Free Cataract Surgery for Eligible Queens and Long Island Residents
July 29, 2009 (Westbury, NY) – Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI) will participate in the Mission Cataract USA program, offering FREE outpatient cataract surgery throughout August and September to residents of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens who are not covered by medical insurance and who are unable to pay for the surgery themselves. Dr. Stanley Berke is one of several ophthalmologists from OCLI who will donate his time and talents to Mission Cataract USA. Dr. Berke will perform this outpatient surgical procedure at the Island Eye Surgicenter. The procedure is designed to give the gift of sight back to those who have lost some or all of their vision because of cataracts. For more information, please visit www.ocli.net.
A resident of Rockville Centre, Dr. Berke is a board certified ophthalmologist specializing in glaucoma treatment and cataract surgery. After completing his ophthalmology residency at Nassau County Medical Center, where he served as chief resident, he completed a fellowship in glaucoma and cataract surgery at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Berke is an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is a fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Nassau Surgical Society and Nassau Academy of Medicine.
OCLI has performed charitable surgical procedures for many years with various local service organizations including The Lion’s Eye Bank and The Sons of Italy. For this Mission Cataract effort, the doctors, technicians and nurses volunteer their services free of charge. The procedures will be performed at no cost at the Island Eye Surgicenter in Carle Place.
Those who meet Mission Cataract guidelines and want more information should visit www.ocli.net or call: 1-866-SEE-OCLI (1-866-733-6254) before August 31st.