PATRICK SIBONY MD.
Department:
STONY BROOK OPHTHALMOLOGY
Board Certification:
Diplomate, American Board Ophthalmology, 1983
Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Hospital Affiliations:
Stony Brook University Hospital
Clinical Practice Began:
1983
Gender:
Male
Primary Medical Conditions Treated:
BLEPHAROPTOSIS
BLEPHAROSPASM
DIPLOPIA
DOUBLE VISION
GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA)
GRAVES' DISEASE (HYPERTHYROIDISM)
ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY
OCULOMOTOR NERVE PARALYSIS
OPHTHALMOPLEGIA
OPTIC NEURITIS - EYE
PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI
UVEITIS
Education and Training
Medical School:
Boston University School of Medicine
Residency:
Boston University School of Medicine
Fellowship:
Pittsburgh Eye And Ear Infirmiry
Academic
Year Appointed at Stony Brook:
1983
Academic Rank:
Professor and Chair
Insurance Plans
AETNA
AFFINITY HEALTH PLAN
AMERICHOICE
ANTHEM
APA PARTNERS
BEECH STREET
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD HMO
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD OTHER PLANS
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD PPO
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD SENIOR PLAN
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA PPO
DEVON HEALTH
EMPIRE PLAN
FIRST HEALTH
GHI CBP
GHI HMO
GREAT WEST HEALTHCARE
HEALTH NET
HEALTHFIRST
HEALTHNET FEDERAL SERVICES (TRICARE)
HIP
ISLAND GROUP ADMINISTRATION
MAGNACARE
MEDICAID
MEDICARE
MULTIPLAN
OXFORD FREEDOM PLAN
SUFFOLK HEALTH PLAN
UNITED HEALTHCARE
US FAMILY HEALTH PLAN
VYTRA (except SMART START)
Practice Sites
OPHTHALMOLOGY,
33 RESEARCH WAY,
EAST SETAUKET,
NY 11733-6411.
Ph.: 631-444-4090
Fax: 631-444-4089

My Notes
Dr Sibony is an ophthalmic sub specialist with interests and expertise in Neuro-ophthalmology, Orbital diseases and surgery as well as the ophthalmic complications of systemic diseases. His practice is primarily referral based and consultative.

My Articles
1.Sibony P A, etal Transient oculomotor synkinesis in temporal arteritis. Arch Neuro l41: 87, 1984.
2. Sibony P A, etal Oculomotor synkinesis. Surv Ophthalmo l28: 382-390, 1984
3. Sibony P A, etal Optic nerve sheath meningiomas: clinical manifestations. Ophthalmology 91: 1313, 1984.
4. Sibony P A, etal. Intra papillary refractile bodies in optic sheath meningiomas. Arch Ophthalmo l103: 383, 1985.
5. Sibony P A, etal Retro grade horse radish peroxidase transport after oculomotor nerve injury. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 27: 975, 1986
6.Sibony P A, etal Tobacco-induced primary-position up beat nystagmus. Ann Neuro l21: 53, 1987
7.Sibony P., etal The effects of tobacco on smooth pursuit eye movements. Ann Neuro l23: 238, 1988.
8.Evinger C, Sibony P A, Manning K, Fiero R. The effects of tobacco smoking on the blink reflex. Exp Brain Res 1988; 73: 477
9. Sibony P A, etal Nicotine and Tobacco-induced nystagmus. Ann Neuro l1990; v28
10. Manning K A, Evinger C, Sibony P A. Eye lid movements before and after botulinum therapy in patients with lid spasm. Ann Neurology 1990; 28: 653.
11.Evinger C, Manning K A, Sibony P. Eye lid movements: mechanisms and normal data. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991; 32: 387
12. Sibony P A, etal Eye lid movements in facial paralysis Arch Ophthalmo l1991; 109: 1555.
13.Sibony P A, Evinger C E. Hoyt and Walsh's Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology. Miller N(ed). Chapter 38. Anatomy and Physiology of Normal and Abnormal Eye lid Position and Movement. Williams and Wilkins,