Experience

Year joined staff: 2020

Education

• Brandeis University, Biology & Public Health
• SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Medical Degree

Residency

Rutgers University, Ophthalmology

Internships

Yale University, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, & Internal Medicine

Professional Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Honors, Awards, etc.

• Duke Hornaday Fellow Award 2020
• The Rev. James F. Reilly Humanitarian Award 2018
• Lions Eye Research Foundation Annual Research Award 2017
• First Prize for an Oral Presentation by New York Academy of Medicine 2017

Bio

Leon Rafailov, MD is a board certified, fellowship-trained ophthalmic plastic surgeon who focuses on a wide range of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the area around the eyes. His areas of expertise include the eyelids, forehead, mid-face, orbit, and tear ducts. He has successfully completed thousands of reconstructive, cosmetic, functional, and orbital surgeries. He has published numerous journal articles, abstracts, and book chapters focusing on a wide range of topics in oculoplastics. Dr. Rafailov is trained in advanced techniques in minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, facial reconstruction, trauma surgery, orbital surgery, oncologic surgery, and cosmetic surgery. While in fellowship at Duke, he contributed to research in corneal neurotization and received the “Fellow of the Year” award for teaching. He prides himself in providing specialized and patient-focused care using a custom approach to every patient. He is well known by his patients for his personalized and attentive care. Dr. Rafailov provides cosmetic treatments for people across Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island, seeing patients in Babylon, Deer Park, Bethpage, Rockville Centre, Riverhead, and Smithtown, NY.