Michael Engelbert, MD

Ophthalmologist

Dr. Michael Engelbert is an Ophthalmologist in New York, NY with special training and skill in performing eye exams, diagnosing and treating eye disease, prescribing medications and performing eye surgery. As an Ophthalmologist, Michael Engelbert, MD performs eye exams, vision care, eye disease diagnosis and treatment, and eye surgery. Ophthalmology is the diagnosis and treatment of all eye and visual ailments including vision services (glasses and contacts) and surgery, as well as the prevention of medical eye disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Ophthalmologists include amblyopia (lazy eye), astigmatism, cataracts, conjunctivitis, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye, eye cancer, glaucoma, hyperopia, macular degeneration, myopia, presbyopia, retinal detachment, strabismus, and uveitis. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Ophthalmologists include eye exams, blepharoplasty, intraoccular lens, laser eye surgery, and photodynamic therapy.

An ophthalmologist has the knowledge and professional skills needed to provide comprehensive eye and vision care. Ophthalmologists are medically trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all ocular and visual disorders. This includes problems affecting the eye and its component structures, the eyelids, the orbit and the visual pathways. In so doing, an ophthalmologist prescribes vision services, including glasses and contact lenses.

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  Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

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• Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists

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• Member of the European VitreoRetinal Society

• Aetna [Aetna Life Insurance Company]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• EmblemHealth [HIP Insurance Company of New York]

• Empire BlueCross BlueShield

• Fidelis Care [New York State Catholic Health Plan, Inc.]

• GHI HMO an EmblemHealth Company

• Healthfirst Insurance Company, Inc.

• MagnaCare [Brighton Health Plan Solutions]

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Multiplan / PHCS [MultiPlan, Inc.]

• UnitedHealthcare Oxford [Oxford Health Insurance, Inc.]