Andrew Tirsi

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology - Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell - Hempstead, NY

(2018-05)

Research scientist, MD - Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital - New York City, NY

(2015-10 - 2026-06)

Working on ongoing research projects at MEETH as a co-investigator, under the direction of the chairman of the department of ophthalmology, Dr. Celso Tello.

• Designed and prepared research studies, as well as IRB documentation for approval
• Consented participants for multiple studies, collected research data and analyzed it, which lead to more than 60 accepted abstracts to major international meetings and conferences in Ophthalmology (ARVO, AAO, AGS and WGC), and multiple peer-reviewed clinical publications in journals of Ophthalmology
• Made decisions and recommendations that had a major impact on scientific research projects
• Showed independence and reliability managing operations of the lab by supervising technicians, students and residents
• Ensured timely completion of research projects
• Developed independently research protocols for data collection and quality
• Made significant contributions to scientific papers, many abstracts and peer-reviewed manuscripts
• Mentoring students from Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, providing experience in research and ophthalmology

Consultant - Diopsys, Inc.

(2018 - 2024)

Assisted in the development and research of the NOVA-PERG device, (PERG, ff-ERG and mf-ERG) and improving the algorithm.

Researcher - New York University (NYU), NYULMC, Dept. of Psychiatry, Neuro-imaging Lab, Brain Obesity and Diabetes Lab (BODy Lab) - New York City, NY

Under Dr. Antonio Convit

• Conducted research to assess early damage to brain structures, such as hippocampus and amygdala, in obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes Mellitus type 2, and resulting cognitive impairments, then correlating these findings with retinal diameter measurements
• Mentoring young volunteers and students, and tutoring brain anatomy, neuroimaging and ophthalmology, to better contribute to their research experience

Postgraduate education - Effective writing for healthcare (EWHC 2023), Writing grant proposal class - Harvard Medical School (2022-05 - 2023-05)

Certificate - Diopsys ERG and VEP Vision Testing Training - Diopsys University (2017-05 - 2017-05)

Fellowship in Ophthalmology with PhD program - Ophthalmology, specializing in Diabetic Retinopathy - Russian State Medical University (RSMU), Moscow Eye Hospital (MOKB) (2000-01)

Ophthalmology residency - Ophthalmology - Russian State Medical University (RSMU), Moscow Eye Hospital (MOKB)

Doctor of Medicine - Medicine - Russian State Medical University (RSMU) (1992-07)

Diploma - Teaching Russian as a foreign language (RFL) - Russian State Medical University (RSMU) (1992-07)