Mary Immaculate Hospital

The primary site of SVCMC's ophthalmology training program is Mary Immaculate Hospital, which houses the residency's primary care clinics. The hospital's more than 5,000 annual ophthalmology patient visits provide residents with an abundance of unusual clinical presentations. Busy Mary Immaculate general ophthalmology clinics and active clinics in pediatric ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, low-vision and contact lenses are attended by members of the academic staff. This permits the resident to make every patient visit a true learning experience.

The Mary Immaculate operating room is equipped with a state-of-the-art microscope and the latest technology for cataract extraction.

The Eye Care Center

The Eye Care Center is the home of SVCMC's department of ophthalmology and headquarters of the ophthalmology department's administrator, program director and chairman. The departmental library and audio-visual equipment are also located in this facility.

Serving both as nerve center of the department and location of its specialty clinics, the Eye Care Center records more than 12,000 patient visits per year.

Individuals are referred to the Eye Care Center for evaluation and management of wide array of subspecialty clinics: vitreo-retina, cornea, glaucoma, oculoplastics, and neuro-ophthalmology. The center also houses a minor surgical suite, electro-diagnostic testing, visual field testing, ultrasonography, and angiography, as well as diode and Y.A.G. lasers.

St. John's Queens Hospital

The majority of the ophthalmic surgical cases for Queens are performed at St. John's Queens Hospital.  This facility houses the most up-to-date ophthalmic surgical equipment and affords the resident the opportunity to be involved,not only twith he department's typical surgery, but also the most sophisticated procedures.