Dr. Benjamin Freed

 

optometrist

low vision specialist 

in

Queens County, Nassau County, New York City 

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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  

Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

email : benfreed@optonline.net