Dr. Noga Harizman, MD is Associate Professor at Columbia University Irving Medical Center specializing in glaucoma and cornea.

Dr. Harizman is a leader in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery techniques, both as a teacher and practitioner. She also specializes in management techniques for corneal ulcers, endophthalmitis, and endothelial keratoplasty. Prior to joining Columbia, Dr. Harizman was the Director of Glaucoma services at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and served as an attending physician and preceptor for resident glaucoma clinics. She was deeply involved in creating the glaucoma surgical curriculum and supervising resident and laser surgical cases. For her outstanding educational leadership, she received the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Teaching Award in 2011.

A native New Yorker born to Israeli parents, Dr. Harizman grew up in and was schooled and medically trained in Israel. She is a graduate of Tel Aviv University Medical School. Immediately upon graduating from ophthalmology residency, she began teaching and tutoring medical students on ocular anatomy and disease as a Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology, at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. She then completed sequential fellowships in glaucoma and cornea at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, where she joined the full-time faculty in 2008.

In addition to her accolades as a distinguished physician-educator with international experience and expertise, Dr. Harizman is known for being an effective and caring mentor for medical students, residents and fellows. She has maintained the highest professional and ethical standards and, enjoys providing care for her new and long-term patients, all while managing a full family life.