Dr. Diana G. Antonio, OD

Dr. Diana G. Antonio received her Doctor of Optometry in 2009 from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Salus University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, earning honors in the optometric externships in her fields of study. During that training she developed a particular interest in vision therapy and pediatrics, in ophthalmic trauma and inflammation, and in the pharmaceutical management of eye disease. She is licensed in both topical and oral pharmaceutical agents and in minor surgical procedures of the eye. She practises at the Broadway office in Amityville on Long Island.

Her route into healthcare started early. A native of Brooklyn, she completed a competitive health careers programme at Fort Hamilton High School in Bay Ridge that involved extensive volunteering at Lutheran Hospital, then took a dual major in biology and English at Hunter College in Manhattan. While studying she volunteered at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, and that experience settled her choice of career.

After graduating she returned to Brooklyn as head optometrist at General Vision Services, where she built medical optometric management into what had been a straightforward optical practice, and earned the trust of the patients who came through it. She later joined RVC Optometric Associates, and now sees patients on the south shore of Long Island.

Her clinical range is wider than most primary care optometry. Children with eye turns, focusing problems and reading difficulty are assessed and treated with therapy rather than referred on; eye injuries, inflammation and infections are managed medically in the office; and glaucoma, diabetic change and macular disease are followed with scans and fields on a schedule.

She is a member of the American Optometric Association and the New York State Optometric Association, and is the current President of the Nassau County Optometric Society. Outside work she spends time with her family and friends, travels, keeps an active lifestyle, and admits to the occasional evening in front of the television.