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James Maisel, MD, Ophthalmology, Hicksville, NY

JamesMaiselMD

Ophthalmology Hicksville, NY

Retinal Disease

Chairman, Retina Group of New York Chairman, ZyDoc

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  • Office

    400 South Oyster Bay Road
    Suite 305
    Hicksville, NY 11801
    Phone+1 516-939-6100
    Fax+1 516-939-2510

Summary

  • Dr. Maisel, founder of the Retina Group of New York, is a Board Certified ophthalmologist who completed the Dyson fellowship in Vitreous and Retinal surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He has received a Special Congressional Award for his work in diabetic retinopathy and the Banko Gift of Sight Award. He also was named the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Humanitarian of the year.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Ophthalmology, 1982 - 1983
  • Nassau University Medical Center
    Nassau University Medical CenterResidency, Ophthalmology, 1979 - 1982
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth Israel
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth IsraelInternship, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1979
  • New York Medical College
    New York Medical CollegeClass of 1978
  • Kenyon College
    Kenyon CollegeBA, Chemistry, Cum Laude, 1969 - 1973

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1979 - 2026
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1990 - 2025
  • American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Anton Banko Small Incision Surgery Award 2019
  • Congressional Special Recognition for Speech Recognition and Diabetes Congressman Suozo, 2019
  • Humanitarian of the Year Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Retina Group of New York Chairman James M. Maisel, MD Chairs Diabetes Epidemiology, Prevention, Care and Management Section at 5th World Diabetes Congress in Prague
    Retina Group of New York Chairman James M. Maisel, MD Chairs Diabetes Epidemiology, Prevention, Care and Management Section at 5th World Diabetes Congress in PragueJuly 18th, 2017
  • Retina Group of New York to Exhibit at the No-Charge JDRF Long Island Chapter Type One Nation Summit for Curing Diabetes
    Retina Group of New York to Exhibit at the No-Charge JDRF Long Island Chapter Type One Nation Summit for Curing DiabetesMarch 7th, 2017
  • American Diabetes Association to Offer No-Cost Health Screenings and Resources for New Yorkers Living with Diabetes or Trying to Prevent the Disease
    American Diabetes Association to Offer No-Cost Health Screenings and Resources for New Yorkers Living with Diabetes or Trying to Prevent the DiseaseFebruary 10th, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Natural Language Processing–Enabled and Conventional Data Capture Methods for Input to Electronic Health Records: A Comparative Usability StudyNational Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R43LM011165.2014–2016
  • Feasibility of EHR data capture involving the application of NLP to transcribed dictationCenter for Advanced Information Management, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology funded by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).2014–2015

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Other Languages

  • Italian