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David H Abramson

Ophthalmology

David H Abramson, MD

Chief, Ophthalmic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

Dr. David H. Abramson is a board-certified ophthalmologist specializing in ophthalmic oncology, with particular expertise in retinoblastoma, a pediatric eye tumor, as well as Acanthamoeba keratitis and other ocular malignancies. As Chief of the Ophthalmic Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), he leads the only such service in a U.S. cancer hospital, providing coordinated care through collaboration with pediatricians, geneticists, interventional radiologists, radiation

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55+

Years in Practice

Credentials

Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology

Education & Training

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine — M.D., 1969
  • Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center / Harkness Eye Institute / NY-Presby/Columbia Univ Med Ctr — Residency, Ophthalmology, 1970-1974
  • NY-Presby/Columbia Univ Med Ctr — Fellowship, Ocular Oncology, 1974-1975
  • Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship in Ophthalmic Oncology

Peer Recognition

  • Castle ConnollyAmerica's Top Doctors for Cancer

    2016-2021 (6 years)

Clinical Focus

Subspecialties

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Conditions & Treatments

Strabismus & AmblyopiaPediatric Eye DiseaseEye Disease

Practice Details

Hospital Affiliations

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Languages

English

Experience

55+ years in practice