Dr. Michael Cortese
Optometrist
Dr. Michael J. Cortese attended Union College, Syracuse University, and SUNY College of Optometry, Manhattan, where he received a bachelor’s degree with honors in Biology and a doctorate in Optometry in 1981.
He completed additional externships at The Staten Island Developmental Center, Martin Luther King Medical Center, Bronx, and the Northport Veterans Hospital, Long Island.
After years in private optometric practice, Dr. Cortese became the Clinical Director for TLC Laser Eye Centers, Albany, NY from 2003 to 2020 and TLC Northeast Regional Director from 2008 to 2013. He also worked with ophthalmology residents and cornea fellows at Cornea Consultants of Albany and Albany Medical College from 2012 to 2020. Dr. Cortese has specialties in pediatric optometry, specialty contact lens fittings, anterior segment disorders, glaucoma control, and refractive LASIK with over 17,000 laser procedures planned and co-managed.
Dr. Cortese is a member of the International Keratoconus Academy and has participated in and co-authored several peer-reviewed international papers on the PAR Topography System and the Oculus Pentacam Tomography.
Since 2012, Dr. Cortese has concentrated on the design and fit of specialty contact lenses for irregular or scarred corneas and the complexities of dry eye therapy.
Dr. Cortese lives with his wife and family in Saratoga Springs.
