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Dr. Arkady Selenow, O.D., Diplomate ABO, F.A.A.O.

Dr. Arkady Selenow, O.D., Diplomate ABO, F.A.A.O.

Dr. Selenow, a founding partner of Manhattan Vision Associates (1984) and Queens Eye Associates (1991), graduated with honors from the New England College of Optometry in 1980. He completed internships at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., The Gessel Institute of Child Development in New Haven Connecticut and West Haven VA Hospital for Low Vision. After graduation he completed a residency in Pediatric Vision Therapy at SUNY College of Optometry where he has taught aspiring optometrists for over 25 years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is a Founding faculty member of the Institute for Vision Research (1991). 

An accomplished researcher, lecturer, and author, Dr. Selenow has co-authored over 40 research papers that have been published and/or presented in prestigious optometric and ophthalmologic journals and scientific conferences. In addition, he is a co-author of the textbook Amblyopia: Basic and Clinical Aspects. New York: Butterworth, 1991. 

Dr. Selenow, co-director of Manhattan Vision Associates and Queens Eye Associates since 1984, specializes in difficult contact lens cases. He was in the forefront in bringing Lasik to the New York area and has co-managed over 4,000 cases. In addition he is the co-director of The Institute for Vision Research and has been a consultant for many major companies including Vistakon (Johnson & Johnson), Essilor, and Alcon.

What sparked your interest in optometry?

When I was in grade school, maybe fourth or fifth grade, I remember speaking to my mom about wanting to be a doctor, but being a bit squeamish about blood. When she told me I could be a doctor, without having to deal with blood or emergency rooms, it really stuck with me for some reason. 

And even in my little yearbook from grade school, I wrote down that I wanted to be an optometrist. I mean, I misspelled it, but anyway that’s what I wrote for my dream job when I grew up!

What led you to specialize in so many different fields within optometry?

Read the full interview with Dr. Arkady Selenow here

 

Dr. Selenow has published many articles in various eye related publications, including:

  1. Selenow, A., Cuiffreda, K.J. (1983). Vision Function Recovery During Orthoptic Therapy in an Exotropic Amblyope with High Unilateral Myopia. Amer. J. Optom. Physiol. Optics, 62.
  2. Cuiffreda, K.J., Hokoda, S.C., Semmlow, J.L. and Selenow, A. (1983). Statistic Aspects of Accommodation in Human Amblyopia. Amer. J. Optom. Physiol. Optics, 60:436-449.
  3. Cooper, J., Selenow, A., Cuiffreda, K.J., Feldman, J., Faverty J., Hokoda, S.C. and Silverman J.
  4. Reduction of Asthenopia in Patients with Convergence Insufficiency Following Fusional Vergence Training. (1983). Amer. J. Optom. Physiol. Optics, 60:982-989.
  5. Duckman, R.H., Selenow A. (1983). Use of FPL for Measurement of Visual Acuity in a Population of Neurologically Impaired Children. Amer. J. Optom. Physiol. Optics, 60:817.
  6. Flax, N., Selenow, A. (1983). Surgical Results in Intermittent Exotropia. Amer. J. Optom. Optics, 62: 100-104.
  7. Schnider, C.M., Cuiffreda, K.J., Selenow, A. (1985). Orthoptic Effects on Accommodation and Related Vision Functions in an Adult Esotrope. Ophthal. Physiol. Optics, 5:425-433.
  8. Selenow, A., Cuiffreda, K.J. (1986). Vision Function Recovery During Orthoptic Therapy in an Adult Strabismic Amblyope. J. Amer. Optom. Assn., 57:132-140.
  9. Selenow, A., Cuiffreda, K.J., Mozlin, R., and Rumpf, D. (1986). Prognostic Value of Laser Interferometric Visual Acuity in Amblyopia Therapy. Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci., 27: 145-149.
  10. Selenow, A., Bauer E.A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W. (2000). Progressive Lenses: A New Technique for Quantifying “Swim”, Vision Science & Its Applications, OSA Technical Digest, 209-211.
  11. Selenow, A., Bauer E.A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W. (2000). Progressive Lenses: New Techniques for Assessing Visual Performance, Vision Science & Its Applications, OSA Technical Digest, 226-229.
  12. Selenow, A., Bauer E.A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W., Ciuffreda K.J. (2000). A Technique for Objectively Measuring Perceptual Distortion in PALs, Presentation, American Academy of Optometrists.
  13. Ali, S.R., Selenow, A., Bauer E.A., Spencer, L.W., Ciuffreda, K.J., (2000). Assessing Visual Performance with Progressive Addition Lenses, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41 (supp), 435.
  14. Bauer E.A., Selenow, A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W., Ciuffreda, K.J. (2000). Can an Objective Response of Visual Performance Discriminate Between PALs? Presentation, American Academy of Optometrists.
  15. Zemon, V., Gordon, J., Wisotsky, W., Schechter, I., Selenow, A., Hartmann, E.E., Hexstall, L., Kim, D. (2000). Lateral Interactions in the Human Visual System Measured with a Sweep VEP Technique, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 41 (supp), 491.
  16. Selenow, A., Bauer E.A., Spencer, L.W., Ali, S.R., (2001). Can Contrast Sensitivity Be Used to Assess the Performance of PALs? Vision Science and Its Applications, OSA Technical Digest, Opt. Soc. Am., 136-139.
  17. Ciuffreda, Y.H., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Bauer, E.A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W. (2001). Eye and Head Movements During Low Contrast Reading with Single Vision and Progressive Lenses. Vision Science & Its Applications, OSA Technical Digest. Opt. Soc. Am., 140-143.
  18. Selenow, A., Bauer, E.A., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W., Ciuffreda, K.J. (2002). Assessing Visual Performance with Progressive Addition Lenses. Optometry and Vision Science, 79:502-505.
  19. Han, Y., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Bauer, E., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W. (2003). Static Aspects of Eye and Head Movements during Reading in a Simulated Computer-Based Environment with Single-Vision and Progressive Lenses. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 44:145-153.
  20. Han, Y., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Ali, S.R. (2003). Dynamic Interactions of Eye and Head Movements When Reading with Single-Vision and Progressive Lenses in a Simulated Computer-Based Environment. Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science, 44:1534-1545.
  21. Selenow, A., Han, Y., Ciuffreda, K.J., Ali, S.R., Spencer, L.W. (2003). Point of Regard in an Ophthalmic Lens. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
  22. Zikos, G.A., Han, Y., Selenow, A., Ciuffreda, K.J., and Ali. S.R. (2004). An Objective Technique to Assess the Functional Envelope of Vision in PALs. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2004 45: E-Abstract 2540. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
  23. Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Wang, B., Zikos, G., Ali. S.R, and Vasudevan, B. (2005). “Bothersome Blur”: A New Functional Unit of Blur Perception. Presented at the American Academy of Optometry.
  24. Hung, G.K., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Zikos G.A. (2006). Effect of Wearing Progressive Lenses on Eye and Head Movements During the Golf Putting Stroke. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
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  26. Zikos, G.A., Ciuffreda, K.J., Kang, S.S., Selenow, A., Ali, S., Robilotto, R., Spencer, L.W. (2006). Rotational Stability of Differently Designed Toric Soft Contact Lenses. Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.
  27. Ciuffreda K.J., Selenow A., Wang, B., Vasudevan, B., Zikos, G., Ali S.R. (2006). “Bothersome Blur": A Functional Unit of Blur Perception. Vision Res. 2006 Mar; 46(6-7):895-901.
  28. Hung, G.K., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Zikos G.A. (2006). Effect of Wearing Progressive Lenses on Eye and Head Movements During the Golf Putting Stroke. Journ. Beh. Optom., 17(5):115-119.
  29. Zikos, G.A., Ciuffreda, K.J., Selenow, A., Ali, S.R., Pereira, S., Spencer, L. W., Kang, S.S., Lee, M. (2007). Blur Perception of the Human Eye in a Clinical Adult Population. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
  30. Zikos, G. A., Kang, S. S., Ciuffreda, K. J., Selenow, A., Ali, S., Spencer, L. W., Robilotto, R. Lee, M. (2007). Rotational Stability of Toric Soft Contact Lenses During Natural Viewing Conditions. Optometry and Vision Science, 54(11), 1039-1045.
  31. Nason, R.J., Zikos, G., Ali. S.R., Selenow, A. (2008). On and Off Axis Comparative Contrast Sensitivity Performance of Progressive Addition Lenses. Presentation ARVO 2008; Poster A112.
  32. Zikos, G., Kang, S.S., Nason, R.J., Selenow, A., Ali. S.R. (2008). Objective in-vivo Contact Lens Wettabilty Testing with Different MPS using the Shack Hartman Sensor. Presentation ARVO 2008; Poster D777.
  33. Zikos, G., Kang, S.S., Nason, R.J., Selenow, A., Ali. S.R. (2008). Shack-Hartmann Sensor Based Objective In-Vivo Contact Lens Wettability Testing with Different Multi-Purpose Solutions. Poster Presentation at BCLA.
  34. Robilotto, R., Zikos, G.A., Slotnick, S., Selenow, A., & Ali, S. (2008). A New Random-Dot Stereopsis Test. American Academy of Optometry, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA
  35. Zikos, G.A., Nason, R.J., Robilotto, R., Selenow, A. (2009). Contrast Sensitivity and Reaction Times with Polarized and Tinted Lenses in a Driving Environment. Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
  36. Robilotto, R., Zikos, G., Selenow, A., Slotnick, S. (2009). A New Scalable Computerized Random Dot Stereopsis Test. Presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
  37. Zikos, G., Nason, R., Robilotto, R., Selenow, A., Ali, S. (2009). CSF and Reaction Time Differences in Young and Elderly Subjects with Polarized and Tinted Lenses in a Driving Environment. American Academy of Optometry, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  38. Zikos, G., Robilotto, R., Selenow, A., Ali, S. (2009). Effect of Scratched Antireflective Coatings on Visual Performance. American Academy of Optometry, Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
  39. R. Karkkainen, Selenow A, Zikos G.A., Slotnick S.,Fumerton M. Evaluation of different methods of determining ocular dominance. Presented at the British Contact lens Association annual meeting Birmingham, UK, 2010.
  40. Zikos G, Robilotto R., Selenow A., Ali S. Visual performance with scratched antireflective coated spectacle lenses. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2010.
  41. Zikos G., Selenow S., Ali S. Comparison of corneal sag based on corneal topographers and optical coherence tomography. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting Ft. Lauderdale, FL,2012.
  42. Zikos G., Robilotto R., Blum R., Selenow S., Ali S.R. Wavefront and pupil dependence of refractive differences in bright and dim environments. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting at Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2012.
  43. Duan J.Q., Selenow A., Zikos G., Spencer L.W. Piggyback SynergEyes KC: Soft lens corneal modification leading to successful hybrid lens fitting. Presented at the American Academy of Optometry meeting at Phoenix, AZ, 2012.
  44. Zikos G., Slotnick S., Robilotto R., Selenow S., Ali S. Novel method to objectively evaluate visual comfort when using different sunglass types. Presented at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting at Seattle, WA, 2013.
  45. Zikos G., Robilotto R., Ali S., Selenow A., Morris M., Gupta M. Modification of the Neuroptics pupillometer to measure near response miosis in cataractous and pseudophakic subjects. Presented at American Academy of optometry annual meeting at Seattle, WA 2013.
  46. Kubota, R., Joshi, N.R., Selenow, A., Gupta, A., Ali, S.,Samandarova, I., Oliva, M., and Ciuffreda, K.J. "Effect of temporary full-field defocus on ocular biometric components and their subsequent normalization: a pilot study." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science7 (2020): 2700-2700.
  47. Kubota, R., Joshi, N.R., Samandarova, I., Oliva, M. Selenow, A., Gupta, A., and Ali, S. "Effect of short-term peripheral myopic defocus on ocular biometrics using Fresnel “press-on” lenses in humans." Scientific Reports1 (2021): 1-7.
  48. Kubota, R., Joshi, N.R., Samandarova, I., Oliva, M., Selenow, A., Gupta, A., and Ali, S. "Effect of short-term peripheral myopic defocus on ocular biometrics using Fresnel “press-on” lenses in human subjects." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science8 (2021): 2746-2746.
  49. Kubota,R., Joshi, N.R., Samandarova, I., Oliva, M., Selenow, A., Gupta, A., Ali, S., and Ciuffreda, K.J. "Visual Performance as a Function of Clear Central Aperture Diameter with a Defocused Myopic Periphery." Optometry and Vision Science8 (2021): 914-919.
  50. Baitch, L., Selenow, A., Joshi, N.R., and Samandarova, I. “Can Augmented Reality Slow Myopia?” Review of Myopia Management. March 2021. Can Augmented Reality Slow Myopia? - Review of Myopia Management (reviewofmm.com)
  51. Kubota, R., Joshi, N.R., Samandarova, I., Oliva, M., Selenow, A., Fitzgerald, T.J., Gupta, A., and Ali, S.R. "Effects of Programmable Projected Defocus on Ocular Biometrics Using a Wearable Device." PowerPoint Presentation (researchgate.net)
  52. Kubota, R., Joshi, N.R., Fitzgerald, T.J., Samandarova, I., Oliva, M., Selenow, A., Gupta, A., Ali, S., Mitchell, L.G., Chun, R., and Ciuffreda, K.J. "Biometric and refractive changes following the monocular application of peripheral myopic defocus using a novel augmented-reality optical system in adults." Scientific Reports1 (2022): 1-9.