Subspecialty retinal care for Central New York.
Five board-certified retina surgeons. Four offices. A practice that has cared for the retinas of patients across the region for more than fifty years.
Retina-Vitreous Surgeons of Central New York has cared for patients with retinal disease for more than fifty years. Our five board-certified, fellowship-trained surgeons treat the full range of vitreoretinal conditions — from age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy to retinal detachment, vein occlusion, and complex surgical disease.
We are an independent, physician-owned practice. That independence allows us to invest in the imaging, surgical, and pharmaceutical technologies that produce the best outcomes — and to build the kind of working relationships with referring optometrists and ophthalmologists that this specialty depends on.
We conduct clinical research in our own offices, giving Central New York patients access to the same therapies, trials, and surgical techniques offered at the largest academic centers in the country. Through our affiliation with SUNY Upstate Medical University, our partners also teach the next generation of ophthalmologists and serve the broader community. We are welcoming our first vitreoretinal surgery fellow in 2026, expanding our long-standing role in graduate medical education.
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The partners.
All five are board-certified ophthalmologists with subspecialty fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery.
Four offices across Central New York, the North Country, and the Southern Tier.
A direct line to the retina.
Optometrists and ophthalmologists across the region refer to RVS for prompt, communicative consultation. We see urgent referrals same-day, return notes within 24 hours, and are available by phone when you need us.
- Prompt evaluation for retinal detachment, sudden vision loss, and other urgent referrals
- Direct physician-to-physician phone access
- Comprehensive imaging on-site, including OCT, OCT angiography, fluorescein and ICG angiography, fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, and ocular ultrasound
- Active clinical trials in AMD, geographic atrophy, NPDR, and DME