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Edmund P. Farris, MDAssistant Professor of SurgeryChief, Division of Ophthalmology
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Education
Post-Graduate Training
Awards
Degree | Institution | Major |
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BA | Northwestern University | Cellular and Molecular Biology |
MD | The Medical College of Ohio at Toledo | Medicine |
Post-Graduate Training
Training | Institution | Specialty |
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Internship | Akron City Hospital | Preliminary Medicine |
Residency | New York Medical College | Ophthalmology, (Chief) |
Fellowship | Mount Sinai Medical Center | Glaucoma |
Awards
Name of Award/Honor | Awarding Organization |
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Best Doctors New York and Westchester County, (2018-2025) | Castle Connelly |
Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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American Academy of Ophthalmology | Professional/Scientific Organization | Fellow | External | National | ||
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | ||
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | ||
American Glaucoma Society (AGS) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | ||
Connecticut Glaucoma Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | ||
Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians (CSEP) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | ||
New York Glaucoma Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | ||
Medical Society of the State of New York | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | ||
Westchester County Ophthalmologic Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | ||
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | ||
Strathmore’s Who’s Who (2001-2005) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | ||
America’s Best Ophthalmologists, Consumers Research Council Of America (2002-2009) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National |
- Becton Dickenson, Inc. - Phase 3 FDA Clinical Trials-Cataract, Glaucoma Device Phase 3 Trial (Franklin Lakes, NJ, 11/09-5/12, 7/05-10/08)
- Ophthalmotronics, Inc. - Development of Ophthalmic Devices for the Surgical Treatment of Glaucoma, Principal Investigator and Investor (New York, NY)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Comparison of Brimonidine 0.2% to Apraclonidine 0.5% in Patients with Ocular Hypertension or Early Glaucoma, Janet B. Serle, MD, Principal Investigator (New York, NY 7/96-7/99)
- Wills Eye Hospital - Transvitreal Fine-Needle Biopsy of Solid Tumors of the Choroid and Ciliary Body: Long-Term Follow-up of 69 cases, James J. Augsburger, MD, Advisor (Philadelphia, PA 8/91-9/91)
- Multiple Clinical Research Protocols - Alcon, Inc., Allergan, Inc.
Journal Articles
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The Effect of Four Hours of Continuous Personal Computer (PC) Gaming on the Development of Dry Eye Symptoms in College Students.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2025 Jan;192229-2238
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Efficacy and tolerability of a large scale change in regimen from latanoprost to travoprost in glaucoma patients at the Manhattan Veterans Administration Hospital.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2008 Jun;2(2):303-12
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The Move to Travoprost
Eyeworld Magazine 2007 Jun;
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The effects of biofeedback-assisted relaxation on cell-mediated immunity, cortisol, and white blood cell count in healthy adult subjects.
Journal of behavioral medicine 1992 Aug;15(4):343-54
Abstracts
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One Year Intraocular Pressure Data after Switching from latanoprost to travoprost at the Manhattan VA
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, (Supp.) 2007 Jan;
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Relationship between Central Corneal Thickness and Refractive Error in Caucasian and African American Glaucoma Patients.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, (Supp.) 2005 Jan;
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Transvitreal Fine -- Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Solid Tumors of the Choroid and Ciliary Body: Long -- Term Follow-up of 69 Cases
Ophthalmology, Vol. 102, 9A (Supp.) 1995 Sep;110
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The Effect of Biofeedback -- Assisted Relaxation on White Blood Cell Counts and on T-cell Response to Experimental Mitogens in Healthy Subjects
The Medical College of Ohio. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 1990 Mar;15(1):73
Case Reports
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Anemic retinopathy as the presenting symptom of a mediastinal germ cell tumor.
American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2025 Sep;39102374
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Ex-PRESS glaucoma shunt dislocation into the anterior chamber.
Journal of glaucoma 2008 Dec;17(8):687-9
Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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Dry Eye 2025 – More Than OTC Drops! | Lecture | Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians | 2025 | |
What is Glaucoma | Talk | Division Conference | 2025 | |
The effects of gaming on dry eye symptoms in college age students | Lecture | ASCRS | 2024 | Boston ,MA |
The effects of gaming on college age students | Poster | Eastern Optometry conference | 2024 | Columbus, OH |
Dry Eye In 2023 | Talk | Online Econference | 2023 | Online |
Dry Eye Products – Selecting the right ones for your patients | Talk | WOO University online | 2023 | Online |
Intraocular Pressure Lowering Effects of Netarsudil on Glaucoma Patients | Poster | The American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting | 2021 | New Orleans, LA |
Glaucoma Forum | Talk | Allergan, Inc. | 2018 | New York, NY |
Wound Dehiscence With Or Without Tube Exposure Associated With The Use Of Amniotic Membrane Tissue In Glaucoma Valve Surgery, Edmund P. Farris, M.D., Seth D. Potash, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology, New York University New York, New York, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York | Poster | The American Glaucoma Society meeting | 2010 | Naples, FL |
IOP Reduction Persists At Least Six Months After a Transition from Travoprost to BAK-Free Travoprost in Glaucoma Patients at the Manhattan VA, Varun Malhotra, MD, Edmund P. Farris, MD, New York University, New York, NY, Manhattan, Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY | Poster | The World Glaucoma Congress | 2009 | Boston, MA |
Disposable Portable Battery Operated 23-Guage Sutureless Vitrectomy For Anterior Chamber Deepening In Cataract Surgery, E Farris, New York University | Poster | The Annual Meeting of The Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology | 2009 | |
Use of Simultaneous Flicker Chronoscopy in the Detection of Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Progression and its Association with Visual Field Progression, V Juthani, E Farris, New York University | Poster | The Annual Meeting of The Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology | 2009 | |
Changing Your Current Glaucoma Algorithm | Talk | 2009 | Avon, CT | |
Changing Your Glaucoma Algorithm – Incorporating New Medications and Challenging Current Thinking | Talk | 2009 | Tarrytown, NY | |
The Need for Preservative-Free Glaucoma Meds | Talk | 2009 | Mahwah, NJ | |
Glaucoma Roundtable: Fishkill, NY, November 30, 2009; White Plains, NY, December 2, 2009 | Talk | 2009 | ||
Glaucoma Roundtable Discussion: Tarrytown, NY, September 15, 2009; Albany, NY, October 19, 2009. | Talk | 2009 | ||
Changing Your Current Glaucoma Algorithm | Talk | 2009 | Stamford, CT | |
The Need for Preservative-Free Glaucoma Meds | Talk | The Dulaney Foundation Sponsored Meeting | 2009 | Montvale, NJ |
Ophthalmology Division Journal Club | Talk | Ophthalmology Division Journal Club | 2005 | UConn Health, Farmington CT |