Dr. Stanley Chang Receives Castle Connolly “Physician of the Year” Award

Dr. Stephen Trokel elected to The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Hall of Fame

Nurses at Harkness Institute win highest awards from Press Ganey for third year in a row.

The Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center is proud to announce the opening of The Gloria and Louis Flanzer Vision Care Center.

Eye Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Oculoplastics, or oculoplastic surgery, includes a wide variety of surgical procedures that deal with the orbit (eye socket), eyelids, tear ducts, and the face. It also deals with the reconstruction of the eye and associated structures, as well as cosmetic procedures.

Common procedures include:

• Blepharoplasty (Eyelid surgery)
• Botox
• Periocular and Facial Fillers (Restylane, Juvederm, Radiesse)
• Periocular Rejuvenation Surgery
• Reconstruction following Mohs (Skin Cancer Removal) Surgery
• Ectropion (Eyelid rolled out away from the eye) Surgery
• Entropion (Eyelid and lashes rolled in towards the eye) Surgery
• Ptosis (Droopy upper eyelid) Repair
• Eyelid Retraction Repair (White showing above or below the iris)
• Eyelid Trauma Surgery
• Eyelid Tumor Surgery
• Chalazion (stye) Removal
• Eyelid Lesion Removal/Biopsy
• Blepharospasm Treatment (Botulinum Toxin, Orbicularis Oculi Myectomy)
• Trichiasis Surgery (Permanent removal of misdirected eyelashes)
• Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR, Tear drainage system reconstruction)
• Conjunctivo-dacryocystorhinostomy (C-DCR, Tear drainage system reconstruction)
• Nasolacrimal Intubation with Silicone Tubes
• Punctal and Canalicular Repair/Reconstruction
• Punctal Closure
• Orbital Decompression Surgery for Thyroid Eye Disease
• Orbital Tumor Biopsy/Removal
• Orbital Trauma Surgery
• Enucleation/Evisceration (Removal of a Blind Eye)
• Orbital Implants
• Socket Reconstruction