PAMEL VISION & LASER GROUP - Key Persons

Dr. Isakova is a board-certified optometrist and diplomate of the American Board of Optometry who is passionate about providing the highest quality primary eye care personalized to the needs of each patient. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. John's University and then received her doctorate from SUNY College of Optometry. She did her residency training in primary care optometry with an emphasis on ocular disease and glaucoma at the Veterans Affairs NY Harbor Healthcare System. Dr. Isakova provides comprehensive eye exams, manages ocular diseases including dry eye disease, glaucoma, and macular degeneration and co-manages pre-and post-operative cataract, LASIK and corneal care. She also fits soft spherical, toric, and multifocal contact lenses.

Gregory J. Pamel, M.D. is a board certified ophthalmologist with fellowship training in cornea and external diseases and refractive surgery with over 20 years experience. He has performed over 20,000 LASIK, PRK, corneal transplants and cataract and lens implant surgery procedures. He attended the University of Michigan Medical School and did his postgraduate training in ophthalmology at the University of California at San Diego-Shiley Eye Institute and corneal fellowship at the University of Connecticut Medical Center. He spent three years in a premier corneal practice in the Northeast before moving to New York City. He is a recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Lifetime Education Award and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award for his role in educating other ophthalmologists in the field of corneal and refractive surgery. He has given courses and lecturers in 12 different countries including the United States. The editors and publishers of Premier Surgeon Magazine selected Dr. Pamel as one of 250 leading innovators in the U.S. of cataract and lens implant surgery. He is also a founding member of the American College of Ophthalmic Surgeons and the International Ocular Surface Society. He has been chosen by the New York Times Magazine for their Superdoctors Issue for the years 2009-2016 which represents the top 5% of specialists in New York chosen by peer recognition and professional achievement. Dr. Pamel has been at the forefront of clinical research and has been principle investigator in 7 major clinical trials in the areas of phakic lens implant surgery for extreme nearsightedness, iris implant surgery for patients who have suffered traumatic or congenital iris loss, corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus, the study of dry eye and anti-inflammation after cataract surgery and astigmatism-correcting lens implants used in cataract surgery. He serves as a clinical assistant professor of ophthalmology at New York University School of Medicine and as an attending surgeon at Northwell Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He is also medical director of the Manhattan Surgery Center-an outpatient multispecialty surgery center affiliated with Mt. Sinai Hospital.