Dr. Juan Romero became board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology with a 99-percentile score in the written exam. With his partners, he collaborates in multicenter clinical studies of innovative therapies that show promise in the treatment of retinal diseases.
Dr. Juan Romero became board-certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology with a 99-percentile score in the written exam. With his partners, he collaborates in multicenter clinical studies of innovative therapies that show promise in the treatment of retinal diseases.
Dr. Juan Romero received his Physician and Surgeon degree at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Bogotá, Colombia in 1995, where he graduated in the top 5-percent of this class. He then served one year helping prevent blindness as a doctor in community service in the Ocular Health Department at the Santander Ophthalmological Foundation in Bucaramanga, Colombia. He moved to the United States and passed with high scores the USMLE medical boards and became ECFMG certified.
He did research as a fellow in retinal imaging at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary for two years. After his internship at the Hospital of Saint Raphael of Yale University, he returned to the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary to complete his ophthalmology residency. He received his Vitreo-Retinal fellowship training at Kresge Eye Institute in Detroit. He became Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology with a 99-percentile score in the written exam. Wanting to return to New York and his alma mater, he came back to the Infirmary and served as a part-time faculty in the Retina Center while in private practice for three years. He joined Long Island & Queens Vitreoretinal Consultants in 2007.
His professional memberships include the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retinal Specialists, the Ophthalmic Laser Surgical Society as well as the New York State and Long Island Ophthalmological Societies. He has taught residents and fellows as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at both New York Eye & Ear Infirmary and Northwell Health - Hofstra School of Medicine. Dr. Romero is the author of several peer-reviewed articles on retinal imaging. He earned several research awards such as the ARVO/NIH Travel Fellowship Grant, the Louis J. Girard Research Award and the Paul Kayser International Scholar award from the Pan-American Ophthalmological Foundation. With his partners, he collaborates in multicenter clinical studies of innovative therapies that show promise in the treatment of retinal diseases. His areas of expertise include diabetic retinopathy, complicated retinal detachments, advanced retinal imaging, and surgical techniques, retinal vascular disease and macular degeneration.
Smart doctor, knows his stuff, calm, patient and compassonate
Great doctor, impecable professionalism and perfect manners with patients. Assistants are all compassionate and caring (apart from being good-looking)
Caring and clear explanations
Very efficient and personable .
In the past Dr. Romero went slower, thereby explaining to me the patient more with patience.
Great experience… and great staff!
Very thorough exams.
Dr. Romero is a great listener. His professionalism goes way beyond. His empathy and understanding of the patient's other current medical conditions makes the patient feel better in all always. His bilingual Spanish abilities are exceptional. My dad, husband and I surely appreciate this. His positivity is amazing! Highly recommend Dr. Romero.
Very long wait Not a warm or caring presence. It’s very stressful getting injections in your eye, not to mention painful He does nothing to alleviate the anxiety
Dr Romero was so well informed of my problem with my eye. Great bedside manner. So professional. I would recommend him to anyone who needs his assistance.