Dr. Kira Segal

Dr. Kira Segal, a board-certified ophthalmologist, works at EltraSelf as an oculofacial plastic surgeon. She previously served as an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and held clinical appointments at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She sits on a leadership committee of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Her education began at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude. She earned her M.D. at Weill Cornell Medical College with dual honors in community service and research. She then completed a transitional year at Memorial Sloan Kettering, an ophthalmology residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, and a two-year subspecialty fellowship in oculofacial and reconstructive surgery at the Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan. This fellowship is one of only a few in the country accredited by the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She also received the Medical Society of the State of New York Award for Medical Excellence while in medical school. Her surgical training covers minimally invasive, scarless orbital approaches, endoscopic procedures for tearing disorders, and brow lift surgery. Her clinical interests include eyelid surgery, blepharoplasty, ptosis repair, brow lift, thyroid eye disease correction, eyelid malposition, tearing disorders, facial nerve palsy, anophthalmic socket reconstruction, aesthetic surgery and non-surgical injectables. She treats cancers of the eyelids, orbit and face, including complex Mohs reconstruction. Her surgery affiliations are Eltra Surgical Center in Florham Park, Morristown Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Livingston Surgery Center.