Lauren Beth Yeager, MD

Ophthalmology
Specialties
Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, more

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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
US
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    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Great West (National)
    POS
    HMO
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    PPO
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    ConnectiCare
    HMO
    POS
    Medicaid Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Essential Plan
    Quality Health Management
    Compass (Exchange)
    Empire Plan
    POS
    PPO
    HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NYP Employee Plan
    NY Signature
    Student Health
    Great West (National)
    POS
    HMO
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    PPO
    Essential Plan
    Vytra
    Medicare Managed Care
    EPO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    ConnectiCare
    HMO
    POS
    Medicaid Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Essential Plan
    Quality Health Management
    Compass (Exchange)
    Empire Plan
    POS
    PPO
    HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Lauren Beth Yeager, MD


Lauren Yeager, MD graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Honors College at the University of Michigan with a degree in Biopsychology and Cognitive Science. She received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and then completed an internal medicine internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York. She completed a general ophthalmology residency at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center and then went on to complete a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC.


Dr. Yeager specializes in pediatric and adult strabismus, as well as the treatment of all childhood eye conditions. She is fellowship trained to perform a wide variety of pediatric ophthalmic surgeries, including pediatric cataract surgery, anterior segment surgery, lacrimal system surgery, and eyelid surgery. Dr. Yeager is interested in international health care and has participated in multiple medical and surgical mission trips to the Dominican Republic. She has also presented at numerous national meetings, including the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Constenbader Society, and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.


Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology

Specialties & Expertise

  • Adult Strabismus
  • Pediatric Eye Surgery
  • Pediatric Failed Vision Test
  • Pediatric Strabismus
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity
  • Strabismus

Education

  • Fellowship: Children's National Medical Center
  • Internship: Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
  • Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

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