Columbia Ophthalmologists Honored Among 2018's Best Eye Doctors in New York, Nation

​Doctors from the Columbia Department of Ophthalmology were, again, named as the best eye doctors in New York and the United States in an assortment of 2018 industry best lists. Among them, Columbia University eye doctors made Best Doctors of America, Castle Connolly's national, regional and metropolitatn lists of top physician specialists, as well as Super Doctors and Super Doctors - Rising Stars, as listed below.

Dr. Stanley Chang (retina), Dr. Jeffrey Liebmann (glaucoma), and Dr. Jeffrey Odel (neuro-ophthalmology) were among those who have consistently remained in the rankings since 2016, according in New York Magazine's Best Doctor List. The publication's listing comes out each May. Ophthalmologists named including our Department chair, Dr. George Cioffi (glaucoma) was included in the 2018 Castle Connolly lists of America's Top Doctors, Regional Top Doctors, and Metro Top Doctors listing. Full details are listed below.  

In addition, three of our surgeons, Dr. Royce Chen,  Dr. Danielle Trief  and Dr. Lauren Yeager were named 2017 Super Doctors - Rising Stars for the New York Metro area.

Others from a broad selection of sub-specialties were also named as notables for 2018, as follows:

NEW - 2018 – Castle Connolly's America's Top Doctors

Stanley Chang, MD

George “Jack” Cioffi, MD

Jeffrey Liebmann, MD

Jeffrey Odel, MD

George Florakis, MD*

Pamela Gallin, MD*

Michael Kazim, MD*

NEW - 2018 – Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors

Lama Al-Aswad, MD, MPH

Srilaxmi Bearelly, MD, MHS

Jason Horowitz, MD

Lisa Park, MD

Leejee Suh, MD

Tongalp Tezel, MD

NEW - 2018 – Castle Connolly NY Metro Top Doctors

James Auran, MD

Srilaxmi Bearelly, MD, MHS

Daniel Casper, MD, PHD

D. Jackson Coleman, MD

Rajendra Bansal, MD*

Philip J. Ferrone, MD

Martin Leib, MD*

John C. Merriam, MD

Joel S. Mindel, MD

John Mitchell, MD

Louis D. Pizzarello, MD

John R. Stabile, MD

Michael Weiss, MD*

2018 Super Doctors and Super Doctors - Rising Stars

James Auran, MD

Daniel Casper, MD, PHD

Stanley Chang, MD

Royce W.S. Chen, MD ("Rising Star")

Jeffrey Liebmann, MD

Jeffrey Odel, MD

Danielle Trief, MD, MSc ("Rising Star")

Lauren Yeager, MD ("Rising Star")

Nancy Fan-Paul, MD*

George Florakis, MD*

Bailey K. Freund, MD*

Pamela Gallin, MD*

Steven A. Kane, MD*

Michael Kazim, MD*

Golnaz Moazami, MD*

Hermann Schubert, MD*

2018 New York Magazine’s Best Doctor

Stanley Chang, MD

George “Jack” Cioffi, MD

Jeffrey Liebmann, MD

Pamela Gallin, MD*

Michael Kazim, MD*

*Teaching Faculty