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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Punctate Inner Choroidopathy. 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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Locations
189 Forest Ave, Suite 2C, Glen Cove, NY 11542
649 Broadway, Massapequa, NY 11758
330 Old Country Rd, 100, Mineola, NY 11501
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Bacotti 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.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Allergic ConjunctivitisDr. Bacotti isDistinguished. Learn about Allergic Conjunctivitis.
- Advanced
- 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