Eric Rubinfeld

About Eric Rubinfeld

I am a healthcare entrepreneur and clinician with more than three decades of experience building, operating, and scaling patient-centered eye care businesses.The Road Less Traveled My career path has been unconventional, taking me from New York to Asia (Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea, Hong Kong, and China) and back to New York. In that time, I have founded and operated many startups in medical, retail, and manufacturing across both the U.S. and China, gaining first-hand experience in building, restructuring, and growing businesses.The Strategy Behind the ScienceTo complement my clinical background and entrepreneurial interests, I earned my MBA from the University of Hong Kong. This education equipped me with a deep understanding of strategy, operations, branding, and scalable business systems.Current FocusToday, I am the founder and CEO of Westchester Eyes, a multi-location platform in the New York Metro area where we integrate advanced eye care and MedSpa services with a focus on clinical innovation, operational discipline, and patient experience.My background spans clinical care, corporate strategy, retail, manufacturing, and restructuring. I’ve led initiatives across product development, branding, and operational transformation in both early-stage and mature businesses.Collaborations & Partnerships I have a particular interest in studying strategic partnerships across unconventional business relationships that intersect healthcare, retail, aesthetics, and consumer experience.I am open to collaborations with enterprise organizations, brands, and technology-enabled platforms, and I welcome conversations with like-minded founders and C-Level executives regarding partnership opportunities, growth, and platform development.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Westchester Eyes

   Jun 2018 — Present · Westchester County, NY, US

   I am a healthcare entrepreneur and clinician with more than three decades of experience building, operating, and scaling patient-centered eye care businesses. My career path has been unconventional taking me from New York, to Asia (Japan, Taiwan, S Korea, Hong Kong and China). In that time I have founded and operated many startups in both medical, retail and manufacturing in both the U.S. and China gaining first hand experience of building, restructuring and growing businesses.To complement my clinical background and entrepreneurial interests I returned to school to earn an MBA from the University of Hong Kong. This education equipped me to develop a deep understanding on strategy, operations, branding, and scalable business systems. Today, I am am the founder and CEO of Westchester Eyes, a multi-location platform in the New York Metro area where we integrate advanced eye care, MedSpa services with a focus on clinical innovation, operational discipline, and patient experience.My background spans clinical care, corporate strategy, retail, manufacturing, and restructuring. I hold an MBA from the University of Hong Kong and have led initiatives across product development, branding, and operational transformation in both early-stage and mature businesses.My career has been the embodiment of the road less traveled and I have particular interest in studying strategic partnerships across otherwise unconventional business relationships that intersect healthcare, retail, aesthetics, and consumer experience and I am open to collaborations with enterprise organizations, brands, and technology-enabled platforms.I’m open to conversations with like minded founders and C Level executives regarding partnership opportunities, growth, and platform development.

Education

• Adelphi University

  BS, Biology

  1979 — 1983

• State University of New York College of Optometry

  OD, Optometry

  1983 — 1987

• The University of Hong Kong

  MBA, Business

  2009 — 2011