal topography, and pachymetry to determine if you are a good candidate for lasik.  You then meet with one of our board certified eye surgeons and discuss your options, bladeless custom lasik or possible advanced surface ablation.  The technique that is best for you is going to be the most advanced and safest laser eye surgery procedure for your given ocular surface.  We correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism and use Custom and blade-free technology in each case.  We also use iris registration so that the laser eye surgery ablation is placed precisely where is belongs.

To help our patients pay for their lasik procedure, we offer zero percent financing for two years through Care Credit.  Care Credit is a lending company that allows our lasik patients to use interest free financing.  Our surgical coordinators help you to get approved over the Internet and have an answer for  you quickly.  Our surgical coordinators are trained to help you handle the financial end of lasik.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau county, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, holbrook, holtsville, ronkonkoma, bohemia, hauppauge, lake grove,sayville, bay shore, babylon, nissequogue, head of the harbor, poquott, old field, belle terre, sound beach, fort salonga, 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.

The board certified lasik doctors and lasik surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York specialize in the latest in laser vision correction and ilasik.  Our eye doctors have created an environment of excellence and striving for perfection that is unique in long island.  Two of our three board certified lasik surgeons, Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel, have been voted Top Doctor in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly.  Our new associate, Dr. John Mauro recently completed his fellowship at Harvard with a prominent uveitis specialist and laser eye surgery specialist.  We perform only the best in lasik which is bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  With ilasik, we use Intralase to make the thinnest and most accurate flap possible in the cornea.  We then use customvue by visx that automatically centers and tracks as well as uses iris registration for the absolute best in lasik and laser eye surgery anywhere in the world.  It is our commitment to excellence and kindness and empathy toward our patients that make our long island eye care practice so special.

Paying for the best in lasik can be a challenge for some patients.  We tell our patients that doing bladeless custom lasik is the only option and we would rather see them do nothing then to settle for a less precise procedure.  To that end, we committed ourselves to helping our patients afford the best in lasik.  Through Care Credit, we offer zero percent financing for two years.  There are several types of financing programs and we help you apply over the internet right in our office.  It is so exciting once you make the decision to have lasik, to see that dream come to fruition using Care Credit.  Financing sets North shore eye care apart because we really care that you get a no interest financing rate.

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, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mt. sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, yaphank, mastic, moriches, shirley, manorville, calverton, bellport, bayport, farmingdale, farmingville, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, southampton, sag harbor, montauk, quogue, hampton bays, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, greenport, and many other towns.

North Shore Eye Care was founded in 1962 by Dr. Sidney Martin, a board certified eye doctor and eye surgeon right here in smithtown new york in long island.  The eye care practice took care of patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, dry eyes, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy and later, all forms of laser eye surgery became available.  The eye care practice grew and soon Dr. Zweibel and later Dr. Jeff Martin, his son joined the practice.  Most recently, Dr. John Mauro joined North Shore eye care the these four board certified ophthalmologists now lead the way in bladeless custom lasik and ilasik.  At our long island lasik practice, we do the best in lasik which is ilasik.  All of our lasik laser vision correction procedures are blade-free with Intralase.  Intralase makes the safest, thinnest and most accurate flaps possible.  Then we do Customvue laser vision correction under the flap using automatic centering and tracking for the best result possible.  We also use iris registration so that the laser eye surgery is perfectly centered on your unique eye.  By using each patient's unique fingerprint of their vision, the results are most consistent and accurate.

When it comes to qualtiy of life issues, lasik has made life much more simple for many people.  There are no more glasses or contact lenses in most cases and the risk of contact lens related infection goes away.  Patients are able to see the clock when they first wake up and they are able to see the shampoo bottles in the shower.  Our long island new york patients tell us every day that the freedom gained from lasik was really life changing.

In Long Island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, cold spring harbor, huntington, commack, northport, dix hills, melville, deer park, centerport, greenlawn, bethpage, plainview, woodbury, syosset, massapequa, sayville, lindenhurst, bay shore, babylon, farmingdale, farmingville, manhasset, jericho, muttontown, east meadow, merrick, rockville center, garden city, mineola, roslyn, manhasset, levittown, new york city, manhattan, brooklyn, bronx, queens, 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.

At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York, we have been leaders in lasik for many years.  We perform the latest in lasik laser vision correction including bladeless custom lasik.  When it comes to lasik, you want a blade-free and customized experience.  With Intralase, our board certified Long Island lasik surgeons make the safest and most precise flap possible without using blades or metal microkeratomes.  Intralase makes a think, accurate, planar flap for the best results possible.  Our eye doctors and eye surgeons then use Visx Customvue to make a custom fingerprint of your unique vision.  This fingerprint is placed on the eye using automatic centering, automatic tracking and iris registration.  Iris registration uses the precise landmarks of your cornea to get the best results possible. 

Even with the best in lasik, ilasik, patients can still encounter dry eye following lasik.  When patients have dry eye prior to lasik from certain medications, hormonal conditons, or environmental factors, lasik can make it temporarily worse.  Even patients without dry eye can have some level of dry eye following lasik.  We treat dry eye aggressively with artificial tears, omega 3 fatty acids and restasis.  Being dry eye specialists helps our lasik practice to a degree.  Our patients get a thorough eye exam prior to lasik so that those patients with clinically dry eye can be treated or at times told that they are not good candidates for lasik.

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, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, lindenhurst, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, nissequogue, head of the harbor, poquott, old field, belle terre, 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.

In Long Island New York, North Shore Eye Care has been a leader in bladeless custom lasik for many years.  Our board certified lasik doctors and lasik surgeons at our Smithtown New York eye care center specialize in lasik laser eye surgery and always strive to give the best in laser vision correction.  When it comes to lasik, there is not a better technique than ilasik according to Dr. Jeff Martin and that is all we do.  In lasik, our flaps are made with blade-free Intralase.  Intralase is a laser that makes flaps by precisely creating a cleavage plane in the cornea.  It is the most precise and safest way to have a lasik flap created.  We then use Visx Customvue with iris registration.  With customvue, a fingerprint of your vision is made with a wavescan.  That unique visual fingerprint is used to correct your vision.  The laser vision correction ablation automatically centers and tracks and also uses iris registration.  With iris registration, the laser uses the landmarks of each patient's iris to exactly place the lasik laser eye surgery.

Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. larry Zweibel have been voted Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly and North Shore Eye Care has been named a Crystalens National Center of Excellence.  This highlights or commitment to excellence that is at North Shore Eye Care.  From the moment you walk through the doors of our Smithtown New York office, you will feel the kindness and professionalism that has made us so popular for laser eye surgery.

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, ridge, riverhead, miller place, rocky point, mt sinai, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, shirley, mastic, moriches, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, bellport, bayport, yaphank, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, greenport,, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, hampton bays, sag harbor, quogue, montauk, amagansett, and many other towns.

The spring is coming and what a great time to get rid of glasses and contact lenses.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New  york in long island, our patients that are nearsighted, farsighted or have astigmatism are coming in for lasik laser eye surgery.  At our long island eye care practice, we have been specializing in lasik laser vision correction for many years and have been a leader in laser eye surgery for over 10 years.  Our board certified lasik doctors and lasik surgeons have been leaders in lasik on long island and perform only bladeless custom lasik where possible.  In bladeless custom lasik or ilasik, we use Intralase, a blade-free laser to make a flap in the superficial layers of the cornea and then do a custom Customvue correction on the cornea.  Intralase is the safest and most precise way to make a flap for lasik.  With Customvue, we create a custom fingerprint of your vision which is then placed on your cornea using automatic centering, automatic tracking and iris registration for the very best results.  By doing only the best in lasik and advanced surface ablation, our patients benefit with the very best vision possible.  This is why our eye doctors have been voted "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area: by Castle Connolly ltd. 

If you are considering laser vision correction, call the lasik experts at north Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york for your free consultation.  You will see the eye surgeon, who will evaluate your measurements including corneal topography, pachymetry, wavescan and prescription and discuss your options with you.  By having the eye surgeon do the evaluation, you are getting the very best interpretation and you can feel safe with our recommendation.  We are the lasik leaders in long island and continue to strive for the very best for our patients.

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, centerport, greenlawn, dix hills, melville, deer park, massapequa, lindenhurst, bay shore, babylon, farmingdale, woodbury, syosset, bethpage, plainview, merrick, rockville center, garden city, mineola, roslyn, jericho, port washington, manhasset, hicksville, levittown, oyster bay, glen cove, westbury, east meadow, new york city, manhattan, brooklyn, queens, and the bronx.

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.

Long Islanders have trusted the board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New  York in long Island for many years.  Dr. Sidney Martin started North Shore Eye Care in 1962 back when  there were no office buildings in Smithtown in Long Island.  Quite a bit has changed since then and Smithtown is now a busy surburban town close to new york city.  Dr. Sidney Martin started with general eye care of patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, dry eye, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy and grew later to encompass the latest in lasik and laser eye surgery.  His son, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, along with Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro round out the current board certified team of lasik surgeons and lasik doctors.  We do the very best in lasik laser eye surgery including ilasik, which is the most advanced way possible to have lasik. With ilasik, we use Intralase, a blade-free laser to make a superficial flap in the cornea.  This is the safest and most precise way to make a flap.  We then use Customvue by Visx and use a wavescan to make a waveprint or wavemap of your unique vision.  This is then placed on the cornea using automatic tracking and centering as well as iris registration.  Iris registration is a way that the laser uses the landmarks of each patient's iris to precisely place the laser vision correction ablation.  Ilasik is the state of the art way to perform lasik and the only way that our eye doctors would consider.

For their commitment to excellence in eye care, Dr. Jeff Martin and dr.Larry Zweibel have been voted "Top doctors: New York metro area" by Castle Connolly.  This award is given to the top ten percent of practicing doctors by region and by specialty.  We are thrilled to be part of the family of top doctors. 

In long island in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, fort salonga, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, ronkonkoma, bohemia, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, bay shore, babylon, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, 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.

Laser vision correction has been popular in Long island new york for over a decade.  The board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at north Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york have been leaders in lasik and advanced surface ablation for years and continue to offer the very best in lasik laser eye surgery.  Our lasik surgeons and lasik doctors use the best techniques including bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  In ilasik, a blade-free flap is made in the superficial layers of the cornea using Intralase.  Intralase is a laser that makes the safest and most precise flap in the cornea in lasik.  The Visx laser then uses Customvue, which creates a detailed map of your eye called a waveprint or wavemap.  The wavescan creates this fingerprint of your vision and then uses that to correct vision.  This type of custom lasik uses automatic centering and automatic tracking for the very best results and we also use iris registration in all cases possible so that exact centration and placement of the laser vision correction is possible. 

Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Zweibel have been included in "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" by Castle connolly for years and have enjoyed the eye care field of practice.  Dr. Sidney Martin, the founder of the eye care practice and Dr. John Mauro, our newest associate also enjoy the latest in bladeless custom lasik and advanced surface ablation.  We offer zero percent financing for two years through Care Credit for those patients that wish to spread the payment over time.  We also encourage flex spending which allows employees of a company to enjoy lasik eye surgery tax free.

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

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.

North Shore eye care was founded in 1962 by Dr. Sidney Martin, a board certified eye surgeon that was raised in the new york metro area.  Dr. Martin started his practice in smithtown new york to take care of Long Islanders with glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, dry eye, uveitis and other eye care problems.  North Shore Eye Care grew with Long Island and eventually Dr. Martin was joined by Dr. Lawrence Zweibel and later his son, Dr. Jeffrey Martin.  Today, Dr. John Mauro is the latest member of the eye doctors and eye surgeons at our eye care practice. 

With the advent of Laser vision correction and lasik, North Shore Eye's lasik surgeons and lasik doctors have lead the way in laser eye surgery in Suffolk and Nassau County in Long Island.  We perform only the best in lasik including bladeless custom lasik with Intralase and Customvue.  The significance of ilasik is that Intralase is a laser that makes the safest flaps and most precise flaps as the first step of lasik.  There are no more blade machines at North Shore Eye Care.  We then use Customvue with automatic centering and tracking that includes iris registration.  With customvue, the laser gets a waveprint which is like a fingerprint of your vision.  That laser vision is precisely placed on your cornea using your particular iris landmarks.  This leads to the very best results for all of our patients.

In Long Island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, fort salonga, huntington, commack, northport, centerport, greenlawn, dix hills, melville, lindenhurst, bay shore, babylon, massapequa, merrick, plainview, farmingdale, farmingville, woodbury, syosset, bethpage, cold spring harbor, garden city, rockville center, east meadow, roslyn, great neck, muttontown, mineola, levittown, new york city, manhattan, brooklyn, queens, 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.

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.

Laser eye surgery has been one of the most successful outpatient procedures in recent times.  With bladeless custom lasik or ilasik, our smithtown new york patients in suffolk and nassau counties of long island benefit from the best lasik technology in the world right here in their home town.  The board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care specialize in the best in lasik laser vision correction and they have been recognized for their commitment to excellence.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Lawrence Zweibel have been awarded Top Doctor status by Castle Connolly, a medical research company for the last several years.  Our board certified lasik surgeons have vast experience and use only the best technology.  We use all blade-free lasik using Intralase to make the most precise and safest flap possible.  We then use Visx Customvue with Iris Registration for the best result possible.  The laser automatically tracks and automatically centers and in that way, provides the best in lasik laser eye surgery.  There are less advanced lasik procedures, but at North Shore Eye Care, we do only the best.

Paying for lasik can be difficult for patients, especially in this economy.  That is why we offer zero percent financing through Care Credit for all of our laser vision correction patients.  You can apply over the internet right in our office.  Our surgical coordinators help our patients through the application process and we do the best we can to get you approved.  Many patients love the fact that with financing, they can pay the laser vision correction off over time without incurring expensive financing fees.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from cold spring harbor, huntington, commack, northport, dix hills, melville, deer park, centerport, greenlawn, massapequa, lindenhurst, bay shore, babylon, plainview, bethpage, woodbury, syosset, manhasset, jericho, merrick, east meadow, rockville center, garden city, roslyn, manhattan, new york city, brooklyn, bronx, queens, 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.

At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island, we offer the best in laser vision correction.  Our board certified lasik doctors and lasik surgeons have been performing bladeless custom lasik or ilasik for years and have always been in the forefront of laser vision correction.  When Dr. Jeffrey Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel starting doing lasik years ago, the procedure was not yet refined to the degree it is today.  Today, in lasik, we make our flaps with Intralase, a blade free laser that makes the most accurate and safest flaps possible.  We then do Visx Customvue to correct nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.  Our Visx laser automatically centers, automatically tracks and uses iris registration for the best results possible.  Iris registration is a process that uses the patient's unique iris landmarks to exactly place the laser eye surgery ablation.  These custom and bladeless lasik laser eye surgery procedures are enjoyed by our Long Island patients every week. 

Some patients do not qualify for custom lasik for a number of reasons.  As  a matter of fact, about 30 percent of our patients have one of several types of advanced surface ablation.  Surface ablation is the same custom laser vision correction without the flap part of the procedure.  Patients with advanced surface ablation such as PRK, epilasik, or lasek, patients get the same exact excellent visual result, but do need to wait a bit longer for the final result.  There is also more discomfort in the first couple of days healing.  Our patients that have thin corneas, irregular corneas, or high prescriptions tend to be better candidates for surface laser vision correction.  On your free lasik consultation, we do the appropriate testing including corneal topography, pachymetry and wavefront analysis and then discuss your options with you.

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, ridge, riverhead, calverton, manorville, shirley, mastic, moriches, brookhaven, yaphank, bellport, bayport, patchogue, medford, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, shoreham, wading river, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, miller place, mt sinai, rocky point, eastport, westhampton, southampton, hampton bays, sag harbor, east hampton, amagansett, montauk, 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.

Laser vision correction has been a successful laser eye surgery procedure for years and has become safer and more advanced over the years.  The eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island have been perfecting and lasik procedure and currently do all bladeless custom lasik  or ilasik.  The great thing about lasik today is that we use Intralase, a blade free laser to make our flaps in lasik.  This is the safest and most precise way to make a flap.  We use Customvue by Visx for our laser eye surgery corrections.  This uses Wavescan to get a custom fingerprint of each patient's vision called a waveprint or wavemap.  This is placed on the patients eye using iris registration, automatic centering and automatic tracking.  Ilasik is the most precise and safest way to have lasik and our long island patients benefit from that.

In some cases, doing laser vision correction without the flap or on the surface of the eye is the best way to do it.  With prk, lasek, or epilasik, the laser vision correction is still custom, but there is no flap.  With advanced surface ablation, healing time is a bit longer and there is usually more discomfort for a couple of days.  However, the final visual result is the same.  Our patients that have thin corneas, irregular corneas, or high prescriptions sometimes benefit from surface laser vision correction because it can be safer in those clinical situations.  Also, some patients with severe dry eye can benefit from surface laser vision correction.  In your free lasik consultation with one of our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors, we will discuss your specific ocular situation in your eye examination to best inform you of your options.

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, centerport, deer park, dix hills, melville, sayville, babylon, bay shore, islip, bethpage, plainview, woodbury, syosset, garden city, east meadow, merrick, wantagh, mineola, great neck, jericho, manhasset, new york city, queens, brooklyn, manhattan, farmingdale, farmingville, brookville, hicksville, roslyn, levittown, westbury, massapequa, lindenhurst, glen cove, muttontown, 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.

Lasik has been a very popular elective corrective eye surgery over the past 15 years.  Lasik laser eye surgery has improved quite a bit over that time and today, the eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care perform all bladeless and custom lasik.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro are all board certified and are very experienced in all aspects of laser vision correction.  When you come in for your free lasik consultation in our Smithtown New York office in suffolk county, we will do all the appropriate testing including corneal topography, pachymetry, wavescan and thorough eye examination.  We will explain our use of Intralase, a blade-free laser that makes the safest and most precise flap as the first step of lasik.  We then do all Customvue lasik vision correction using Wavescan, wavemap, waveprint technology that automatically centers, automatically tracks, and uses iris registration.  Ilasik is the term used to describe the most advanced lasik laser eye surgery that our board certified lasik doctors and lasik surgeons use every time we do corrective eye surgery.

There are always questions about risk in lasik laser vision correction.  We discuss all of the most common problems associated with lasik, lasek, and epilasik even though the risk of any complication in lasik is less than 1 percent.  There is a possibility of infection, imperfect flap, under and overcorrection, as well as ectasia, but with today's more improved laser platforms and our ability to avoid borderline cases, we have made lasik one of the safest procedures performed today.  We also aggressively treat dry eye and ocular surface conditions so that our patients recover quickly and see the best that can be.  When people speak about risk compared to contact lenses, our doctors have seen more eye problems from contact lenses than lasik.  There is significant risk of infection and corneal problems with overwearing contact lenses and contact lens abuse.  Once our patients have lasik, the risk of contact lens complications goes away.

In long island in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, farmingdale, farmingville, commack, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, and many other towns.

Laser vision correction has been popular in the smithtown long island area for over ten years.  A lot has changed over the years and the lasik laser eye surgery procedure has improved dramatically.  Our lasik doctors and lasik surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Suffolk County of New York have always been at the forefront of the improvements and change in lasik laser eye surgery.

In the beginning, we used microkeratome blade machines to make the superficial flap that is the first step in lasik.  These blade machines were good, but complications could be serious and vision threatening and did happen.  Microkeratomes improved over the years and the risk of complications became less.  In the last few years, our eye doctors and eye surgeons switched completely to bladeless or blade-free lasik with Intralase.  Intralase is a laser that uses no blades to make the flap in lasik.  Intralase uses a laser to gentle form the flap in full view of the surgeon.  If the flap does not look perfect, we simply don't lift it and do it again a week later.  The incidence of complication with Intralase is less than 1 percent and serious complication is very rare.  Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro have enjoyed the state of the art Intralase.

When it comes to the vision correction part of lasik, we do ilasik today which includes custom lasik with automatic centering, automatic tracking and iris registration.  In the beginning, our board certified eye surgeons would manually input the numbers of your prescription into the laser and that was placed on the eye.  In this way, everyone with the same prescription received the exact same correction.  As we know, everyone's visual system is unique like their fingerprint.  With the advent of Customvue, the Wavescan reads each patient's eyes and creates a custom wavemap or waveprint.   This custom pattern is unique for each patient and has improved the results of lasik dramatically.  At North Shore eye care, we do all bladeless custom lasik.

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, eastport, westhampton, east hampton, sag harbor, hampton bays, quogue, 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 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.

Lasik surgery has emerged as one of the most common elective eye surgical procedures done today.  At North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long Island, our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors have been very successful with lasik laser eye surgery mainly because of their vast experience, but also because they use only the very best technology and technique.  Our board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons do all blade free lasik and all custom lasik.  In lasik, a thin flap is made in the superficial layers of the cornea.  This flap is only made with Intralase in our Suffolk County Long Island practice.  Intralase is a laser that makes the safest and most accurate flap possible.  We then use Customvue which is a way that the Visx laser takes a wavemap or waveprint of your visual system that allows Dr. Jeff Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro to correct your vision in a custom way.  This custom laser vision correction automatically centers, automatically tracks and uses iris registration to exactly place the laser eye surgery correction.

The recovery from lasik is quite simple in most cases.  Our patients are able to drive, work, and return to normal activities the very next day.  For those patients that need advanced surface ablation such as PRK, lasek, or epilasik, the recovery takes a few days.  Lasik patients are always pleased that the recovery is so easy.  After the laser eye surgery procedure, we have our patients keep their eyes closed for a few hours after lasik.  There is some mild burning and tearing which usually ends in about three hours.  We have our lasik patients use eye drops for about a week and that is about it.

In Long Island New York in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, we see patients from Smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, hauppauge, lake grove, islip, islandia, holbrook, holtsville,  bohemia, ronkonkoma, sayville, commack, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, and many other towns such as farmingville and farmingdale.

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.

Laser vision correction has been popular for over 10 years in the long island new york area and the board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons in Smithtown at North Shore Eye Care have led the way in laser eye surgery advancements.  Ilasik describes bladeless custom lasik, the very best and most advanced way to perform laser vision correction.  With ilasik, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro use Intralase, a blade free laser platform to complete the first step of lasik, the flap.  This is the most advanced way and safest way to make a flap.  We then use Visx Customvue to do the custom laser vision correction with automatic centering and automatic eye tracking.  We also iris registration which is a way to exactly place each laser vision correction according to the landmarks that make each iris unique.  By doing only ilasik, our lasik surgeons and lasik doctors give the very best results with the least adverse side effects.  Our patients know that they are getting the best in lasik laser vision surgery.  Dr. Martin and Dr. Zweibel have both been named Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly for their achievements in laser vision correcting and general eye care.

For those patients that might not qualify for lasik due to a thin cornea, irregular cornea or high prescription, we also offer custom advanced surface ablation that is also called PRK, epilasik, or lasek.  These surface laser vision correction procedures give the same great results.  The healing time is a little longer, but the final result is the same, great vision.

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, ridge, riverhead, stony brook, setauket, port jefferson, shoreham, wading river, miller place, mount sinai, rocky point, patchogue, medford, brookhaven, yaphank, shirley, mastic, moriches, manorville, calverton, jamesport, cutchogue, mattituck, southold, eastport, westhampton, quogue, southampton, east hampton, sag harbor, hampton bays, montauk,  farmingville, bayport, bellport, 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.

Lasik is a great way for those people with glasses or contacts lenses to see well and be free of visual aids.  Laser vision correction has been popular for over ten years and the board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New York in Long island have been a leader in lasik laser eye surgery since the beginning.  Our board certified lasik surgeons and lasik doctors see you as their patient before and after lasik laser eye surgery as well as taking you through the surgical day.  Our doctors, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro are all board certified and have great experience with the best in lasik including bladeless custom lasik or ilasik.  Ilasik is the most advanced way to perform lasik and includes Intralase, which is the blade free custom laser that makes the thinnest and most accurate flaps possible in lasik.  We use custom Visx Customvue lasik correction in every patient with automatic centering and automatic tracking.  We use iris registration in every case which lines up the vision correction procedure with the unique landmarks of your eyes.  This makes the results the absolute best that they can be. 

Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Larry Zweibel have been included in "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area" by Castle Connolly for several years which further highlights their committment to excellence. 

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, commack, northport, stony brook, setauket, centereach, head of the harbor, old field, poquott, belle terre, port jefferson,  and many other towns.