Charles R.

Beyrer

Obituary, Charles R. Beyrer M.D., Long Island Ophthalmologist. Dr. Charles R. Beyrer, a recently retired Long Island Ophthalmologist, has died at the age of 91 after a brief illness. He passed at his home in Oakdale on May 15th, 2025. Dr. Beyrer, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Feb. 12th, 1934, was the only child of the late Kathleen Carroll Beyrer and Charles Augustus Beyrer, also of Brooklyn. He was a graduate of Adelphi Academy, Hobart College, in Geneva New York, and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, in Switzerland. He trained in retinal surgery at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, and then was a longtime member of Suffolk Opthalmology Associates, a private group specialty eye care practice in Bay Shore, New York. During his long career, he served as Chief of Ophthalmology at both Southside Hospital, in Bay Shore, and Good Samaritan Hospital in Babylon, New York. An Air Force reservist, he was called into service during the Vietnam war to provide eye surgery for returning U.S. troops. Dr. Beyrer was active as a physician until his retirement in 2023, aged 89. Nationally recognized for his expertise in retinal conditions, he was a pioneer of the use of laser surgery in private practice. He was preceded in death by his late wife, Patricia, and two daughters, Jacqueline and Judith Beyrer. He is survived by his first wife, Nancy Beyrer, daughters Anne Beyrer, Dr. Kathryn Beyrer (O'Brien) and Robin Hills Fredericks, and by his son, Dr. Chris Beyrer, a professor of medicine at Duke University; and five grandchildren including Lillianne Atlihan, William O'Brien, Harrison Fredericks, Luke O'Brien, and Wyatt Fredericks.