Dr.Siamak Zarei Ghanavati

Corneal transplant and cataract specialist

Specialist

Subspecialist in Corneal, Cataract, and Refractive surgery from the USA
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Subspecialty Fellowship in Corneal Surgery, Cataract, Refractive Surgery, UCLA, USA
Subspecialty Fellowship in Ocular Surface Diseases, and Keratoprotective, Miami University, USA
Subspecialty Fellowship in Anterior Segment, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Advanced Course of Corneal Transplant and Eye Banking, Price Vision Group, USA

Research and Educational Activities

Pioneering the field of international cornea fellowship licenced by Internatioan council of Ophtalmology (ICO)
Curriculum writing of International Corneal and Refractive errors Surgery Fellowship Subspecialty program
Member of the Board of Directors of Iranian Society of Ophthalmology (IrSO)
Council member of Asia Pacific Association of Ophthalmologists of (APAO)
Member of American and Europian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS and ESCRS)
Publication of 80 scientific articles, 50 ISI articles and more than 75 national and international lectures
Compilation of 4 Books and Chapters of international corneal reference book entitled “Copeland and Afshari’s principles and practice of cornea’’.

Honors

First rank in the Iranian board of Ophthalmology in 2006
First rank in residency exam in Iran (2002)
First rank in the pre-internship exam in 2000
Senior Researcher of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2011
Top Researcher of the of Surgical Sciences of Razi National Festival, Eighteenth Razi Festival of Medical Sciences, Iran, 2012
First rank in Shahid Motahari Educational Festival in 2015
Senior Researcher at Shams International Ophthalmology Festival in 2015
The title of International Ophthalmic Scientist issued by the International Society of Ophthalmology in 2007
Fellowship Award from the International Society of Ophthalmology for a subspecialty Training at the University of Miami, USA in 2011
Awarded the Helmerich Fellowship for the first time in 2010 for subspeciatly Training in Corneal, Cataract and Refractive Surgery at UCLA, USA, 2010