Strategic Alliance Partners

For over 200 years, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) has cared for those hoping to see, taught those seeking to learn, and inspired those yearning to discover. Founded in 1820 NYEE is America’s first specialty hospital. Combining a rich history of specialty care with award-winning clinical excellence, NYEE is committed to serving its community, as well as patients nationally and internationally.

Today, NYEE is one of the leading institutions for the treatment of complex ophthalmic disorders remaining at the forefront for innovative surgical specialty services. The institution serves as the clinical site for breakthrough translational research—introducing many novel diagnostic and surgical techniques—with a growing network of satellite practices across the New York metropolitan area. Our physicians are also passing the tradition of excellence onto future generations through a highly competitive residency program and dozens of post-graduate ophthalmology fellowship positions.

Connect with us:

Latest from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai

Blinding eye disease linked with forms of cardiovascular disease

November 17, 2022

Article

Mount Sinai study is the first to identify that heart attack, stroke and heart failure are linked to a specific type of age-related macular degeneration.

Novel MIGS stent technology boasts robust IOP-lowering effect in open-angle glaucoma

October 02, 2022

Article

First-in-human biologic stent in ophthalmology is a conforming implant material, i.e., a soft, scleral wall compliant bio-tissue to structurally reinforce the cyclodialysis cleft opening.

AAO LIVE: Robot-assisted procedures may be the future of MIGS

September 30, 2022

Article

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in Chicago, Gautam Kamthan, MD, discussed the feasibility of robot-assisted ophthalmic gonio-surgery.

High-tech imaging offers new way to detect early signs of glaucoma

August 04, 2022

Article

According to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, a new, non-invasive ocular imaging method may be able to detect an early indicator of glaucoma in time to prevent disease progression and vision loss.

Detecting signs of early glaucoma via high-tech imaging

August 02, 2022

Article

Flavoprotein fluorescence could serve as a new biomarker, according to a Mount Sinai study.

Eye stroke: Mount Sinai program stresses awareness and emergent care for sudden vision loss

July 27, 2022

Video

Gareth Lema, MD, PhD, discusses an innovative eye stroke program at Mount Sinai Health System that involves collaboration among ophthalmologists, the stroke service, and emergency department physicians.