Dr. Rachel Ellis, MD

About Dr. Ellis

Dr. Ellis earned her medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in 2003. She completed an internal medicine internship at Mount Sinai St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in 2004, an ophthalmology residency at SUNY Downstate in 2007, and a fellowship in oculoplastic surgery at Schlessinger Eye & Face in 2008. She is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition with Honors from Cornell University, earned in 1997. Dr.

At Belaray Dermatology, her services include ptosis repair (functional and cosmetic), eyelid malposition correction and thyroid eye disease management. When skin cancer is found near the eye, a Belaray Mohs surgeon removes it while Dr. Ellis handles the reconstruction, often at the same visit. She has instructed Northwell Health System residents in oculofacial plastic surgery, and has been affiliated with Syosset Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and Queens Hospital Center.