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Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology NYU, Founding Partner Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, OCLI Vision, Garden City, Ophthalmic Consultants of CT (OCC), Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

A little-known or interesting thing about you...

I was born in the Philippines on a United States Naval Base.

A person in your field you look up to…

My senior partner,Henry Perry, has been a mentor to me for 35 years. He is deeply committed to the field of cornea and continues to innovate and teach for almost 50 years.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist...

I cannot imagine being anything other than an ophthalmologist. This has been my dream since I was in elementary school.

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