Research
The Department of Ophthalmology has several outstanding facilities available for research and treatment, all featuring state-of-the-art equipment. In conjunction with the other five affiliated hospitals, the department has a total of four fully equipped research laboratories, two animal laboratories, two practice surgery laboratories, two eye pathology laboratories, six general medical libraries and four separate eye libraries. In addition, SUNY Downstate has 30 examining rooms or units, six outpatient surgical rooms, six fundus cameras, six fluorescein angiographic cameras, nine ultrasound units (A or B scan), two electrodiagnostic units (ERG, EOG, or VEP), seven photocoagulator/lasers, five YAG lasers, two nerve fiber layer analyzers (NFA) and 29 eye beds. As for operating facilities, there are nine eye surgery rooms, nine operating microscopes, four photocoagulators, six retinal cryopexy units, and seven closed vitrectomy units.
