Richard L. Levy, M.D.
Richard L. Levy, M.D.

Richard L. Levy, M.D.

Ophthalmology
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Specialties
Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Comprehensive Ophthalmology; Glaucoma, more

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Israel Englander Department of Ophthalmology

1305 York Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10021
US
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Israel Englander Department of Ophthalmology

36 Worth Street
New York, NY 10013
US
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Israel Englander Department of Ophthalmology

212 East 69th Street
Suite 5
New York, NY 10021
US
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About Richard L. Levy, M.D.

Dr. Levy is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of the Pediatric Ophthalmology service at Weill Cornell Medicine and a member of the Weill Cornell Ophthalmology Department.


After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, he completed his ophthalmology residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital and New York University. He completed fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology, at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and then pediatric ophthalmology, at Children's Hospital Boston.


Before returning to New York, he was a Clinical Instructor of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and on the staff at Children's Hospital Boston, where he was also the director of residency training for the ophthalmology department.


Dr. Levy sees children of all ages and adults with strabismus.


Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology
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Expertise

  • Amblyopia

  • Childhood Glaucoma

  • Clinical Research

  • Comprehensive Ophthalmology

  • Double Vision

  • Gradual Changes in Vision

  • Lazy Eye

  • Pediatric Cataract Surgery

  • Pediatric Cornea

  • Pediatric Glaucoma

  • Pediatric Strabismus

  • Strabismus

  • Strabismus Surgery In Children and Adults

  • Sudden Changes in Vision

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Education

  • Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Internship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

  • Residency: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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Languages

  • English
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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Ophthalmologist

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

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Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Education

  • Residency: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Fellowship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Internship: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Medical School: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Ophthalmologist
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology

Languages Spoken

  • English