Macula Care

WELCOME TO OUR PRACTICEEye Care & Surgery is a cutting-edge eye surgical practice that provides top-quality medical and surgical eye care in New York City at its two offices in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and near the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, right across the street from Yankee Stadium.The providers at Eye Care & Surgery offer the most innovative medical and surgical eye care. Examples include multifocal IOL technology, femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery, premium lens implants, LASIK and PRK, pterygium surgery, and Botox, and filler injections.Patients suffering from vision problems, glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration, diabetic eye problems, and other eye disorders, or adults or children that need comprehensive eye exams, turn to the specialists at Eye Care & Surgery to restore their vision and to improve their overall health and well-being.Eye Care & Surgery warmly welcomes each patient, and the staff ensures that his or her experience is pleasant, comfortable, and efficient. Staff members are fluent in English and Spanish in order to accommodate patients of varying backgrounds.The team members of Eye Care & Surgery maintain their advanced credentials and stay current with the latest advances in medical and surgical eye care to ensure each patient achieves optimal results and the best possible vision. The Eye Care & Surgery team is excited to welcome new patients to the practice.The team members of Eye Care & Surgery maintain their advanced credentials and stay current with the latest advances in medical and surgical eye care to ensure each patient achieves optimal results and the best possible vision. The Eye Care & Surgery team is excited to welcome new patients to the practice.

Sonali D. Talsania, MD is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center and the NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. She is a board-certified ophthalmologist who completed fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus. She specializes in the ophthalmologic care of children and the surgical treatment of strabismus (eye misalignment) in both children and adults. She conducts general pediatric ophthalmologic exams and provides surgical and medical care for a variety of pediatric ophthalmologic conditions, including blocked tear ducts, amblyopia, childhood cataracts, dermoid cyst removal, and eyelid droop repair. She graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in Biology (focus: Neurobiology) and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed an internship at Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard training hospital. She then did her residency at Boston Medical Center, affiliated with Boston University. During residency, she was recognized for her work teaching medical students and received an award for her research in orbital cellulitis in children. She completed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at the Duke Eye Center and practiced for several years in South Florida before joining Columbia.Dr. Talsania is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, as well as the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. She has published in the field of pediatric ophthalmology on the topics of strabismus following glaucoma drainage device implantation and pediatric corneal cross-linking for keratoconus. She was selected as the Jonas Scholar for her work in pediatric ophthalmology at Columbia. She focuses on providing thoughtful care to patients of all ages, and is also dedicated to teaching residents, for which she was honored with the John Wheeler Martin Memorial Teaching Award.