About Me
When I was eight, my pediatrician told me I needed glasses, so I saw an ophthalmologist. I told her I was interested in science and medicine, and she took the time to explain how she used equipment to make a diagnosis. She showed me photographs of my retina—the part of the eye that senses light—and I was fascinated by it. From that point on, I wanted to learn more about ophthalmology.
It is an honor to treat eye disease, since vision affects every moment of daily life. I manage a wide range of conditions, including corneal ulcers and corneal dystrophies, in which abnormal material builds up in the cornea. I treat dry eye syndrome and cataracts. I offer corneal collagen cross-linking for people who have progressive keratoconus, which is when the cornea thins and bulges, changing shape. I also perform surgery to remove pterygium, a growth that covers part of the cornea.
I use the latest corneal transplantation techniques. I perform both types of endothelial keratoplasty, procedures that replace only the diseased part of the cornea. They are Descemet’s stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK), a newer technique that uses thinner transplant tissue.
For people who have corneal scarring or keratoconus, I can perform deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, a type of corneal transplant in which I replace most of the cornea with donor tissue. With this procedure, there is a lower risk of graft rejection and less need for steroid medication. If corneal scarring is more extensive, I can perform penetrating keratoplasty, in which I replace the entire damaged cornea with donor tissue.
I offer LASIK and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), laser procedures that change the shape of the cornea and improve vision. For people who are not candidates for laser refractive surgery, I can place an implantable collamer lens (ICL).
I am committed to educating patients about their conditions and helping them make treatment decisions they are comfortable with. When creating a treatment plan, I consider a person’s social and psychological needs, as well as their occupation and hobbies.
I enjoy getting to know my patients, and I am happy to provide care in the outpatient setting as well as surgically, if necessary. It is extremely fulfilling when I can improve my patients’ quality of life.
I also conduct clinical research. I am studying corneal infection related to contact lens use. My goal is to improve patients’ knowledge of contact lens safety. I am also studying the best methods for teaching ophthalmology residents. I am a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and several ophthalmic societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Eye and Contact Lens Association.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- astigmatism
- blepharitis
- blurred vision
- chalazion
- cloudy vision
- conjunctivitis
- corneal abrasion
- corneal disease
- corneal ulcer
- diabetes
- diabetic retinopathy
- distorted vision
- double vision
- dry eye syndrome
- exfoliation syndrome
- eye floater
- eye infection
- eye injury
- eye pain
- eye redness
- fuchs' dystrophy
- halo vision
- hyperopia
- hyperthyroidism
- keratoconus
- macular degeneration
- meibomian gland dysfunction
- myopia
- night blindness
- ocular herpes
- orbital fracture
- presbyopia
- pterygium
- refractive error
- rosacea
- sicca syndrome
- stye
- sudden loss of vision
- thyroid disorder
- traumatic fracture
- trichiasis
- uveitis
- watery eye
Treatments
- cataract removal surgery
- color vision test
- corneal collagen cross-linking
- corneal surgery
- laser surgery
- lasik surgery
- photorefractive keratectomy
- refractive surgery
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Conjunctivitis , Double Vision , Dry Eye Syndrome , Hyperthyroidism , Macular Degeneration , Refractive Error , Rosacea , Stye , Thyroid Nodules & CancersCredentials
Positions
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Medical Director, Ophthalmology, NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Garden City, Huntington Medical Group and NYU Langone Hospital Long Island
Board Certifications
- American Board of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology, 2022
Education and Training
- Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery, 2021
- Residency, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, Ophthalmology, 2020
- MD from SUNY-Downstate, 2016
Is this your profile?
Edit profileInsurance Plans Accepted
This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
-
Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
-
Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
-
Anthem BCBS Health Plus
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 1
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 2
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 3
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
- BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
- BCBS Healthplus Mediblue Advantage
- BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
- BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
- BCBS Healthplus Special Needs
- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
-
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
-
Centerlight Healthcare
- CenterLight Healthcare DIRECT
- CenterLight Healthcare PACE
- CenterLight Healthcare Select
- Centerlight Pace Medicare HMO
-
Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living Medicaid Advantage Plus HMO D-SNP
-
Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna - Humana
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
-
Connecticare
- Connecticare Bridge
- Connecticare Commercial
-
Elderplan
- Elderplan
- Elderplan FIDA
- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
-
Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Small Group
- Emblem Select Care EPO
- Emblem Select Care Gold Small Group
- Emblem Select Care HMO
- Emblem Select Care PPO
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Silver Small Group
-
Fidelis Care
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Bronze Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Catastrophic Cvg Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Gold Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Native American Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Platinum Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Silver Exchange
- Fidelis Care Child Health Plus
- Fidelis Care Medicaid Managed Care
- Fidelis Essential Plan 1
- Fidelis Essential Plan 2
- Fidelis Essential Plan 3
- Fidelis Essential Plan 4
- Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
-
First Health
- First Health PPO
-
GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Humana
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Wlny-TV Inc.
-
HIP
- Emblem Essential Plan 1
- Emblem Essential Plan 2
- Emblem Essential Plan 3
- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Care
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Basic Exchange
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Bronze Exchange
- HIP Prime Catastrophic Exchange
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Gold Exchange
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Platinum Exchange
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP Prime Silver Exchange
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
-
Hamaspik Choice
- Hamaspik Choice Medicare DSNP
-
Healthfirst
- Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
- Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Child Health Plus
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 1 & 2
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 3 & 4
- Healthfirst Gold Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Gold Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Green Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Medicaid
- Healthfirst Medicare
- Healthfirst Medicare/NYU Risk
- Healthfirst Personal Wellness Plan
- Healthfirst Platinum Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Silver Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Silver Total, Pro, Plus EPO
-
Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
-
Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
-
Longevity Health Plan
- Longevity Health Plan Medicare
-
Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
-
Medicaid of New York
- NYS Medicaid
-
Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
-
Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
-
NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
-
Oscar
- Oscar Bronze Edge Exchange
- Oscar Gold Edge Exchange
- Oscar Platinum Edge Exchange
- Oscar Silver Edge Exchange
-
Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
- Oxford Metro
-
POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
-
Partners Health Plan Inc
- Partners Health Plan FIDA
- Partners Health Plan Medicaid
- Partners Health Plan Medicare
-
Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
-
Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
-
Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
-
Senior Whole Health
- Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage
-
Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
-
United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- Unite Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Health Care Charter
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare CareCore
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon
- United Healthcare Compass Exchange
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
-
VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
-
VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
-
WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
-
Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Laura Palazzolo, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
NYU Langone Huntington Medical Group
180 East Pulaski Road, Suite E1- 400, Huntington Station, NY 11746
NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Garden City
1111 Franklin Avenue, 2nd Floor, Garden City, NY 11530
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
-
A Phase 1/2 Study of LY3537982 in Patients with KRAS G12C-Mutant Advanced Solid Tumors
-
A Phase 1/2a Multicenter Open-Label First in Human Study to Assess the Safety Tolerability Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Antitumor Activity of DB-1303 in Patients with Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors
-
A Phase 1 Multicenter Dose Escalation and Dose Expansion Study of Antibody-Drug Conjugate MYTX-011 in Subjects with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer KisMET-01
Publications
-
Melachuri, Samyuktha; Palazzolo, Laura; Dhaliwal, Deepinder K
Eye & contact lens. 2022 Jul 01; 48(7):300-302
-
Palazzolo, Laura; Kowalski, Regis P; Nayyar, Shannon V; Jhanji, Vishal; Prakash, Gaurav
Cornea. 2022 Jan 01; 41(1):106-108
-
DMEK: The Keys to Success : These tips can lead to a positive outcome
Palazzolo, Laura; Dhaliwal, Deepinder KCorneal physician. 2021 Jul 01;