Benjamin Wu, M.D.

As an ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained Glaucoma Specialist, Dr. Wu’s primary mission is to help those patients with glaucoma prevent further vision loss. He specializes in both surgical and non-surgical treatment of glaucoma and other eye diseases. Dr. Wu also provides state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and advanced surgical techniques that include laser surgery to help protect patients from glaucoma.

Education and Training

Dr. Wu earned his Medical degree in 1983 and later a Master’s degree in Ophthalmology from Tongji Medical University in 1989.  He served an internship and held the position of Chief Resident at the Department of Ophthalmology at The Fifth Hospital and Union Hospital of Wuhan in China. He came to the United States in 1992, where his education continued as a Post-Doctoral research Fellow at the Department of Ophthalmology of Columbia University in New York.  He served a surgical residency at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and an internal medicine residency at Helene Fuld Medical Center in New Jersey. Dr. Wu again held the position of Chief Resident while serving an Ophthalmology Residency at the Interfaith Medical Center in New York. He then furthered his training to become a Glaucoma Specialist by serving a Glaucoma Fellowship at Indiana University in Indianapolis.

Dr. Wu has done extensive research in the field of Ophthalmology, and has presented information for several professional medical meetings. In addition, he has authored articles that were published in well-known ophthalmic journals.

Dr. Wu is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and
the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Dr. Wu provides:

• Glaucoma diagnosis & consultation
• Cataract consultation & surgery
• Glaucoma medication treatment
• Laser glaucoma surgery:
  • Trabeculoplasty
  • Iridotomy
  • Cyclophotocoagulation
• Trabeculectomy and tube shunt implantation
• Combined simultaneous cataract & glaucoma surgery