About Dr. Sokol Dr.
Joseph Sokol is a fellowship-trained Glaucoma Sub-specialist and Eye
Surgeon. He is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and was re certified in
2005. He is a Fellow of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, an
elected member of The American Glaucoma Society, is on the
voluntary faculty of the Yale Eye Center and is the Chief of Ophthalmology at Griffin Hospital in Derby CT.
Dr. Sokol attended
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and The Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in New York City. He completed his ophthalmology
residency training at Northwestern University in Chicago and his
glaucoma fellowship training at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in
Manhattan. From1995 until 2006 he was the sole glaucoma specialist, and from 1999 until he left in 2006 The Surgeon Director of The Ambulatory Surgery Center, at
OptiCare Eye Health Centers based in Waterbury CT.
On November
13, 2006 Dr. Sokol opened his own private practice in Shelton,
Connecticut. He welcomes new general ophthalmology patients or
consultations and has special interests in glaucoma, glaucoma surgery,
complex cataract surgery including premium and presbyopia correcting
intra-ocular lenses, repair of dislocated intra ocular lenses and
electronic medical records.
