GC Doctors To Perform Free Surgery

Gerard D'Aversa, MD Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI) will participate in the Mission Cataract USA program, providing FREE outpatient cataract surgery throughout August and September to residents of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens who are not covered by medical insurance and who are unable to pay for the surgery themselves.

Gerard D'Aversa, MD and Russell Fumoso, MD, residents of Garden City and partners at OCLI, are two of several ophthalmologists from the practice who will donate their time and talents to Mission Cataract USA. These outpatient surgical procedures will be performed at the Island Eye Surgicenter. The procedure is designed to give the gift of sight back to those who have lost some or all of their vision because of cataracts. Those who meet Mission Cataract guidelines and want more information should visit www.ocli.net or call: 1-866-SEE-OCLI (1-866-733-6254).

Dr. D'Aversa is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist with vast experience in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. He graduated at the top of his class at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha, finished his residency in Ophthalmology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and completed a fellowship in cornea and external disease at the University Of Florida College Of Medicine in Gainesville. Dr. D'Aversa has served as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He specializes in performing topical, sutureless, clear corneal cataract surgery; corneal transplants; and laser vision correction. He has written numerous journal articles, authored a textbook chapter and has given frequent lectures locally and nationally.

Russell Fumoso, MD Dr. Fumuso is also a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, specializing in cataract surgery as well as comprehensive ophthalmology. Dr. Fumuso did his Ophthalmology residency at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City, serving as Chief Resident in his senior year. Dr. Fumuso has served on the faculty at the State University of New York, Downstate College of Medicine and is presently an attending physician in the department of Surgery, Ophthalmology at both Mercy Medical Center and North Shore University Hospital. He is the recipient of the Physicians Recognition award from the American Medical Association, as well as certificates of achievement from the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Fumuso is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology, as well as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

OCLI has performed charitable surgical procedures for many years with various local service organizations including The Lion's Eye Bank and The Sons of Italy. For this Mission Cataract effort, the doctors, technicians and nurses volunteer their services free of charge. The procedures will be performed at no cost at the Island Eye Surgicenter in Carle Place.