Dr. Anaïs Carniciu, MD

About Dr. Carniciu

Dr. Carniciu graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, where she studied biology and moral philosophy and received a Howard Hughes Medical Institute research scholarship. She earned her medical degree at Stony Brook University School of Medicine. She completed her ophthalmic surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and was Chief Resident.

She then completed a fellowship sponsored by ASOPRS, training at the University of Michigan and at Consultants in Ophthalmic and Facial Plastic Surgery in Southfield, Michigan. In an interview on Let's Talk, Dr. Carniciu said she returned to Westchester after her fellowship and started her private practice, New York Eye and Face Oculoplastic Surgery. She is on the oculoplastics teaching faculty at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.

She was the immediate past President of the Westchester County Medical Society and has served as 9th District Delegate for Westchester to the Medical Society of the State of New York. Her work focuses on plastic surgery of the face, with special attention to the tissues around the eyes. She developed the BBL Dry Eye Protocol for meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye disease.

She has presented her research at national meetings and reviews papers for several surgical journals. Outside work, she enjoys reading novels and traveling.