Dr.
Cykiert has been in private practice in New York City since
July 1981. His main specialties are:
He has
lectured extensively on these and related subjects. Additionally,
he also has a general Ophthalmology practice which includes,
but is not limited to: contact lenses, laser surgery,
glaucoma diagnosis and treatment, eye allergies, eye infections,
external disease, management of eye surgery complications,
general eye checkups and exams, and examinations for eyeglasses.
Dr.
Robert Cykiert is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, or
Eye M.D. He completed his Residency training in Ophthalmology
at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore
Medical Center in New York City from 1977-1980. He was appointed
Chief Resident in Ophthalmology by the Chairman of the Department.
Following this he completed a year long Cornea and External
Disease Fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson
University in Philadelphia.
Since
1981 Dr. Cykiert has been practicing Ophthalmology in New
York City, and specializing in Laser Vision Correction (LVC),
LASIK, PRK, Excimer Laser Surgery, Corneal Transplant Surgery,
Minimally Invasive Cataract and Implant Surgery, and a variety
of other complicated surgeries of the anterior segment (front
part) of the eye.
Dr.
Cykiert is actively involved in the Resident teaching programs
of the hospitals that he is on staff of. He is a Clinical
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the NYU (New York
University) Medical Center and NYU School of Medicine. He
is also an Attending Surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear
Infirmary. Dr. Cykiert has served for many years as
a Cornea, Laser Vision Correction and Anterior Segment Consultant
to many Ophthalmologists in the New York City Metropolitan
area. He has also been invited by many hospitals and Medical
Centers, in the USA and abroad, to give numerous lectures
on a variety of topics in the fields of his expertise. In
1998, NEW YORK MAGAZINE honored Dr. Cykiert by picking him
as one of the the Best Ophthalmologists in New York.
LASIK
and Laser Vision Correction Specialist
Dr.
Cykiert is one of New York City's leading LASIK specialists.
He was one of the first Ophthalmologists in New York to
perform Laser Vision Correction in late 1995, when it was
first approved by the FDA. Since then he has treated numerous
very happy and satisfied people who are now seeing very
clearly without glasses or contact lenses. Thus far not
one of Dr. Cykiert's patients has needed to go back to wearing
glasses or contact lenses for their distance vision. This
is an excellent success rate, unsurpassed by anyone.
Dr.
Cykiert has treated patients in a variety of occupations
including architects, pilots, dentists, investment bankers,
attorneys and many physicians and surgeons who are his colleagues.
These are people who are extremely dependent on their vision
for their careers and livelihood and cannot afford to have
anything but the best possible vision.
As
a result of Dr. Cykiert's corneal training and expertise,
and his experience with Laser Vision Correction, he has
lectured on these topics to many other Ophthalmologists
in the USA and Canada. He has also trained many other Ophthalmologists
in New York in Laser Vision Correction techniques. Dr. Cykiert
is also a consultant to other Ophthalmologists who perform
LASIK, and to patients who seek second opinions about having
LASIK or Laser Vision Correction.
Specialty
and Subspecialty
Dr.
Cykiert is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, Eye MD. He
specializes in Laser Vision Correction (LVC) using the LASIK
(and PRK) techniques; Cornea and External Disease; and Minimally
Invasive Cataract and Implant Surgery.
Hospital
and Medical School Affiliations
Dr.
Cykiert is an Ophthalmology Professor at the NYU (New York
University) School of Medicine and Medical Center. He is
an attending Physician at NYU University Tisch Hospital
and an attending Surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.
He is also an attending Ophthalmologist at Lenox Hill Hospital,
Bellevue Hospital Medical Center and the Manhattan Veterans
Administration Hospital. Dr. Cykiert is actively involved
in the Residency program at NYU Medical Center and Bellevue
Hospital where he teaches Cataract Surgery, Corneal Transplant
Surgery and LASIK - Laser Vision Correction to Ophthalmologists
in training.
Insurance
plan participation
Medicare,
United Health Care, MagnaCare, GHI, H.I.P., MultiPlan, Oxford
and many others. Please call the office for details. Always
remember to bring a REFERRAL FORM from your Primary Care
Doctor. (Unfortunately most insurance companies and HMOs
do not pay for LASIK or Laser Vision Correction).
News
Media appearances
Corneal
Transplant Surgery in Infants - Interview by Charles Gibson
on A.B.C. Television Network's Good Morning America -
August 18, 1987
Contact
Lenses - Interview by Joan Lunden on A.B.C. Television
Network's Good Morning America - September 4, 1991
Corneal
Transplant Surgery - Interview by Joan Lunden on A.B.C.
Television Network's Good Morning America - June 15, 1993
Contact
Lens and Spectacle Correction of Presbyopia - Interview
by Joan Lunden on ABC Television Network's Good Morning
America, August 10, 1994
Contact
Lenses in the 40+ Age Group - Interview on CBS Television
Network's CBS This Morning, January 2, 1995
Protecting
the Eye From Harmful Ultraviolet (U.V.) Light - Interview
on Warner Brothers Television Network, WPIX - Channel
11, New York City, June 30, 1995
Protecting
The Eye From the Sun and Ultraviolet Light - Interview
on Fox Television Network News Program, Channel 5, New
York City, July 3, 1995
Ocular
Side Effects of Over the Counter and Prescription Medications
- Interview on ABC Television Network's Good Morning America,
December 11, 1995
Color
Blindness - Interview on Fox News Channel, November 1,
1996
Stargardt's
Disease - Juvenile Macular Degeneration Gene Discovery
- Interview on Fox News Channel, March 4, 1997
Harmful
Effects of Ultraviolet Light on the Eye - WNBC TV Station,
NYC - Evening News, June 6, 1997
Excimer
Laser PRK and LASIK - Fox News Channel, June 13, 1997
Hobbies
When
Dr. Cykiert is not performing LASIK, Cataract Surgery, Corneal
Transplant Surgery, seeing patients in his office, teaching
Ophthalmologists in training, spending time with his family
he is running. See his recent New York City marathon finishes
below. He has vowed to always finish this race under 4 hours!
