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Richard L. Levy, M.D.

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

Locations and Appointments

New Patients
Treats Children

Israel Englander Department of Ophthalmology

212 East 69th Street
Suite 5
New York, NY 10021
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iconAbout 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

iconExpertise

  • Amblyopia
  • Childhood Glaucoma
  • Clinical Research
  • Comprehensive Ophthalmology
  • Double Vision
  • Gradual Changes in Vision
  • Lazy Eye

iconEducation

  • 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

iconLanguages

  • English

iconTitles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Ophthalmologist
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

iconHospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center