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Michele McLeod, M.D. joined MKMG in the Department of Ophthalmology this summer. She will be treating both children and adults in MKMG’s Mount Kisco and Brewster offices.
Dr. McLeod’s training includes a medical internship at Yale - New Haven Medical Center and an Ophthalmology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Montefiore and Jacobi Medical Centers.
Subsequently, Dr. McLeod completed a fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH). After her fellowship, she joined the attending staff at MEETH and participated in clinical care until spring 2000. She also supervised residents in the Strabismus Clinic at Jacobi Medical Center and cared for patients at the Rose F. Kennedy Center, a multi-disciplinary facility dedicated to children with physical, neurologic, and learning disabilities.
Dr. McLeod, a California native, moved to the East Coast to attend medical school after graduating from the University of California, Berkeley. She chose MKMG’s Dr. Michael Weissman as her daughter’s pediatrician, and has met most of the pediatricians and pediatric nurses on various visits.
“One of the reasons I was delighted to join MKMG was the excellent patient care and professional attitude on the part of everyone we encountered at the Group,” she said.
Dr. McLeod specializes in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabis-mus (ocular misalignment in children and adults). Strabismus may either improve with glasses or necessitate surgical intervention. She also has a special interest in the treatment of amblyopia (weak vision which can be reversed in children up to age eight).
“Treating these conditions is especially rewarding, because it gives me the ability to make positive, life-long interventions in children’s lives. Straightening eyes that are misaligned and improving overall vision can make a huge difference in a child’s self-esteem,” she added.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. McLeod in the Mount Kisco or Brewster office, call 242-1355. | 
