What is a Retina Specialist?
Dr. Michael Colucciello , is a retina-vitreous specialist in private
practice. He performs consultations and renders treatment for medical and
surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous. He specializes in the areas
of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal
vascular disease, ocular inflammatory disease, laser surgery of the
retina, intra-vitreal injections for wet macular degeneration, and surgical
treatment of complex retinal detachment, macular hole (and other macular
surgical diseases), diabetic retinopathy, and vitreous hemorrhage.
Dr. Colucciello is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honors' society, graduating Summa Cum Laude from SUNY-Albany in 1982. He attended medical school at SUNY-Syracuse where he earned the Dean's Letter of Commendation. He studied Ophthalmology for 3 years at Nassau County Medical Center in New York and devoted an additional 2 years to Retina and Vitreous sub-specialty fellowship training at the University of Pennsylvania - Scheie Eye Institute. He has special interests in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
Dr.Colucciello's Training
 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
RETINA-VITREOUS FELLOWSHIP
University of Pennsylvania,
Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 1990- June 1992
Ophthalmology Residency
State University of New York at Stony Brook;
Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York
July 1987- June 1990
Internship
St. Joseph Hospital Health Center
Syracuse, New York
June 1986- June 1987
EDUCATION
MD: State University of New York-Health Science
Center at Syracuse, August 1982- May 1986
BS (Biology): State University of New York at Albany,
August 1978- May 1982
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Associate, Department of Ophthalmology,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992-Present
Instructor in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1990-1992
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