OphthalmologyOphthalmology is the branch of medicine that studies the causes and mechanisms of development of the pathology of the vision, as well as the entire adnexa, including the eye socket, lacrimal sac, lacrimal glands, nasolacrimal duct and the surrounding tissues.
- New York, New York
Dr. Harry R Koster, MD works in
New York, New York is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Hotel Dieu in 1991. Dr. Koster is affiliated with New York Downtown Hospital, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and practicing for 37 years
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Abscess
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Blepharitis
• Bone Reconstruction Recovery
• Botulinum Toxin Injection ...
• Bowel Strangulation
• Cataract Surgery Complications
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Colic
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Dependence
• Dermatitis
• Diabetic Eye Disease
• Diverticulitis
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Fecal Impaction Removal
• Feeding Assessment
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Glaucoma Associated With Systemic Abnormalities
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Idiopathic Osteoporosis
• Immunodeficiency Without Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Laser Laparoscopy
• Laser Microsurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lichen Sclerosis Et Atrophicus
• Lymphocytosis
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Multiple Miscarriages
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Non-Surgical Bite Correction
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Norplant
• Obstetric Procedures
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Oculo-Cerebro-Acral, (Roberts-Like) Ectrodactyly
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Otosclerosis, Familial
• Pancreas Disorders
• Pediatric Liver Transplants
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radial Keratotomy
• Radiation Proctitis
• Radiation-Related Neoplasm
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Ritalin Abuse
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stripping of Varicose Veins
• Suicide
• Thinning of Skin
• Thrombolysis
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Transarterial Chemoembolization
• Transoral Laser Microsurgery
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
• Wound and-or Ulcer Foot more details
Procedures
• Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK)
• Blepharoplasty
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Clear Lens Extraction
• Clear Lens Surgery to Correct Near and Far Vision Simultaneous
• Clear Lens Surgery With Multifocal Implants
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cornea Transplant
• Destruction of Lesion of Retina and Choroid
• Excision of Chalazion ...
• Excision or Destruction of Lesion of Cornea
• Eye Examination
• Eye Surgery
• Eyelid Reconstruction Surgery
• Eyelid Surgery
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Glaucoma Treatment
• Intraocular Lens Implant Surgery
• Laser Surgery
• LASIK
• Non-Cosmetic Chemodenervation
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Ocular Surface Reconstruction
• Orbital Decompression and Orbitotomy
• Pterygium Excision
• Pterygium Surgery
• Refractive Surgery
• Relaxing Incisions, Corneal
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Repair of Entropion or Ectropion
• Repair of Retinal Detachment or Retinal Tear
• Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
• YAG Laser Capsulotomy more details
Board Certifications
Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
37
State License
New York
Spoken Languages
Spanish
Education & Training
Fellowship Hospitals
Hotel Dieu
Paris, France
Year completed: 1991
Residency Hospital
New York Eye And Ear Infirm
NY, USA
Year completed: 1990
Internship Hospital
New York Hospital Cornell University
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1987
Medical School
University Of Texas Southwestern Medical Center At Dallas
Dallas, TX, United States
Graduated: 1986
Awards
1 AAO
2 AMA
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Office Locations
Primary location
University Optometric Center
33 West 42nd Street
New York (NY)
New York
10036
Phone:(212) 938-4001
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 200 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? No
Other Office Locations
New York Laser Group
11915 Atlantic Avenue
New York (NY)
New York
11418
Phone:(212) 243-2300
Accepting New Patients
Yes
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Map & Directions
University Optometric Center, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, New York (NY), 10036
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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is a hospital located in Brooklyn, NY. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 5 of 6 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 2 of 6 procedures.
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