Gustavo De Moraes

As an internationally respected glaucoma researcher, Dr. De Moraes has earned a spot among the most highly regarded minds in the field of ophthalmology. For many years, he’s expertly applied what he knows as an attending physician at New York Presbyterian, and the head of the Glaucoma Research Department at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai. Before that, Dr. De Moraes ran a glaucoma clinic at Harlem Hospital to meet the needs of a large, underserved patient population, and shared his talents as an instructor and surgical consultant at the New York University Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. De Moraes is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Columbia University. With hundreds of authored and co-authored publications to his name, Dr. De Moraes’ prolific contributions to the field have placed him on multiple editorial boards, granted him membership to Columbia University’s Institutional Review Boards, and seated him as the chair of the Associate Advisory Board of the World Glaucoma Association. He has served on several grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health, given hundreds of guest lectures around the world, and was the 2017 recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s achievement award. He has co-authored book chapters on ophthalmology and glaucoma, and has been recognized as one of the forefront experts in glaucoma worldwide. Dr. De Moraes is also a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Glaucoma Society, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Medical Association, the Ophthalmic Laser and Imaging Society, the World Glaucoma Association, and the New York Glaucoma Society. Dr. De Moraes received his M.D. from the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, later completing a glaucoma and retina fellowship. After moving to the United States, Dr. De Moraes completed a second glaucoma fellowship and soon after received his M.P.H. from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He then returned to the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine and earned his Ph.D. in Ophthalmic Science.