Our Team of Doctors
Jeremy Chess, MD
Jeremy Chess, MD
Graduate of Six-Year Medical Program, Boston University School of Medicine, 1970
Resident in Ophthalmology, Boston University, 1971-1974
Practice of General Ophthalmology, 1975-1981
Fellow in Retinal Disease, Surgery and Ocular Pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1981-1983
Director of Ophthalmology, College Hospital of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1983-1988
Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Founder, Retina Group P.C., a citywide practice specializing in vitro-retinal disorders.
Navid Hakimian, MD
Graduate of Tufts Medical School, Boston, MA, 1991
Resident in Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University Hospital, NY, 1991 – 1995
Fellow in Retinal Diseases and Surgery, 1995 – 1997
Associate, Retina Group P.C., 1997 – Present
Navid Hakimian, MD
Issac Moradi, MD
Issac Moradi, MD
Graduate of Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, NY, 1995
Resident in Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University Hospital, NY, 1996-1999
Fellow in Vitreoretinal Disease and Surgery, 1999-2001
Associate, Retina Group P.C., 2003 – Present
Elona Dhrami, MD
University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, 1987-1992
Internal Medicine Internship – University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania, 1992-1993
Ophthalmology Residency – Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania, 1993-1998
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, 1996-1999
Attending ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania, 1998-1999
Post-University School, University of Tirana, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana, Albania, 1997-1998
Kreissig-Lincoff Retinal Detachment Course, Tübingen, Germany, 1999
Surgical Retina Internship, University Eye Clinic, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1999
Medical Retina Internship, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 1999
Clinical Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York, NY, 2002-2010
Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates Certification, 2009
General Surgery Internship, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 2010-2011
Ophthalmology Residency, Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 2011-2014 – Chief Resident, 2013-2014
Instructor in Clinical Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York, NY, 2014-2016
Retinal Surgery Fellowship, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, New York, NY; Vitreous-Retina-Macula Consultants of New York, NY; Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY and New York University, Department of Ophthalmology, New York, NY, 2014-2016
Assistant Professor in Clinical Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 2016-2017
Associate, Retina Group, P.C., 2016 – Present
Elona Dhrami, MD
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