About Michael P. Gingold, MD

Dr. Gingold graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and then completed a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic, orbital and reconstructive surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Dr. Gingold is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). He has surgery privileges at the Hartford Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center, UCONN Health Surgery Center, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center and Hartford Hospital’s Eye Surgery Center in Newington. Dr. Gingold is board certified and specializes in plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery of the eyelids, orbit and lacrimal system. In the United States, there are only a few hundred doctors who have devoted themselves to the specialty of eye plastic surgery – ASOPRS surgeons. To master the specialty, doctors begin with three years of eye surgery training after completing medical school. They become board-certified ophthalmologists. A year of extensive, advanced oculoplastic (eye plastic) surgery training is then completed, followed by qualifying examinations and a scientific thesis. Dr. Gingold is recognized as one of the “Top Docs” in 2017 by Connecticut Magazine.