Meet Our Doctors
Dr. Faruk
Koreishi
Dr. Faruk Koreishi
received his retina-vitreous training at the presitious
Harvard University Massachusetts
Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Retina Associates of Boston under the direction of world-renowned
Dr. Charles Schepens. Since 1975, he has been in
private practice serving as one of the initial retina surgeons in the Western New York area specializing in the practice of
diseases and surgery of retina and vitreous.
He is board-certified in ophthalmology and an active member of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology, the New York State Ophthalmological Society, the
Medical Society of Erie County, the Buffalo Ophthalomogic
Society, the Vitreous Society, the International Schepens
Alumni Association and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Koreishi has participated in many teachings at various
seminars. He has lectured at several conventions and to numerous organizations
and groups. He is also a clinical professor at the State
University of New
York at Buffalo, and past president
of the Buffalo
Ophthalmologic Society.
Dr. Paul J. Lee
Dr. Paul J. Lee attended the Georgetown University
for both undergraduate work and medical school. He also spent two years
studying medical ethics at the University
of Virginia. After
completing his residency at the Albany
Medical Center,
he attended Tulane Medical Center
in New Orleans
where he received his Vitreoretinal Fellowship while
training with the Dr. Gholam Peyman,
who is one of the pioneers of the field.
He is board-certified in ophthalmology as well as being a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the
Association for Eesearch in Vision and Ophthalmology.
He has published numerous articles and textbooks. Among these, Dr. Lee co-edited
a textbook in management of endophthalmitis;
contributed chapters to the Techniques in Vitreoretinal
Surgery; research on the use of Liposome to Visualize Ocular Circulation; was a
co-investigator on a Macular Edema study for Pfizer and contributes regularly
to Emedicine.com, the online medical textbook.
Dr. Lee has a special interest in macular degeneration,
diabetic retinopathy, vascular diseases of the retina, retinal detachment,
ocular trauma, complications of anterior segment surgery and vitreoretinal interface abnormalities, such as epiretinal membrane and macular hole.
Dr. Mehdi Khan
A native of New
York City, Dr. Khan is a board-certified
ophthalmologist. He graduated from Martin Van Buren High School and went on to State University
of New York
(SUNY) at Stony Brook for his undergraduate studies. He received his medical
degree from New York College
of Osteopathic Medicine and completed
his ophthalmology residency at Nassau University Medical Center/SUNY at Stony Brook, New
York. During his senior year of residency, Dr. Khan
served as the chief resident. Dr. Khan has completed a two-year vitreo-retinal surgical fellowship under the guidance of
Dr. Gholam Peyman at Tulane University
Medical Center
in New Orleans, Louisiana. During his fellowship he was
co-author of several scientific articles. Recently he published a chapter on
“Diabetic Retinopathy”.
The primary focus of his practice is diseases and surgery
of the retina, vitreous and macula with an emphasis on diabetic eye disease,
macular degeneration and inflammatory disorders.
Dr. Khan is a member of the American Society of Retina
Specialists, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the New York State
Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Christopher Jermak
Dr. Jermak received
his medical degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. After medical school he completed his residency training
at Tulane University Health
Sciences Center.
There he was recognized two out of three years for the most outstanding
ophthalmic research among residents.
Dr. Jermak completed two years of vitreoretinal
surgery fellowship. The first year with world-renowned surgeon and researcher
Dr. Gholam A. Peyman at
Tulane University Health Sciences Center and the second at the University of
Texas-Houston due to the devastation of New Orleans from hurricane Katrina.
Dr. Jermak is board-certified in ophthalmology as
well as being a member of the Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology and the American
Academy of Ophthalmology.
In his research he is interested in small gauge sutureless
surgical techniques and ocular drug delivery for ocular infection, diabetic
retinopathy, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Results of his research have
been published in Survey of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging. His research has been presented at the
prestigious Macula Society and at Seri-ARVO in Singapore. Dr. Jermak
has had the opportunity to participate in surgical missions in rural Mexico and Panama to provide vision-restoring
surgery in underserved areas. He plans to continue this practice as a member of
the Eyecare Volunteer Registry through the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Jermak has special interest in macular
degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, vascular diseases of the retina, retinal
detachment, ocular trauma, complications of anterior segment surgery and vitreoretinal interface abnormalities, such as epiretinal membrane and macular hole.
