Katherine J. Zamecki-Vedder, MD, FACS

Katherine J. Zamecki-Vedder, MD, FACS

Katherine J. Zamecki-Vedder, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in orbital and oculoplastic surgery. She graduated cum laude from Barnard College with a B.A. in Anthropology. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey. During medical school, she excelled academically and was elected into the honorable Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, an elite group of medical professionals recognized for their excellence in scholarship and honorable virtues. She was inducted into The Gold Humanism Honor Society, which recognizes compassionate care. She received an AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Achievement Citation, which is for women in the top ten percent of their medical school class. Katherine went on to complete a medical internship at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where she was one of a select few to be elected “Intern of the Year.” She completed her ophthalmology residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and went on to a fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center under S. Tonya Stefko, MD, FACS. During fellowship, she had extensive exposure to surgery and diseases of the eyelids, orbit, and lacrimal system. She also had the opportunity to work with and teach residents, something she loves to do.

Dr. Zamecki-Vedder is interested and experienced in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, as well as soft tissue augmentation with fillers such as Juvederm®, Restylane®, and Sculptra®. She is very experienced in the administration of Botox®, both for blepharospasm and aesthetic indications, having injected thousands of patients in her career. Dr. Zamecki-Vedder performs hundreds of surgical eyelid procedures a year and uses her background in microsurgical techniques to achieve natural-looking results with a gentle, caring touch. Dr. Zamecki-Vedder loves to teach and in her spare time, she has lectured to the medical staff at Danbury Hospital on a variety of topics. She also tries to volunteer some of her time to local community vision screenings.

Dr. Zamecki-Vedder lives in Ridgefield with her husband and four children. She loves the outdoors (biking, hiking, tennis, pickle ball, skiing) and enjoys cooking, traveling, reading and spending time with her dogs. She and her husband work on restoring old cars and have a collection of muscle cars and Jeeps. Thanks to her Polish parents, Dr. Zamecki-Vedder speaks conversational Polish. She can also understand and speak basic Spanish. Dr. Zamecki-Vedder is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO), a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), a member of the New England Oculoplastic Society (NEOPS) and Connecticut State Eye Physicians (CSEP). Dr. Zamecki-Vedder is a published author and her original articles and case reports have appeared in the following prestigious journals: American Journal of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She is also the author of a book chapter on orbital infections.