Meet LASIK Surgeon and Ophthalmologist Dr. Richard Gordon

Dr. Richard Gordon graduated with honors from Amherst College and completed medical school at the New York University School of Medicine. He interned at the Hospital of St. Raphael/Yale University School of Medicine and was chief resident in ophthalmology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Gordon completed a fellowship in glaucoma surgery and management at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary. Dr. Gordon is a skilled LASIK surgeon and ophthalmologist serving Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. To learn more about Dr. Gordon, contact us today.

He has published numerous articles on ophthalmology and refractive surgery in prestigious journals such as the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, and Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. He is a reviewer for Ophthalmology, the journal for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Gordon is currently Clinical Associate Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary. He is one of the founding members of the Excimer Laser Users Group at the Infirmary. He is on staff at both Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY and The River Drive Laser and Surgery Center in Elmwood Park, NJ. He is currently the Medical Director of the Palisades Laser Eye Center located in Hudson Valley. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the American Glaucoma Society, and the New York Ophthalmology Society. Dr. Gordon was recently voted one of the best ophthalmologists in Hudson Valley by Townline Magazine.

Dr. Gordon has extensive experience in Laser Correction Surgery and has performed thousands of vision correction procedures in Hudson Valley and the Hudson Valley which is why he is acknowledged as one of the Leading Laser Correction Surgeons.

Pictures from Dr. Gordon's medical mission in Peru.