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Dr. Yuna Rapoport, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Rapoport is a board certified and fellowship trained ophthalmologist who received her bachelor’s and medical degrees at Northwestern University, where she was part of the accelerated Honors Program in Medical Education. She simultaneously received her MPH (Master of Public Health) degree. She completed ophthalmology residency at Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, Tennessee and then obtained additional training as a corneal and refractive surgery fellow at the prestigious Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary of Harvard Medical School. She has been in private practice in New York City for over five years a has accumulated a wealth of expertise that she now brings to each patient.
"Working in ophthalmology has been an incredibly rewarding career. My favorite part is developing close-knit relationships with patients and co-workers."
Dr. Yuna Rapoport

As Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, Dr. Rapoport is actively involved in resident and fellow education. At Mass Eye and Ear, she served as a clinical instructor for residents in the MEEI emergency room. She is affiliated with and holds privileges at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital, Mount Sinai West Hospital, and Lenox Hill’s Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, which is now a part of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital System. In addition, she maintains surgical privileges at Retinal Associates Ambulatory Surgery Center in Manhattan. She holds a medical license in New York and New Jersey.


Dr. Rapoport is committed to global ophthalmology. Among the most rewarding of her experiences was researching the Aravind Eye Hospital in southern India, a model of outreach-based cataract surgery. She used her experience to co-found a nonprofit organization to help Ghanaian ophthalmologists start a similar surgical model in rural Ghana. It was during her experience at Aravind, observing cataract surgery and seeing the corneal pathology in southern India, that she decided to pursue ophthalmology as a career. She has since traveled several times to Nepal and India to do mission trips to teach phacoemulsification surgery techniques.
Get to Know Dr. Rapoport
Her professional interests include laser corrective surgery (including LASIK and PRK), cataract surgery, keratoconus, dry eye disease, and corneal dystrophy (including Fuchs’ dystrophy). Her work regarding advances in eye care has been published in leading peer-reviewed medical journals and presented at major ophthalmology meetings. While at Mass Eye and Ear, she published research regarding postoperative management of Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK). She has performed research to validate the national criteria for ocular graft-versus-host disease, which was featured in the Journal of Cornea.
Dr. Rapoport is passionate about vision. She brings her expertise, delicate touch, and warm bedside manner and creates a customizable plan for each patient, whether surgical, cosmetic, or medical. She is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, a member of New York State Ophthalmological Society and of American Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery. Dr. Rapoport has been named a Castle Connolly’s Top Cataract and Cornea Doctor by her peers and colleagues. She is a go-to ophthalmology expert for popular media, having appeared on Dr. Oz and Inside Edition. She serves as Chief Medical Officer of Luxury Optical Holdings, the largest domestic retailer of luxury glasses frames. She serves as a regular consultant for industry and for investment firms.

She is fluent in Spanish and Russian, and conversational in French and Hebrew. In her free time, she enjoys art, live music, tennis, photography, skiing and traveling, having visited six continents and over 70 countries, as well as playing with her Bernadoodle puppy Gatsby. She has combined her artistic skills with her love of ophthalmology by partnering with Mort Gerberg, renowned New Yorker cartoonist and publishing “The Eyes Have it: A Site for Sore Eyes,” a book of eye cartoons and puns.
“I've been essentially blind my whole life and recently decided to get elective eye surgery. I unfortunately did not qualify for Lasik, but did qualify for PRK.
Dr. Rapoport was fantastic - she explained all my options in detail and was very diligent in giving me instructions pre/post operations - even when I asked twice/three times. She's always available to talk and super empathetic. I could not recommend a better eye surgeon!”
Dr. Rapoport was fantastic - she explained all my options in detail and was very diligent in giving me instructions pre/post operations - even when I asked twice/three times. She's always available to talk and super empathetic. I could not recommend a better eye surgeon!”
M.V.
“Best eye doctor in New York! Dr. Rapoport is very personable, professional and most importantly a great doctor. Dr. Rapoport recently performed my LASIK surgery, for which she gave me clear pre and post-op instructions and made a point to check regularly on my progress. She did a great job to put my nerves at ease and walked me through the entire process. Now three weeks after the surgery I
can see better than ever with 20/20+ vision! I strongly recommend Dr. Rapoport if you are considering LASIK, or if you are simply in need of a great eye doctor.”
N.G.
“I have now seen Dr. Rapoport for dry eyes, removal of papillomas around my eyes, and Lasik
surgery. My experiences with her have all been wonderful. She always takes the time to
explain everything really clearly, and my results have all been great. When I originally asked
about Lasik, she gave me a very balanced perspective on my options, which I really
appreciated. She also has a great energy about her, and she's just an overall pleasure to be
around. I have referred several friends and family to her and they've all said great things about
her as well. I can't recommend her enough.”
M.T.
“After seeing Dr. Rapaport for three months I have experienced the greatest improvement for
my dry eye syndrome than I have in the past 15 years. Dr. Rapaport is very knowledgable and
caring. I am very grateful to her and her staff, in particular to Amy, who has been incredibly
helpful to me. Everyone here conducts themselves in a highly professional manner, and they
also run a tight ship in terms of timeliness. I have been seen every time without waiting any
more than 5 minutes, and this I appreciate a lot. I feel very fortunate to be a patient at this
medical practice.”
H.K.
“Dr Rapoport is a skilled, knowledgeable, sincerely caring medical professional. I started
seeing her a year ago and have since moved out of state. Regardless, it’s a priority for me to
continue under her good care.
I feel confident in her abilities - and it is my eyesight afterall!”
I feel confident in her abilities - and it is my eyesight afterall!”
P.J.
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