Dr. Marjan Farid
MD
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. 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 center 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 serves as the Chair of the Cornea Clinical Committee of ASCRS since 2021. Her work is published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. She is the editor of two leading textbooks in her field and has authored multiple textbook chapters. Dr. Farid travels extensively to present her work as invited Professor at various ophthalmology institutes as well as multiple national and international meetings.