Beverly Forsyth, MD

In high school, Kimberly was a Junior Volunteer at Huntington Hospital for four years in her hometown, Huntington, New York. This provided her a look into working at the bedside with patients during their hospitalizations. Kimberly went on to pursue her undergraduate degree at the University of Delaware, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May 2015.Kimberly then began her nursing career as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Northwell Health/Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Shortly after, in 2016, she became a nurse at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Kimberly spent eight more years in Labor and Delivery, caring for patients through the joys and challenges of childbirth. She led the unit as a charge nurse, trained nurses to her position, and helped the unit move to the Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns in 2020.In May 2023, Kimberly graduated from New York University with a Master of Science, and in July 2023, she became a board-certified family nurse practitioner under the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. In 2024, Kimberly became Adjunct Faculty at the CUNY Hunter College School of Nursing, teaching the obstetrical rotation for undergraduate and accelerated nursing students in the process of earning their nursing degrees. Her passion is caring for women across the lifespan, with an emphasis on building strong patient relationships through education and collaboration to achieve optimal health.

Dr. Kimberly Sippel attended Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating with honors in Biochemical Sciences. She received her medical degree with the Alpha Omega Alpha honor distinction from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City. Following two years of training in general surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Sippel completed ophthalmology residency training at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School. She then completed the fellowship program in Cornea and External Disease at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, and is a recipient of both a Heed Foundation fellowship, as well as the American Ophthalmological Society Knapp Foundation fellowship award. Dr. Sippel also pursued several years of vision-related laboratory investigation as a Research Fellow at both the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Sippel is a diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dr. Sippel is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Weill Cornell Medicine and the NewYork Presbyterian Hospital. Prior to joining the Weill Cornell faculty, Dr. Sippel was with Cornea Consultants of Boston/ Laser Eye Consultants of Boston and had an active teaching role at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. Her interests include laser vision correction surgery, corneal transplantation and cataract surgery, corneal disease and dry eye, and conjunctival tumors.Kimberly C. Sippel, M.D. discusses the specifics of the cornea.

I am a board-certified optometrist with advanced training in ocular (eye) disease management. I am passionate about eye care and clinical research. As an optometrist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), my goal is to provide optimal vision and eye comfort for individuals receiving treatment for cancer. I provide ophthalmic services to patients admitted to Memorial Hospital and also see patients at Rockefeller Outpatient Pavilion in New York City.