Majid Moshirfar
| Majid Moshirfar | |
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| M Moshifar Photo 04M Moshifar Photo 04 Dr. Majid Moshirfar, M.D., F.A.C.S. | |
| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Persian American |
| 🏫 Education | University of Maryland (B.S.) Georgetown University School of Medicine (M.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Management of keratoconus; Wavefront technology (LASIK / PRK); Ectasia after LASIK; Small Incision Lenticular Extraction (SMILE); Keratoprosthesis |
Dr. Majid Moshirfar is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained cornea specialist in the United States of America. He is most well known for his clinical research portfolio and as a leader in refractive eye surgeries (vision correction). He is the Clinical Research Director of Hoopes, Durrie, Rivera Research Center at Hoopes Vision in Utah. In addition, he is the co-medical director of the Utah Lions Eye Bank at the John A. Moran Eye Center.
Career
Education
Dr. Moshirfar attended University of Maryland as an undergraduate student, where he obtained a degree in zoology and graduated summa cum laude. After his graduation, he attended medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and graduated in 1992 as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He then completed his ophthalmology residency at University of Illinois College of Medicine, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Following his residency, he completed a two-year fellowship at the Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City which emphasized cornea and external disease, refractive surgery, anterior segment reconstruction, corneal inflammatory disease, infection, and uveitis.[1] Dr. Moshirfar is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and is a fellow of the American Board of Eye Surgeons (ABES) from which he received certification for cornea transplantation, LASIK, and cataract surgery.
Academia
In 1998, Dr. Moshirfar joined the faculty at the Moran Eye Center, where he would spend the next 18 years -- 16 of which were spent as the Director of Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He began his career by popularizing the cornea fellowship at the Moran Eye Center. Over the years of training other ophthalmologists, he has become a specialist in LASIK, PRK, ICL, cataract extraction, and cornea transplants. He is also an expert in keratoprosthesis as well as treating corneal disorders and other infectious eye diseases. He became a full professor of ophthalmology on tenured track at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Moshirfar was also the co-director of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Division and Associate Medical Director of the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology. He served as the Director of the Fellowship at Francis I. Proctor Foundation from 2014-2015.
He is currently an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at the University of Utah School of Medicine as well as the UCSF School of Medicine.
Research
Much of Dr. Moshirfar's career has been dedicated to patient care and clinical research. He has been a principal investigator on more than 65 studies over the last 23 years, including clinical trials for new ophthalmic drugs and intraocular lenses. Additionally, he has authored over 250 PubMed peer-reviewed scientific publications in a variety of journals across the world. (see Publications below for more details)
Notable procedures
Since the beginning of his career, Moshirfar has been at the forefront of new ophthalmology technologies. Since becoming the first surgeon in Utah to perform LASIK on a transplanted cornea in 1997, he has also become the first to perform endothelial lamellar keratoplasty, LASEK, DLEK, Custom PRK, Custom LASIK, implantation of AlphaCor Artificial Cornea, DSEK, DMEK. In 2005, Moshirfar performed the first suture-less cornea transplant (DSEK) in Utah.[2] In 2007, he performed the first laser-based cornea transplant in Utah.[3] In 2013, he was also the first to perform an implantable miniature telescope surgery[4] and in 2015, he was the first in Utah to do topography-guided LASIK. In 2016, Dr. Moshirfar was the first ophthalmologist to perform SMILE in the state of Utah.[5]
In 2010, Dr. Moshirfar performed a cornea transplant using a new technique that had not been implemented in the United States[6] and in 2019, he became the first ophthalmologist to perform the LIKE (Lenticular Intrastromal Keratoplasty) surgery in the United States.[7]
Cornea Academy
With the goal of educating medical students, residents, and fellows, Dr. Moshirfar created a repository of ophthalmology information through a social-media-powered Cornea Academy. On his YouTube account, he has shared over 100 videos of eye surgeries and procedures including cataract surgery, LASIK, PRK, SMILE, and others.[1]
Publications
Books
Moshirfar has co-authored chapters in five books:
- Curbside Consultation in Corneal and External Disease: 49 Questions (pg. 37)[8]
- Yanoff and Duker Ophthalmology (Third Edition)[9]
- Clinical Atlas of Procedures in Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery (Second Edition)[10]
- Ophthalmology, Fourth Edition (pg. 180)[11]
- Curbside Consultation in Refractive and Lens-Based Surgery (pp. 57-59)[12]
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
He has authored 250+ peer-reviewed scientific publications between 1988-2019.[13]
Some notable articles are:
- Comparison of FDA-Reported Visual and Refractive Outcomes of the Toric ICL Lens, SMILE, and Topography-Guided LASIK for the Correction of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism
- Comparative Analysis of LASIK Flap Diameter and its Centration Using Two Different Femtosecond Lasers
- Intraocular Lens Calculation after Refractive Surgery: A Long-Term Retrospective Comparison of Eight Formulas
- A Modified Small-Incision Lenticule Intrastromal Keratoplasty (sLIKE) for the Correction of High Hyperopia: A Description of a New Surgical Technique and Comparison to Lenticule Intrastromal Keratoplasty (LIKE)
- Comparison of FDA safety and efficacy data for KAMRA and Raindrop corneal inlays
- The effect of preoperative keratometry on visual outcomes after moderate myopic LASIK
- Laser in situ keratomileusis flap complications using mechanical microkeratome versus femtosecond laser: retrospective comparison
- Custom vs conventional PRK: a prospective, randomized, contralateral eye comparison of postoperative visual function
- Laser in situ keratomileusis in patients with corneal guttata and family history of Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy
- Implantation of an Artisan phakic intraocular lens for the correction of high myopia
Moshirfar is also on the editorial board of twelve ophthalmology journals including Journal of Refractive Surgery and Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
Recently, Dr. Moshirfar has been ranked among the top experts in the world for cornea (38/40,033, top 0.095%)[14], LASIK (4/4,458, top 0.09%)[15], and PRK (11/2,372, top 0.46%)[16]
Television Appearances
Dr. Moshirfar has made several local television appearances and contributions to promote proper eye care in the community. Some of the topics he has covered are: Fourth of July Fireworks[17], eyeball tattooing[18], vision correction surgeries[19], and Halloween contact lens infections[20].
Awards
Dr. Moshirfar has received the following awards:
- Journal of Refractive Surgery 2019 Gold Reviewer (2020)
- Journal of Refractive Surgery 2018 Top Reviewer (2019)
- Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Patients' Choice Award (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- On-Time Doctor Award (2018)
- Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors
- Best Doctors in America (2008, 2014)
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Achievement Award (2011)
- Making it Happen Award, University of Utah School of Medicine (2011)
- American Academy of Ophthalmology Honors Achievement award (2011)
- Outstanding Clinical Resident Award, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary (1996)
- Alpha Omega Alpha Membership - Georgetown University School of Medicine chapter (1991)
Personal Life
Dr. Moshirfar, his wife, and their three children live in Salt Lake City, Utah. He currently practices at Hoopes Vision in Draper, Utah.
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- ↑ "Majid Moshirfar Md". Hoopes Vision. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ Collins, Lois M. (2005-10-09). "Eye surgery is clear improvement". Deseret News. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ "Utah's First Laser Based Cornea Transplant Performed at Moran Eye Center". healthcare.utah.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Fremont man becomes first Utahn to get a tiny eye telescope". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ↑ March 14, Danyelle Madrid; 2017. "Hoopes Vision Introduces SMILE Laser Vision Correction to Utah". Hoopes Vision. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ↑ "Utah surgeon makes remarkable repair to man's burned eye". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ January 17, Danyelle Madrid; 2019. "High-tech Innovation and Advanced Surgical Techniques". Hoopes Vision. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ↑ Curbside consultation in cornea and external disease : 49 clinical questions. Price, Francis W., 1951-, Price, Marianne O., 1952-, Letko, Erik. Thorofare, NJ. ISBN 978-1-61711-686-5. OCLC 884811822. Search this book on
- ↑ Ophthalmology. Yanoff, Myron., Duker, Jay S., 1958-, Augsburger, James J. (3rd ed.). [Edinburgh]: Mosby Elsevier. 2009. ISBN 978-0-323-04332-8. OCLC 299238877. Search this book on
- ↑ Clinical atlas of procedures in ophthalmic and oculofacial surgery. Albert, Daniel M., Lucarelli, Mark J. (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-987483-5. OCLC 806323265. Search this book on
- ↑ Ophthalmology. Yanoff, Myron,, Duker, Jay S., 1958- (Fourth ed.). London. 2013-11-06. ISBN 978-1-4557-5001-6. OCLC 865096202. Search this book on
- ↑ Curbside consultation in refractive and lens-based surgery : 49 clinical questions. Henderson, Bonnie An,, Yoo, Sonia H., 1966-. Thorofare, NJ. ISBN 978-1-63091-082-2. OCLC 893674565. Search this book on
- ↑ "PubMed". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-02. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Cornea: Moshirfar, M - Expertscape.com". expertscape.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ↑ "Laser In Situ Keratomileusis: Moshirfar, Majid - Expertscape.com". expertscape.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ↑ "Photorefractive Keratectomy: Moshirfar, M - Expertscape.com". expertscape.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ↑ Keep Your Eyes Safe during Fireworks Season, retrieved 2020-01-02
- ↑ "Utah ophthalmologists working to ban eyeball tattooing". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ Dr. Moshirfar on KSL's Tech Talk, retrieved 2020-01-02
- ↑ "Costume Contact Lenses Could Cause Serious Damage". www.ksl.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
