Farhad Hafezi | Ophthalmologist in Switzerland

Farhad Hafezi Swiss Surgeon

Graduate and Postgraduate studies, Research From 1993 to 1994, Hafezi participated in a two year-course in experimental medicine and biology (now MBiol) at the ETH and the University of Zurich. He spent three additional years in the Laboratory for Retinal Cell Biology of the Department of Ophthalmology of the University Hospital of Zurich.

His main focus was the molecular mechanisms of retinal degeneration, and he identified the first gene that essentially regulates light-induced retinal degeneration (Hafezi et al., Nature Medicine, 1997).

Clinical activities Prof. Hafezi’s clinical focus are the cornea and complication management after complicated refractive laser surgery.

He was instrumental in implementing corneal cross-linking technology in ophthalmology.

Farhad Hafezi Ophthalmologist

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Farhad Hafezi | Ophthalmologist in Switzerland Farhad Hafezi Swiss Surgeon Graduate and Postgraduate studies, Research From 1993 to 1994, Hafezi participated in a two year-course in experimental medicine and biology (now MBiol) at the ETH and the U...See more