Dr. Joseph L. Bacotti
Overview
Joseph Bacotti is a board-certified ophthalmologist at OCLI’s Mineola location. Dr. Bacotti graduated from Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, in 1973 and attended medical school in Monterrey, Mexico. He received his medical degree in medicine and surgery in 1978 and completed his internship at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, New York. Continuing his education, Dr. Bacotti completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, New York, in 1982. Dr. Bacotti has been a member of the Mineola Lions Club for many years. He lectures on diabetes, glaucoma, and macular degeneration for the Lions district and is the district co-chair for sight.
Professional societies that Dr. Bacotti is associated with include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, New York State Ophthalmological Society (past president), Long Island Ophthalmological Society (past president), Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (board member), Nassau Academy of Medicine (past president, ophthalmology section), Nassau County Medical Society, American College of Surgeons, State Medical Society (board of directors and vice chairman, delegate), Lions Eye Bank of Long Island, and Lions Club (Long Island) co-chair for sight.
He lectures extensively to ophthalmologists, other physicians, optometrists, opticians, and technicians on optics, vision correction, and all aspects of eye care, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Dr. Bacotti is an associate at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI), an eye-care group consisting of over 30 eye doctors and surgeons representing a broad spectrum of specialties in ophthalmology and optometry, with 63 locations throughout Long Island.
Dr. Bacotti is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). His top areas of expertise are Allergic Conjunctivitis, Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye), Cataract, and Glaucoma.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Dr. Spaide specializes in diseases of the retina and vitreous. His particular interests include retinal surgery, Macular Degeneration, Macular Holes, Macular Pucker, Diabetic Retinopathy, and intraocular inflammation. He has published more than 300 articles and 50 book chapters and 9 books about the diagnosis and treatment of Retinal Diseases. He has given lectures around the world.He has a remarkable number of “firsts” in retinal diseases including the development of autofluorescence imaging using a fundus camera and the first practical method to image deeper structures in the eye with optical coherence tomography. These imaging methods now are used around the world. He has described many new findings and diseases of the eye and helped develop many novel treatments. He has developed numerous surgical instruments that were named after him and holds patents for ophthalmic inventions.He is the recipient of the Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award in the Visual Sciences, the Senior Honor Award from the American Society of Retinal Surgeons, and the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Opthalmology and the Prix Soubrane de la Recherche en Ophthalmologie, Award of Merit from the Retina Society, the Henkind Award, Coscas Award, Nataraja Pillai Award, W. Richard Green MD Award, George Theodossiadis Award, Founders Award, American Society of Retinal Surgeons, Life Achievement Honor Award, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Spaide is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). His top areas of expertise are Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Geographic Atrophy, Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, and Vitrectomy.
Dr. Slakter is a native of Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Pomona College in 1979 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1983 and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha fraternity. He completed residency training in ophthalmology at the Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital in 1987 and a year of fellowship training in medical and surgical retinal diseases also at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital in New York. Dr. Slakter is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). His top areas of expertise are Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration, Geographic Atrophy, Retinal Detachment, and Vitrectomy.
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Marco Zarbin is an Ophthalmologist in Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Zarbin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD). His top areas of expertise are Endophthalmitis, Retinal Detachment, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD), Vitrectomy, and Trabeculectomy.
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- Allergic ConjunctivitisDr. Bacotti isDistinguished. Learn about Allergic Conjunctivitis.
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- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- AmblyopiaDr. Bacotti isAdvanced. Learn about Amblyopia.
- BlepharitisDr. Bacotti isAdvanced. Learn about Blepharitis.
- CataractDr. Bacotti isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- ChalazionDr. Bacotti isAdvanced. Learn about Chalazion.
- Congenital CataractDr. Bacotti isAdvanced. Learn about Congenital Cataract.
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- Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy (BCD)Dr. Bacotti isExperienced. Learn about Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy (BCD).
- Blocked Tear DuctDr. Bacotti isExperienced. Learn about Blocked Tear Duct.
- ChemosisDr. Bacotti isExperienced. Learn about Chemosis.
- Choroid Plexus CarcinomaDr. Bacotti isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
- Cone DystrophyDr. Bacotti isExperienced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta