Vision Center Of New York

SpecialtiesEye Physician & Surgeon

Gladys Lee, MD, is an eye physician and surgeon certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and received her medical degree from Boston University. She completed a Combined Medicine and Surgery Internship at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital, and her Ophthalmology Residency at Brown University. Dr. Lee's career includes serving as an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Vermont and an ophthalmologist at the University of Vermont Medical Center. She later founded Monadnock Eye Physicians and Surgeons, where she led a team of surgeons and staff for 10 years. Dr. Lee provides comprehensive eye exams, dry eye evaluation and treatment, glaucoma management, including glaucoma laser procedures, diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration monitoring, and treatment and exams for eye infections, corneal abrasions, styes, ocular migraines, and flashes and floaters. Dr. Lee is currently on the medical staff of Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (MEETH). Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and proficient in Spanish, Dr. Lee is committed to providing personalized and accessible care to a diverse patient population.

Dr. Jay Fleischman began his career as a systems analyst and programmer at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York while earning his degrees in applied mathematics, computer engineering, and medicine from Columbia University. He completed his ophthalmology training at the Wilmer Institute at Johns Hopkins and specialized in retina at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In 1980, Dr. Fleischman became the Director of Retina at the Bethesda Eye Institute at St. Louis University. He later took on the role of Director at Montefiore Hospital, affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in 1988. In 2000, he transitioned to private practice while continuing to serve as a Clinical Associate Professor.Since 1984, Dr. Fleischman has lectured and taught surgical techniques worldwide through Project ORBIS, the Flying Eye Hospital. He has authored numerous papers and holds several patents, including a device designed to restore vision for patients with macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss after age 55. Among his many inventions, the laser endophotocoagulator has become an essential tool and a global standard of care for advanced surgical retina cases.As an expert in diabetes treatment and its complications, particularly diabetic retinopathy, Dr. Fleischman participated as an investigator in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), a pivotal study by the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. He has consulted for various companies, including HGM, Alcon, and Mentor, and has served as an advisor for Dauphin Capital Management, NGN Capital Management, and Pfizer. Currently, he is a healthcare advisor to CRT Capital.