- Dr. Samuel Packer, MD
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Dr. Samuel Packer, MD
Ophthalmology
- New York, Great Neck
Overview
Dr. Samuel Packer, MD works in Great Neck, New York is a specialist in Ophthalmology and graduated Kings Co Med Center in 1967. Dr. Packer is affiliated with North Shore University Hospital Syosset and practicing for 57 years
Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Conditions
• Abscess• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
• Astigmatism
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Beta Thalassemia Intermedia
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Blepharitis
• Botulinum Toxin Injection
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
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• Chorioretinal Scars
• Chronic Infections
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
• Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)
• Diverticulitis
• Dystonia 15, Myoclonic
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Extra-Articular Fracture
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gestational Trophoblastic Tumor
• Glaucoma 1, Open Angle, J
• Hallucinogen Dependence
• Heroin Dependence
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Influenza (Flu)
• Inner Ear Repair
• Kidney Cryosurgery
• Leg Fracture Above Knee (incl. Hip)
• Metastatic Tumors (Brain)
• Motor Neuron Disease
• Multiple Miscarriages
• Negative Rheumatoid Factor Polyarthritis
• Neuropathy, Distal Hereditary Motor, Jerash Type
• Nickel Contact Allergy
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Surgery
• Optic Pathway Glioma
• Pancreas Disorders
• Prostate Cancer - Hereditary - 3
• Radial Keratotomy
• Radical Hysterectomies for Cervical Cancer
• Rectovaginal Repair
• 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
• Thinning of Skin
• Thrombolytic Therapy
• Tilia Tree Pollen Allergy
• Tonsillectomy
• Torsion Dystonia
• Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
• Vaginal Candidiasis
• White Coat Hypertension
• Women's Health Rehabilitation
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Procedures
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration• Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
• Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
• Astigmatism
• Bell's Palsy
• Benign Neoplasm of Choroid
• Benign Neoplasm of Eye
• Blepharitis
• Blocked Tear Duct
• Cataract
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• Cataract Removal Surgery
• Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
• Chalazion
• Chorioretinal Scars
• Conjunctival Hemorrhage
• Corneal Abrasion or Laceration
• Destruction of Lesion of Retina and Choroid
• Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Diplopia
• Drooping Eyelids (Ptosis)
• Drusen
• Dry Eyes
• Ectropion of Eyelid
• Entropion
• Esotropia
• Excision of Chalazion
• Exotropia
• Eyelid Surgery
• Farsightedness
• Floaters
• Fuchs' Corneal Dystrophy
• Glaucoma
• Glaucoma Surgery
• Graves' Disease
• Headache
• Herpetic Keratitis
• Hypotony of Eye
• Keratitis
• Keratoconus
• Lazy Eye
• Macular Edema
• Macular Hole
• Marfan Syndrome
• Migraine
• Nearsightedness
• Nystagmus
• Ocular Hypertension
• Optic Neuritis
• Parasitic Endophthalmitis
• Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
• Pinguecula
• Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis)
• Presbyopia
• Pseudotumor Cerebri
• Pterygium
• Removal of Foreign Body from External Eye
• Retinal Detachment and Retinal Tear
• Retinal Vascular Occlusion
• Senile Cataracts
• Stye
• Trichiasis
• Uveitis and Iridocyclitis
• Visual Field Defects
• Vitreous Hemorrhage
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology
Years Since Graduation
- 57
State License
- New York
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Kings Co Med Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Year completed: 1967
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Year completed: 1967
Medical School
Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1966
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 1966
Residency Hospital
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT, USA
Year completed: 1971
New Haven, CT, USA
Year completed: 1971
Awards
1 AA Oph
2 ARVO
3 AUPO
4 New York State Oph Society
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Office Locations
Primary location
Samuel Packer MD
600 Northern Boulevard Suite 214
New York (NY)
Great Neck
11021
Phone:(516) 465-8400
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 30 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- ABCD HMO
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP)
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) HMO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Freedom Plan
- GHI PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) PPO
- HealthFirst
- Humana
- Locals (any local)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- National Elevator
- Open Access Plus
- Oxford Health Plans
- Oxford Liberty
- Pathway Enhanced Guided Access
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
North Shore University Hospital Syosset
221 Jericho Turnpike
New York NY,
Syosset,
11791
North Shore University Hospital Syosset is a hospital located in Syosset, NY. This hospital reports jointly with North Shore University Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are...
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