Dr. Benjamin Freed

optometrist/low vision specialist

DR FREED IS NOW RETIRED

CURRICULUM VITAE:  

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1978

Doctor of Optometry, State University of New York, College of Optometry, 1982

Externship: The Lighthouse, Inc., New York, New York. Low Vision Externship, 1982

CERTIFICATION:

Low Vision Specialist, Committee on Low Vision Practice of the New York State Optometric Association

New York State Phase One and Two Therapeutic Pharmaceuticals for Optometrists

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, May, 2008

Assistant Clinical Professor of Optometry, State University of New York College of Optometry, New York, N.Y.,December 1982-present

CLINICAL POSITIONS:

Director, Low Vision Service, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, N.Y.,N.Y., 1996-present

Unit Chief, Homebound Program, University Optometric Center of the State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, N.Y., 1993 to present

Clinician, Lighthouse International Low Vision Clinic  1983 to present

Attending Optometrist:

Long Island Jewish Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology, January 1983-present

Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, N.Y., Department of Ophthalmology, May 1989-present

St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Department of Ophthalmology, Manhattan, September 2004 to present.(Junior Assistant Attending)

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Bronx, NY, September 2006-present

Clinical Supervisor, The Suffolk Lighthouse Low Vision Service, Medford, New York, April 1988-May 1991

   DR FREED IS NOW RETIRED

STATE OPTOMETRY LICENCES: New York, Connecticut 

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Carrier Lenses Adapted for Headborne Telescope. Review of Optometry. January, 1984. p.111.

2. A Method for the Measurement of the Vertical Drilling Angle of Headborne Telescopes. The Journal of Vision Rehabilitation. vol.1,no.2,1985.

3. A New Method for the Measurement of Transverse Magnification. The Journal of Vision Rehabilitation. vol.1,no.2,1987.

4. Refracting the Low Vision Patient. The Journal of Vision Rehabilitation. vol.1,no.4,1987.

5. Clinical Categories of Stand Magnifiers. The Journal of Vision Rehabilitation. vol.4.no.1,1990.

6. Clinical Implication of the AIDS Low Vision Patient: Six Case Studies. The Journal of Vision Rehabilitation. vol.5,no.1,1991.

7. Including Optometric Services for the Homebound Elderly in the Curriculum. Optometric Education. Vol.21.,no.1,1995.

8. The Lighthouse Ophthalmology Training Manual, co-author with Eleanor Faye,MD, Darren Albert, MD, Karen Seidman, MPA and Michael Fischer, OD, 2000.

Notable recent activities:

2000 Completed 15-minute documentary film about the University Optometric Center’s Homebound Eye Care Program, entitled, “Homebound”

February, 2001: Consulted with Lighthouse International on 10 day trip to two eye hospitals in India to monitor the implementation of low vision care.

March 2003: Was awarded an honor by the Bronx Advisory Board of Visions Services for the Blind at their Annual Awards Luncheon for “Commitment to Seniors in the Bronx Community”

March 2004: Speaker at Vision Expo, Javits Center, New York, NY. “ The Secrets of Refracting and Prescribing for the Low Vision Patient”

November, 2004: Presentation to The New York Institute for Special Education, Bronx, New York: “Low Vision Management in Children and Adults”

DR FREED IS NOW RETIRED