Providing our patients with the highest-quality care is a top priority for Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Therefore, our patients and community can rest assured that the pending CIR work stoppage will not impact inpatient or outpatient care. Our hospitals have implemented a comprehensive strike plan to ensure all services remain open to our community. No elective procedures have been postponed or cancelled and all medical and surgical clinical appointments will remain open.
Title: Department Chair
Medical and Surgical Retina
Pediatric Retinal Disease College: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Chemical Engineering Department, New York, NY Medical school: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York Fellowship: Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
Sonya Dhar, MD
Title:Residency Program Director
Glaucoma
College: Boston University, Boston, MA Medical school:Boston University, Boston, MA Residency: Boston University, Boston, MA Fellowship: Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Glaucoma and Complex Anterior Segment Surgery
Jonathan Kruh, MD
Title: Clinical Director, Associate Program Director
Cornea, Refractive and Uveitis
College: New York University, NY Medical school: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY Residency: New York Medical College – Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, NY Fellowship: Boston Eye Group, Brookline , MA
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution, Cambridge, MA Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
Jonathan Feistman, MD
Title: Medical and Surgical Retina College: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Medical school: University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Residency: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Fellowship: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
Cono Grasso, MD
Title: Comprehensive Ophthalmology
College: New York Medical College, NY, NY
Medical school: New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Residency: Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L
Chitra Radhakrishnan, MD
Title: Comprehensive Ophthalmology College: Columbia University, New York, NY Medical school: SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
Residency: The University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
Diane Romsaitong, MD
Title: Comprehensive Ophthalmology College: University of California at Los Angeles
New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY Residency: Catholic Medical Centers, Brooklyn/Queens, NY
Panus Romsaitong, MD
Title: Comprehensive Ophthalmology College: New York University, New York, NY Medical school: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY Residency: Catholic Medical Centers, Brooklyn/Queens, NY Fellowship: New York University Medical Center, New York, NY Medical Retina fellowship
Laurence Weissman, MD
Title: Comprehensive Ophthalmology College: New York University, NY, NY Medical school: New York University, School of Medicine, NY, NY Residency: State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Rebecca Weiss, MD
Title: Pediatric Ophthalmology College: Stern College for Women, NY, NY Medical school: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY Ophthalmology Residency Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital, NY, NY Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship
Christina Scelfo, MD
Title: Pediatric Ophthalmology College: Fordham University, Rose Hill, Bronx, NY Medical school: Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY
Residency: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA Fellowship: Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus
Payal Patel, MD
Title: Oculoplastics College: Barnard College, New York, NY Medical school: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Residency: New York University Medical Center Fellowship: Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Constance Mei, MD
Title: Medical & Surgical Retina College: New York University, College of Arts and Sciences New York, NY Medical school: University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Fellowship: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center/NYC Retina, Queens, NY