Dr. Benjamin Rubin, MD

3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852

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3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852

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3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852

3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852

In-network insurances

BlueCross BlueShield

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EyeMed

UnitedHealthcare

BlueCross BlueShield

Davis Vision

EyeMed

UnitedHealthcare

Popular visit reasons

Contact Lenses

Eye Emergency Visit

Eye Infection

Eyeglasses

General Eye Consultation

General Eye Follow Up

Refractive Surgery Consultation

Retina Consultation

Contact Lenses

Eye Emergency Visit

Eye Infection

Eyeglasses

More about Dr. Benjamin Rubin, MD

Dr. Rubin has lectured at the NIH, the University of Illinois Eye & Ear and at the Jules Stein Eye Institute-UCLA. He was at the NIH for 15 years and has been involved in the care of patients with many eye disease. Another interest has been in the treatment of severe dry eye. He was the recipient of the prestigious Richard C. Troutman Award in Ophthalmology at SUNY Downstate Medical College in April 2007. Dr. Rubin is a co-author in a number of prestigious journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Human Genetics and Archives of Ophthalmology. Together with Dr. JF Hejtmancik, they discovery the gene responsible for Francois Neetans Cornea Dystrophy. Dr. Rubin received a patent for a drug that inactivates Matrix Metallo Protease from the USPTO. His reseach with this drug is ongoing and this may be a major contribution to the treatment of eye and medical diseases. He continues to collaborate with Dr. Hejmancik looking for the gene responsible for Pterygium, Hypo-Alpha Protein cataracts, a cataract that affects men and women in their 50-60's. His research continues to keep him involved in academics and abreast of the most recent discoveries in many fields of medicine. Dr. Rubin is an ordained Rabbi. He loves to cook, hike & camp and often goes white water rafting.

Education & experience

Education

Medical School - State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Doctor of Medicine

National Eye Institute (Ophthalmic Genetics)

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Residency in Surgery

State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Residency in Ophthalmology

State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Fellowship in Anterior Segment and Glaucoma

State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Internship in Internal Medicine

Practice

Better Vision Center

Affiliation

Suburban Hospital

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Awards and publications

Chairman of Opthalmology Suburban Hospital-Hopkins Medicine 2010-2014

Richard Troutman SUNY Downstate Alumni Award in Ophthalmology 2007

National Institutes of Health Appreciation Award for 15 years of Service in September 2003

Glanz S, Gordan D, Butt K, Hong J, Rubin B; Post transplant ureter obstruction treated with balloon dilation and stent placement. Radiology 149: 101-104, 1983.

Rubin B; Kowa ophthalmic photograph of the month. Ophthalmology Times,1983.

Miller C, Rubin B; Nikon residents diagnosis of the month, 1986.

Feinstien N, Rubin, B; Toxicity of Flurbiprofen sodium. Archives of Ophthalmology, 1988, 106(3):311.

Freedman J, Rubin B; Simplified approach to the placement of the single stage long tube Molteno glaucoma implant, Video presentation, American Academy of Ophthalmology-Dallas 1988.

Freedman J, Molteno ACB, Rubin B; Single plate Molteno glaucoma implant in treating neovascular glaucoma, a 10 year experience. Presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology- Dallas 1988.

Rubin B, Freedman J; New York Academy of Ophthalmology- Experience in Pediatric Glaucoma with the Molteno Glaucoma Implant, May 1988.

Rubin B, Palestine AG. Complications of corticosteroid and immunosuppressive drugs. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 1989 Fall;29(3):159-71. Review. PMID: 2526794.

Senior Staff Fellow at National Eye Institute Laboratory of Ocular Immunology

Rubin B, Munion L. Retinal findings in an adolescent with juvenile pernicious anemia. N Y State J Med. 1982 Jul;82(8):1239-41. PMID: 6957746

Background

Languages spoken

English

Gender

Male

NPI number

#1922053602

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3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852

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3 mi11300 Rockville Pike, Ste 1202, Rockville, MD, 20852