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Affiliated providers provide medical care at an NYU Langone location or a private practice, and are not employed by NYU Langone Health.

Shirah Schwartz-Jacobs, MD

Affiliated Provider
Affiliated providers provide medical care at an NYU Langone location or a private practice, and are not employed by NYU Langone Health.
  • Specialties: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology
  • Language: English
  • Phone: 212-981-9800
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Conditions and Treatments

For Adults For Children
Conditions
  • exotropia
  • hypertropia
  • esotropia
  • crossed eye
  • third nerve palsy
  • fourth nerve palsy
  • sixth nerve palsy
  • amblyopia
  • duane syndrome
  • Brown syndrome
Treatments
  • strabismus surgery
  • nystagmus surgery
  • lacrimal duct surgery
Conditions
  • exotropia
  • hypertropia
  • esotropia
  • crossed eye
  • third nerve palsy
  • fourth nerve palsy
  • sixth nerve palsy
  • amblyopia
  • duane syndrome
  • Brown syndrome
Treatments
  • strabismus surgery
  • nystagmus surgery
  • lacrimal duct surgery
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Positions
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmology, 2007
Education and Training
  • Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 2007
  • Residency, NA, Ophthalmology, 2006
  • MD from Albert Einstein College of Med, 2002

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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.

  • Aetna HMO
  • Beech Street PPO
  • Empire BC/BS
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield EPO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy NY
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Indemnity
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield MediBlue
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways, Enhanced
  • HIP Child Health
  • Medicare
  • NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan
  • Oxford Freedom
  • UnitedHealthcare Community & State Plan
  • UnitedHealthcare EPO
  • UnitedHealthcare HMO
  • UnitedHealthcare Medicare
  • UnitedHealthcare POS
  • UnitedHealthcare PPO
  • UnitedHealthcare Top Tier
  • WORKERS COMP
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Locations and Appointments

Pediatric Ophthalmic Consultants

40 West 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023

Phone

212-981-9800

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Pediatric Ophthalmic Consultants

1552 49th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219

Phone

718-435-2020

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