By Marianne Kligman Holmdel Happenings – Feb., 2004 Dr. Surekha Collur recently purchased the practice of Dr. Anthony J. Micale, renamed Bayshore Ophthalmology. Dr. Collur hopes to increase the amount of surgery performed in her practice, with a specialty in Glaucoma care, a specialty in which she is trained. For years, Dr. Anthony Micale has operated a very successful and robust Ophthalmology practice in Holmdel and Tinton Falls. After thirty years of practice in Northern Monmouth County, he has opted for semi retirement and recently sold his business to a young Glaucoma specialist, Dr. Surekha Collur. He will remain to practice two days a week at both office locations in Dr. Collur’s employ. Dr. Collur, a mother of two young sons, graduated from medical school in her native India. She emigrated to London, and soon after, to America to continue her medical training. Dr. Surekha Collur recently purchased the practice of Dr. Anthony J. Micale, renamed Bayshore Ophthalmology. Dr. Collur hopes to increase the amount of surgery performed in her practice, with a specialty in Glaucoma care, a specialty in which she is trained. In 1995 she completed an internship at the Presbyterian Medical Center at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania. During her residency at Suny-Brooklyn in 1999 she was recognized with the best resident research award. She continued to complete a fellowship in Glaucoma at the Tuft’s-New England Eye Center. She is published in many major journals and is well versed in the latest medical and surgical advances and trends in ophthalmology, in particular glaucoma. Dr. Collur is delighted to establish a practice in Holmdel, as area where...
By Vince Echavaria Staff Writer – Independent, Feb., 2004 HOLMDEL — Area glaucoma patients don’t have to travel far for treatment, thanks to ophthalmologist Dr. Surekha Collur’s practice right here in town. Collur is a board-certified ophthalmologist with a specialty in glaucoma, a disease of the eyes that is one of the major causes of blindness in the United States. She co-owns her North Beers Street practice, located next to Bayshore Community Hospital, with her husband, Dr. Uday Menon. Collur is one of only about 1,500 female ophthalmologists in the country and also one of the only ophthalmologists with a glaucoma specialty in Monmouth County, Menon said. Collur, 39, acquired the practice in July from Dr. Anthony Micale, the other ophthalmologist in the office, who started the practice in 1970. Micale started the practice in Matawan and brought it to the North Beers Street office in 1982. The practice also has an office in Tinton Falls. Micale, who decided that after three decades it was time to sell the practice, said the practice offers comprehensive eye care with a specialty in glaucoma. “Dr. Collur is well received and extremely well trained,” Micale said. “She has brought the most modern and latest dimension of ophthalmologic care to this practice, and she’s wonderful to work with.” The practice was created to provide the most up-to-date ophthalmologic care, Micale said, and with glaucoma affecting as much as 2 to 4 percent of the general public, it was important to find a doctor for the area who specializes in the disease. Glaucoma is caused when there is too much pressure in the eye...
