Garden City resident Dr. Gerard D’Aversa is one of seven doctors from Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (OCLI) to be included in Castle Connolly’s list of Top Long Island Doctors. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a healthcare research and information company founded in 1991 to help guide consumers to America’s top doctors and top hospitals. The Top Doctors are nominated by their peers in an extensive survey process of thousands of American doctors each year. These Top Doctors’ medical educations, training, hospital appointments, disciplinary histories - and much more - are screened by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team. Those doctors who are among the very best in their specialties and in their communities are selected for inclusion. As a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, Dr. Gerard D’Aversa is featured in Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area guide and listed on their website at www.castleconnolly.com.

“I am honored to be part of this distinguished group of doctors and to be recognized by my peers as among the region’s most trusted physicians,” said Dr. Gerard D’Aversa, a partner at OCLI. “I am also pleased to share this honor with my OCLI colleagues. All the doctors at OCLI take great pride in offering our patients the highest standard of ophthalmic care.”

Dr. Gerard D’Aversa is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist with vast experience in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. Dr. D’Aversa graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. 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. Dr. D’Aversa’s accomplishments have been featured on television news reports, as well as being printed in the Daily News and Newsday. He has written numerous journal articles, authored a textbook chapter and has given frequent lectures locally and nationally. Dr. D’Aversa is a member of numerous professional societies including the following: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, New York Ophthalmological Society, and a Fellow of American College of Surgeons. He is also fluent in Italian.