Retina Group of New York

James M. Maisel, M.D.

Dr. Maisel, founder of the Retina Group of New York, is a Board Certified ophthalmologist who completed his fellowship in vitreous and retinal surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He is a corporate Advisory Board member for the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Medical Advisory board. He also is a member of the AAO Instrument and Device and Low Vision Committees and has received research grants from the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Institute of Health.  Dr. Maisel represented the National Society to Prevent Blindness at the ANSI Z-80 committee where he helped establish many ophthalmic industry standards.  He served as an editor of EyeCare Technology Magazine, authored numerous professional journal articles, and lectures nationally on retina, medical informatics and practice management topics.  Dr. Maisel is also the chairman of ZyDoc Medical Transcription, a medical informatics company.  In addition, he is a clinical investigator, consultant, educator and advisory board member for Pfizer, Novartis and EyeTech. 

Joanna J. Oda, M.D.

After graduating from high school in her hometown of Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Oda attended Northwestern University in the Honors Program in Medical Education.  She then earned her medical degree at the Washington University in St. Louis, where she first became interested in vitreoretinal surgery while pursuing research in the area of retinal pigment epithelium transplants.  She completed her ophthalmology residency training at the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California.  Dr. Oda finished an additional two years of training in the vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the world renowned Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.  She brings extensive experience with state-of-the-art retinal treatments to the Long Island medical community.