Andrew J. Levada, MD
Dr. Levada is a pediatric ophthalmologist with an interest in adult eye muscle disorders. He came to Connecticut following his residency in Ophthalmology and Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Princeton University and attended Harvard Medical School. Dr. Levada is a Fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is past president of the Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians and has served as Section Chief of Ophthalmology at St. Mary’s Hospital.
Dr. Levada was the first investigator in New England to use Botox® which was pioneered to treat eye muscle problems. As an Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Yale Department of Ophthalmology, he trained ophthalmology residents for many years. He was a founding member of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group participating in a number of National Eye Institute multi-center trials designed to advance the state-of-the-art of strabismus and lazy eye treatment.