Bruce M. Zagelbaum

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Bruce Mitchel Zagelbaum [1] is an American ophthalmologist specializing in cornea and external disease, laser vision correction, eye trauma, and sports ophthalmology. He authored the textbook Sports Ophthalmology, [2] and was the principal investigator in eye injury studies involving players in Major League Baseball [3] [4] [5] and in the National Basketball Association. [6] [7] [8] [9] He is an associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital where he is an attending physician. [10] [11] [12]

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Early life and education

Zagelbaum grew up in Queens. He graduated from Queens College of the City University of New York with a B.A. in biology. He received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School in 1988. Zagelbaum completed his residency training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1992. [13] He completed advanced fellowship training in anterior segment diseases and surgery, including cataracts, laser vision correction (LASIK), eye trauma, and corneal transplants at North Shore University Hospital / Cornell University Medical College in 1993.

Career

In 1994, Zagelbaum became a clinical instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Cornell University School of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital. By 1997 he was an assistant clinical professor at New York University School of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital, where by 2003 he became an associate professor. He founded New York Ophthalmology, P.C., in Long Island, New York.

Zagelbaum's research during these years focused on sports-related eye injuries, and he published and co-published a number of papers on this subject. As a result, he was asked to serve as the team ophthalmologist for the New York Mets, [14] [15] the New York Jets and the New York Dragons. He has served as an ophthalmology consultant for the U.S. Tennis Open, Flushing New York, and St. John University's Queen's campus Department of Athletics. [8] He is also the ophthalmology consultant to the National Football League [15] and the team ophthalmologist for the New York Islanders. [16] [17] [18]

A number of news sources have quoted Zagelbaum's views on sports related injuries, protective eyewear, and refractive surgery, and interviewed him about his role as a team ophthalmologist, and his studies of eye injuries in major league baseball and professional basketball. [19] [20] [14]

Zagelbaum sat on the editorial board and was a reviewer for The Physician and Sportsmedicine journal. [8] He was also a reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American College of Surgeons. Zagelbaum served on the medical committee for the Association of Boxing Commissions for mixed martial arts and boxing. He is an Honorary Police Surgeon with the New York Police Dept (NYPD) since 2014.

Awards

Zagelbaum has been presented with the American Medical Association Physician's Recognition Award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology Lifetime Education Award, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award.

Publications

Zagelbaum has co-published a number of studies on the subject of sports injuries to the eye in the New England Journal of Medicine and Archives of Ophthalmology. [4] [5] [6]

Textbooks

Textbook chapters

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References

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  2. ↑ Michael Elman, M.D., 1998, "Books, Software, and Electronic Media", Elsevier Science Inc., p. 330
  3. ↑ New Scientist. New Science Publications. 1994. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  4. 1 2 Lawrence Arnold, "Doctors go to bat for ballplayers' face guards", Ashbury Park Press, April 1994, p. A1 & A6
  5. 1 2 "Around the Majors", The Washington Post, April 7, 1994
  6. 1 2 Don Coble, "Seeing the light on stopping eye injures", Clayton News Daily, Jonesboro, G.A., June 20, 1995
  7. ↑ "Basketball Players: Protect Eyes", Hicksville Illustrated News, July 7, 1995
  8. 1 2 3 David Groves, May 1996, "Refractive surgery: Defining rupture risks",[ permanent dead link ]The Physician and Sportsmedicine, Vol 24, No. 5, p. 39 & 40
  9. ↑ Eric Fidler, "Doctor: All NBA players should wear goggles", Herald, Rockhill, S.C., June 17, 1995
  10. ↑ John Hanc, "Protecting Eyes from Sports Injuries", New York Newsday, December 4, 1993
  11. ↑ Fall 1993, "Strike out baseball eye injuries", Keeping Well Health
  12. ↑ Laura J. Ronge, August 1997, "Protective eyewear for kids in sports: It works, prescribe it", Argus Ophthalmology, Vol. 2, No. 8, p. 26 & 28
  13. ↑ Leslie Bendra Sabbagh, "Crack use increases risk of eye problems", American Academy of Ophthalmology Report, p. 49 & 51
  14. 1 2 Rafael Hermoso, "Met's Gilkey comes out swinging", Daily News, New York, N.Y.
  15. 1 2 Chet Scerra, December 15, 1999, "More top athletes undergoing LASIK to improve vision", Ophthalmology Times, Vol. 24, No. 24
  16. ↑ " Arbour Makes His Comeback, and Islanders Make It Count" Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine . New York Times, By Joshua Robinson. November 4, 2007
  17. ↑ Mark Herrmann, "Good News For DiPietro" Archived 2018-01-01 at the Wayback Machine , Newsday, Long Island, NY, November 5, 2007, p. A53
  18. ↑ Sheryl Stevenson, November 15, 1997, "Ophthalmologist help put NHL eye injuries on ice", Ophthalmology Times, p. 22
  19. ↑ "Mets' Valentine Draws Heat for Disguise Stunt", San Francisco Chronicle June 8, 1999.
  20. ↑ Sheryl Stevenson, "Eye doctors go to bat for injuries", July 1, 1997, Ophthalmology Times, p. 12
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