Patient Care Bio
Director - Flaum Eye Institute
Dr. Feldon is an internationally acclaimed clinical and basic scientist with a specialty in orbital disease and neuro-ophthalmology. In 2001, he was appointed chair of the University of Rochester Department of Ophthalmology, and is now Director of the Flaum Eye Institute.
Devoted to patient care, Dr. Feldon's special interest is in the management of patients with thyroid-associated eye disease. Cranial nerve palsies, disorders of the optic nerve, visual field loss, and eye movement problems are all specialty areas. He offers surgical services for orbital tumors, reconstruction, and decompression, as well as paralytic strabismus and correction of abnormalities. Now leading a world-class team of eye care specialists, his clinical expertise has been recognized in "Best Doctors in America."
Before coming to Rochester, Dr. Feldon served as associate chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California and vice president of the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles, which ranks No. 7 nationally.
An inventor of ophthalmic instruments and a scientific investigator, Dr. Feldon is involved in a number of local and national clinical trials and basic science collaborations. He oversees a productive relationship between the University of Rochester and Bausch & Lomb, leveraging joint resources to advance scientific knowledge in the field of ophthalmology and helping to establish Rochester as one of the nation's top 10 centers for eye research and clinical care.
Dr. Feldon earned his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, along with a research fellowship in neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and a clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. He is the former president of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmic Society.
Dr. Feldon sees patients at the University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute offices. The office is located at 210 Crittenden Boulevard.
| Distinguished Senior Award
NANOS
Dates: 2005 |
2005 - 2005 |
| Senior Honor Award
AAO
Dates: 2005 |
2005 - 2005 |
| Listed -- "American's Top Doctors"
Dates: 2001-2006 |
2001 - Present |
| Beta Gamma Sigma
Business Honor Society
Dates: 1997 |
1997 - 1997 |
| Listed -- "The Best Doctors in America"
Ophthalmology and Neurology Sections
Dates: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
1994 - Present |
| Post-Doctoral Research Training Award
National Eye Institute
Fellowship #1 F32 EY05303-01
Dates: 1978 - 1979 |
1978 - 1979 |
| Heed Fellowship (Declined in order to accept NIH Award)
Dates: 1978 - 1979 |
1978 - 1979 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha
Honor Medical Society
Date: 1973 |
1973 - 1973 |
