Dr. Carolyn Young Shih, MD

Carolyn Y. Shih, MD, MBA, MPH is the Director of Refractive Surgery at the North Shore – Long Island Jewish Hospital Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Shih received her undergraduate degree with double honors from Brown University where she was elected to become a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Subsequently Dr. Shih attended Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she received her Doctorate of Medicine. During medical school, she was named a Rifkind Research Fellow and received the Alvin Behrens Memorial Fund Award. Dr. Shih has also received a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. She subsequently completed her ophthalmology residency at the Harkness Eye Institute at Columbia University and her Corneal and External Disease fellowship at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary. Dr. Shih specializes in corneal and external diseases that affect vision, including Penetrating Keratoplasty, …Descemet%u2019s Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty, phacoemulsification (sutureless cataract surgery), anterior segment reconstruction, (including sutured intraocular lenses), and refractive surgery. Dr. Shih has published her clinical research in peer-reviewed journals, authored book chapters and presented at national meetings. She is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the New York State Ophthalmology Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

• NORTHWELL HEALTH HOSPITAL

South Shore Eye Care LLP

2185 Wantagh Ave

Wantagh

NY

11793

USA

+15167853900

• Ophthalmology

• Lasik Surgery
• Lens and Cataract Procedures
• Corneal Surgery

• Glaucoma
• Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma
• Macular Degeneration