- Dr. Joel A Geffin, MD
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Dr. Joel A Geffin, MD
Ophthalmology
- Connecticut, New Haven
Overview
Dr. Joel A Geffin, MD works in New Haven, Connecticut is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Shadyside Hospital in 1990. Dr. Geffin is affiliated with Saint Mary's Hospital, Yale - New Haven Hospital and practicing for 34 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula• Argon Laser Treatment
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Blepharitis
• Bone Reconstruction Recovery
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
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• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diverticulitis
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Eyebrows, Duplication of, With Stretchable Skin and Syndactyly
• Feeding Assessment
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Hepatitis A
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
• Immunodeficiency Without Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lymphocytosis
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Nail and Nail Bed Infection
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Pancreas Disorders
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
• Repair of Rectocele With Robotic Assistance
• Ritalin Abuse
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Salivary Gland Surgery
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Stereotactic Lesions
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
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Procedures
• Acute Endophthalmitis• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Anterior Vitrectomy
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Astigmatism
• Bell's Palsy
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Benign Neoplasm of Eye
• Blepharitis
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• Blindness
• Cataract
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Cornea Transplant
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Corneal Ulcer
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Disseminated Chorioretinitis and Disseminated Retinochoroiditis
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Drusen
• Dry Eyes
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Endophthalmitis
• Esotropia
• Excision or Destruction of Lesion of Cornea
• Eyelid Surgery
• Farsightedness
• Floaters
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Graves' Disease
• Headache
• Herpetic Keratitis
• Heterophoria
• Hypertropia
• Hyphema
• Keratitis
• Keratoconus
• Macular Edema
• Malignant Neoplasm of Eye
• Migraine
• Nearsightedness
• Ocular Hypertension
• Optic Neuritis
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Posterior Scleritis
• Presbyopia
• Progressive High Myopia
• Pterygium
• Pterygium Excision
• Purulent Endophthalmitis
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Hemorrhage
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Senile Cataracts
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 34
State License
- Connecticut
Spoken Languages
- French
- Polish
- Spanish
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Shadyside Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Year completed: 1990
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Year completed: 1990
Medical School
University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Graduated: 1989
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Graduated: 1989
Awards
1 AA Oph
2 AAOPH
3 ASCRS
4 Castroviejo Cornea Soc
5 Castroviejo Cornea Society
6 Conn Soc Eye Phys
7 Connecticut Society Eye Physician
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Office Locations
Primary location
Eye Care Group
40 Temple Street Suite 5B
Connecticut (CT)
New Haven
6510
Phone:(203) 777-3937
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 350 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Other Office Locations
Eye Care Group
22 Old Waterbury Road Suite 202
Connecticut (CT)
New Haven
6488
Phone:(203) 262-1600
Eye Care Group PC
1201 West Main Street Suite 100
Connecticut (CT)
New Haven
6708
Phone:(203) 597-9100
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Connecticare
- Connecticare HMO
- Connecticare POS
- EmblemHealth
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Freedom Plan
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) PPO
- Humana
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Oxford Health Plans
- Oxford Liberty
- PHCS Network PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Yale - New Haven Hospital
20 York Street
Connecticut CT,
New Haven,
6510
Yale - New Haven Hospital is a hospital located in New Haven, CT. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 5 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 14 procedures.
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