Jeffrey M. Liebmann, MD
Overview
Dr. Jeffrey M. Liebmann is a Professor of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma Service Director, and Vice-Chair for the Department of Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Liebmann graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, completed his ophthalmology residency at the State University of New York/Downstate Medical Center, and his glaucoma fellowship at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Liebmann serves as Shirlee and Bernard Brown Professor, Vice-Chair, and Director of the Glaucoma Division of the Department Ophthalmology at Columbia University Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and American College of Surgeons. Dr. Liebmann is currently Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Glaucoma, a member of the Board of Governors of the World Glaucoma Association and Board of Directors of The Glaucoma Foundation and Secretary-Treasurer of the New York Glaucoma Society. Dr. Liebmann is a past-President of the World Glaucoma Association, American Glaucoma Society, and the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology and was co-founder of the New York Glaucoma Research Institute, the American Glaucoma Society Foundation and ASCRS Glaucoma Day.
In addition to maintaining a busy tertiary-care referral practice in New York City, Dr. Liebmann is Principal Investigator for the NIH African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES) and Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS III) at Columbia University and is the author and/or co-author of more than 1000 medical and scientific papers, book chapters, and abstracts. He has lectured widely in the United States and abroad on glaucoma diagnosis and management. His current main areas of research interest include the causes of glaucoma, glaucoma progression, glaucoma surgery, ocular imaging, and neuroprotection.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Applied Eye Genetics
- Glaucoma
- Glaucoma Laser Surgery
- Glaucoma Surgery
Academic Appointments
- Shirlee & Bernard Brown Professor of Ophthalmology at the Columbia University Medical Center
Administrative Titles
- Director, Glaucoma Service
- Vice-Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MD, Boston University School of Medicine
- MD, 1983 Boston University School of Medicine
- Internship: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
- Residency: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
- Fellowship: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
- Fellowship: New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Board Certifications
- Ophthalmology
Honors & Awards
2018 9th Thom J. Zimmerman MD, PhD, Memorial Lecture, International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery, Montreal, Canada
2018 Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker, Israel Ophthalmologic Society, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Invited Guest Lecturer and Glaucoma Program Coordinator, Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
2017 Founders Award, World Glaucoma Association, Helsinki, Finland
2016 International Glaucoma Lecturer, Doheny-UCLA International Glaucoma Symposium, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2016 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Glaucoma
2015 Shirlee and Bernard Brown Professorship (inaugural), Columbia University, NY, NY
2014 8th Michael Kass Named Lecture, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
2014 3rd Max Forbes Named Lecture, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
2014 SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, “MVP” Award, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Guest of Honor, International Congress of the Peruvian Society of Glaucoma, Lima, Peru
2013 Life Achievement Honor Award – American Academy of Ophthalmology
2013 Clinician-Scientist Lecturer and Honoree – American Glaucoma Society, San Francisco, CA
2013 Graham Trope Lectureship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012 Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor, Ophthalmology Congress, University of Sao Paulo,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012 Guest of Honor, Israel Glaucoma Society, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011 E. Michael Van Buskirk Named Lecture, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR
2011 Guest of Honor and Visiting Professor, Tung Wah Groups of Hospitals, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital Eye Care, Hong Kong, China
2011 Guest of Honor, Glaucoma Congress, Bogota, Colombia
2011 10th Annual Optometric Glaucoma Society Meeting Honoree, Boston, MA
2010 Angnostaki-Trantas Medal and Award, 16th International Congress of Glaucoma, Athens, Greece
2010 Guest of Honor, Jornadas Argentinas de Oftalmologia CAO 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010 Guest of Honor, 16th International Congress of Glaucoma, Athens, Greece
2009 American Glaucoma Society Lecturer, American Academy of Ophthalmology Glaucoma
Subspecialty Day, San Francisco, CA
2009 Teacher of the Year – Lecturer, New York University School of Medicine, Department of
Ophthalmology, New York, NY
2008 Teacher of the Year for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, New York University School of Medicine,
Department of Ophthalmology, New York, NY
2008 – 2017 New York Super Doctors
2007 Guest of Honor, LXI Annual Congress of Japan Clinical Ophthalmology, Kyoto, Japan,
2003 Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2003 Guest of Honor, Polish Ophthalmological Symposium, Lodz, Poland, May 14-16, 2003
2002 – 2017 Castle Connelly America’s Top Doctors
2003 – 2017 Castle Connelly Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
2001 – 2017 Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine
2001 Inaugural Keynote Lecture, 1st International Congress on Non-Penetrating Surgery, Lausanne,
Switzerland
2000 Guest of Honor and Visiting Professor, Valladolid University, Valladolid, Spain
1999 Guest of Honor, The Japan Glaucoma Society, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Guest of Honor, 2nd Annual Glaucoma Symposium, Jerusalem, Israel
1998 Guest of Honor, The Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society, Hong Kong
1995 Guest of Honor, Israel Ophthalmological Society, Tel Aviv, Israel
1994 Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
1994 Guest of Honor, Japan Glaucoma Society, Miyazaki, Japan
1994 Guest of Honor, Warsaw Glaucoma Symposium, Warsaw, Poland
1991 John S. Hermann, M.D. Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching, New York Eye
and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
1989 Resident Teaching Award – The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY