Marjan Farid

Dr Marjan Farid is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Director of Cornea, Refractive & Cataract Surgery at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California-Irvine.  She graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA with a degree in Biology and earned her medical degree at UC San Diego.  Her clinical practice is divided between patient care, teaching and research.  Her research interests focus on corneal surgery, specifically the use of the femtosecond laser for corneal transplantation.  She is also the founder of the Severe Ocular Surface Disease Center at UCI and is a centre of excellence as part of the Holland Foundation for Sight Restoration.  She performs Limbal Stem Cell transplants as well as artificial corneal transplantation for the treatment of patients with severe ocular surface disease.  She currently serves as the Chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee of ASCRS. Her work is published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.  She has authored multiple textbook chapters and travels extensively to present her work at national and international meetings.