Dr. Alexander Port

Dr. Alexander D. Port is a board-certified retina specialist and vitreoretinal surgeon who joined NJ Retina in 2020. His passion for ophthalmology began during medical school through volunteer community vision screenings, which he continued to supervise throughout his residency. Dr. Port completed his Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Columbia University and earned his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

After a preliminary internship in internal medicine at New York University, he returned to Weill Cornell for his ophthalmology residency, serving as Chief Resident. Dr. Port then completed a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Boston University and the Boston VA Medical Center, where he served as a clinical instructor. He is a member of the American Society of Retina Specialists and the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has published on topics such as vitrectomy surgery and retinopathy of prematurity.