- Dr. Norman Saffra, MD
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Dr. Norman Saffra, MD
Ophthalmology
- New York, Brooklyn
Overview
Dr. Norman Saffra, MD works in Brooklyn, New York is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University in 1988. Dr. Saffra is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center, New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, NYU Langone Medical Center and practicing for 35 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Abscess• Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Argon Laser Treatment
• Astigmatism
• Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Biliary Colic
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• Bipolar V Disorder
• Blepharitis
• Bone Reconstruction Recovery
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Cataract Surgery Complications
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 1
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Diverticulitis
• Drug-Induced Mental Disorders
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Eyebrows, Duplication of, With Stretchable Skin and Syndactyly
• Fecal Impaction Removal
• Fibrocystic Breast Disease
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Glomus Tympanicum Tumor
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercholesterolemia Due to LDL Receptor Deficiency
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Laser Laparoscopy
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Lymphocytosis
• Minimally Invasive Parathyrodectomy
• Nail and Nail Bed Infection
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Non-Surgical Bite Correction
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Pancreas Disorders
• Paraesophageal Hernia
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radial Keratotomy
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• Renal Artery Arteriosclerotic Disease
• Robotic Heller Myotomy for the Treatment of Achalasia
• Rumination Disorder
• Salpingo-Oophorectomy With Robotic Assistance
• Schizophreniform and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
• Stereotactic Lesions
• Temporal Bone Disorder
• Thinning of Skin
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tomosynthesis-Guided Breast Biopsy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Transarterial Chemoembolization
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• Vitreoretinochoroidopathy Dominant
• 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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• Blind Hypotensive Eye
• Cataract
• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Cataract Surgery Complications
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chorioretinitis
• Color Blindness
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Contusion of the Eyeball
• Cornea Transplant
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Cyclocryotherapy
• Degenerative Disorders of Globe
• Destruction of Lesion of Retina and Choroid
• Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Drainage of Conjunctival Cyst
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Dry Eyes
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Endophthalmitis
• Esotropia
• Exophoria
• Exotropia
• Eye Disorders
• Eye Surgery
• Eyelid Surgery
• Floaters
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Headache
• Heterophoria
• Hyphema
• Hypopyon
• Hypotony of Eye
• Intraocular Hemorrhage
• Keratitis
• Keratoconus
• Laser Surgery
• Lazy Eye
• Macular Degeneration
• Macular Edema
• Macular Hole
• Malignant Neoplasm of Eye
• Marfan Syndrome
• Migraine
• Nearsightedness
• Nystagmus
• Ocular Prosthetics
• Optic Neuritis
• Orbital Decompression and Orbitotomy
• Paracentesis of Anterior Eye
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Progressive High Myopia
• Pterygium
• Purulent Endophthalmitis
• Removal of Intraocular Foreign Body
• Repair of Brow Ptosis and Blepharoptosis
• Repair of Eye Laceration
• Repair of Retinal Detachment or Retinal Tear
• Retained Intraocular Foreign Body, Non-Magnetic
• Retina and Vitreous Surgery
• Retina Diseases
• Retinal Artery Occlusion
• Retinal Detachment
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Ischemia
• Retinal Laser Photocoagulation
• Retinal Neovascularization
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
• Scleral Reinforcement Surgery
• Senile Cataracts
• Still's Disease
• Trichiasis
• Uveitis
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitrectomy (incl. Macular Hole Repair)
• Vitreoretinal Surgery
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
• Vitreous Surgery
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 35
Spoken Languages
- Hebrew
- Spanish
- Yiddish
Education & Training
Medical School
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University
Bronx, NY, United States
Graduated: 1988
Bronx, NY, United States
Graduated: 1988
Internship Hospital
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA
BROOKLYN , NY, USA
Brooklyn, NY, USA
BROOKLYN , NY, USA
Undergraduate School
Yeshiva College
New York, NY, USA
Graduated: 1984
New York, NY, USA
Graduated: 1984
Awards
1 American Academy of Ophthalmology
2 American Society of Retina Specialists
3 Attending Staff
4 Chairman of the Division of Ophthalmology
5 Clinical Professor Of Ophthalmology, 2009
6 Manhattan Ophthalmologic Society
7 New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology
8 North American Society for Neuro Ophthalmology
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Office Locations
Primary location
Norman A Saffra MD
4802 10th Avenue
New York (NY)
Brooklyn
11219
Phone:(718) 283-8000
Additional data:
Year Established: 2000
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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- Accepts most major Health Plans. Please contact our office for details.
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Affiliated Hospitals
Maimonides Medical Center
4802 10th Avenue
New York NY,
Brooklyn,
11219
1-888-418-0274
At almost 100 years old, Maimonides Medical Center remains a vital and thriving non-profit, non-sectarian hospital. It is the pre-eminent treatment facility and academic medical center in the Borough of Brooklyn – and among the best in the country ... Maimonides provides high quality compassionate...
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