James G Chelnis, MD Email James Chelnis
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- Specialties
- Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery
- Ophthalmology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
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- Phone
- Upper East Side Office 212-731-3355212-731-3355
- Ophthalmology Faculty Practice 212-241-0939212-241-0939
Dr. Chelnis has completed his ASOPRS (American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons) fellowship at Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee.
He has a broad clinical and surgical focus on: thyroid eye disease; skin cancer, orbital tumors and cancers, facial plastics and cosmetics, facial fractures and trauma, arteriovenous malformations, skull base lesions, lid malpositions (ptosis/retraction/ectropion/entropion), tearing and nasolacrimal obstructions, amongst other medical conditions.
Clinical Focus
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Bell's Palsy
- Biopsy
- Blepharoplasty
- Botulinum Toxin Injections
- CT Scan Of The Head
- Debridement Of A Wound, Infection, Or Burn
- Facial Fracture
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hyperthyroidism
- Incision And Drainage Of A Skin Abscess
- Laceration Repair
- Melanoma
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Oculoplastic Surgery
- Orbital Cellulitis
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Skin Biopsy
- Skin Graft
- Skin Lesion Removal
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Temporal Arteritis
- Trauma
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
- Xanthelasma And Xanthoma
Research Topics
Anatomy, Cancer, Cancer Genetics, Comparative Anatomy, Computed Tomography, Image Analysis, Imaging, Infectious Disease, MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oncogenes, Pathology, Thyroid, Vision
Education
MD, S.U.N.Y, Buffalo - School of Med & Biomed Sciences
Internship, Internal Medicine
Carney Hospital
Residency, Ophthalmology
S.U.N.Y. Buffalo Hospital
Fellowship, Ocular Plastic Surgery
Vanderbilt University
Fellowship, Ocular Plastic Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Language
English
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