
Overview
Dr. Jason Horowitz, Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, joined Columbia in 2011 after a rewarding 25-year experience delivering retinal care to the Waterbury, Connecticut community. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Medical School, Dr. Horowitz was an ophthalmology resident at Yale before completing a retinal fellowship at Cornell, where he trained under Dr. Stanley Chang.Dr. Horowitz’s interests in ophthalmology are wide ranging. He is currently Medical Director of the Residents’ Eye Clinic at Harkness, where some of the most complicated and diverse patients in the world are evaluated and treated for an astonishing variety of ocular diseases. In a completely different domain, Dr. Horowitz has assumed the role of performing essential evaluations for retinopathy of prematurity in the infant patients of the world famous neonatal intensive care unit at Columbia’s Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York.In yet another realm, Dr. Horowitz manages complex retinal and macular disorders in adults such as retinal detachments and macular pucker. Together with his 36 years of retinal practice experience, Dr. Horowitz employs the full range of cutting-edge medical and surgical modalities in his practice. He particularly values the ability to use the most improved, up-to-date laser, pharmacological, and surgical therapies to successfully prevent (and, in some cases, even correct) profound visual impairment in conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and macular holes or epiretinal membranes.
Dr. Horowitz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papilledema. His top areas of expertise are Retinopathy of Prematurity, Retinal Detachment, Glaucoma, Vitrectomy, and Iridectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 45 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
622 West 168th Street, 4th Fl, New York, NY 10032
622 W 168th Street, Vanderbilt Clinic Building, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10032
880 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Horowitz has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
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Mark Kupersmith is an Ophthalmologist in New York, New York. Dr. Kupersmith is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papilledema. His top areas of expertise are Papilledema, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, Optic Neuritis, and Thymectomy.
Patrick Sibony is an Ophthalmologist in East Setauket, New York. Dr. Sibony is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papilledema. His top areas of expertise are Papilledema, Increased Intracranial Pressure, Benign Essential Blepharospasm, and Strabismus.
Weill Medical College Of Cornell
Marc Dinkin is an Ophthalmologist and a Neurologist in New York, New York. Dr. Dinkin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papilledema. His top areas of expertise are Increased Intracranial Pressure, Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome, Papilledema, Stent Placement, and Vitrectomy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Retinopathy of PrematurityDr. Horowitz isDistinguished. Learn about Retinopathy of Prematurity.
- Advanced
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD)
- CataractDr. Horowitz isAdvanced. Learn about Cataract.
- Diabetic RetinopathyDr. Horowitz isAdvanced. Learn about Diabetic Retinopathy.
- GlaucomaDr. Horowitz isAdvanced. Learn about Glaucoma.
- Late-Onset Retinal DegenerationDr. Horowitz isAdvanced. Learn about Late-Onset Retinal Degeneration.
- Ocular Hypertension (OHT)Dr. Horowitz isAdvanced. Learn about Ocular Hypertension (OHT).
- Experienced
- Birdshot ChorioretinopathyDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
- Central Serous ChorioretinopathyDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.
- Choroid Plexus CarcinomaDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about Choroid Plexus Carcinoma.
- CMV RetinitisDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about CMV Retinitis.
- Cone DystrophyDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about Cone Dystrophy.
- Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis ImperfectaDr. Horowitz isExperienced. Learn about Cone Rod Dystrophy Amelogenesis Imperfecta.
