Dr. Benjamin Freed
optometrist
low vision specialist
in
Queens County, Nassau County, New York City
I test and prescribe glasses and low vision optical devices for people with visual impairment.
email : benfreed@optonline.net
call toll-free in the 800-222-9816
(If out of NY metro area call 914 273 6501)
I see patients every Friday at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center/North Shore University Hospital Eye Department at 600 Northern Boulevard in Great Neck, NY. Hours are by appointment. Call me at 800-222-9816 with any questions or to make an appointment.
I also see patients in NYC at the New York Eye and Ear
Infirmary on 14th Street and Second Avenue. Call me at 800-222-9816 to discuss
an appointment.
driving directions to the Long Island Jewish Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology: The Department is located on the second floor of the office building at 600 Northern Boulevard at the intersection of Lakeville Road in Great Neck. Take the Long Island Expressway to exit 33, and take Lakeville Road north about a mile to Northern Blvd. The building is on your right on the corner of Northern Blvd. and Lakeville Road(do not cross Northern Boulevard.) Turn right into the parking lot. Take the elevator to the second floor, make a right turn and turn to Suite 214 on your left.
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
POSITIONS:
Director, Low
Vision Service, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, N.Y.,N.Y., 1996-present
Assistant
Clinical Professor, State
University of New York College of Optometry, New York, N.Y.,December
1982-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
Faculty, The
Lighthouse International Continuing Education Program, 1982 to present
Clinician,
Lighthouse International Low Vision Clinic
1983-2001
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
Clinical
Supervisor, The Suffolk Lighthouse Low Vision Service, Medford, New York, April
1988-May 1991
STATE OPTOMETRY
LICENCES: New York, Connecticut
email : benfreed@optonline.net