Dry Eye
Bio
Michael Tortorici, OD, practices therapeutic optometry. A bachelor's degree in psychology and biology from Rutgers led to a Doctor of Optometry at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, with early training at a veterans hospital in Delaware and at an eye surgery group in Georgia.
The clinical work is medical and therapeutic care of the eye, with particular attention to the ocular surface and to patients moving through surgery. Local optometric physicians work closely with the practice on that shared care, and lectures to the same community cover advances in dry eye and anterior segment disease.
Dr. Tortorici is board certified by the American Board of Optometry and has served as Center Director since 2000. Membership includes the American Optometric Association, the state society of optometric physicians, and the Hudson County society, and volunteer work has included the Opening Eyes vision program at the state Special Olympics summer games. In Dr. Tortorici's own words, "Most of what I treat is chronic, so the value I add is consistency, the same eyes and the same measurements tracked over years. When I hand a patient to a surgeon and take them back afterward, nothing should fall between us." Patients can schedule a visit with Dr. Tortorici at the Elmwood Park and Union City offices of Phillips Eye Specialists.