Shahin Shahinfar, M.D.

Medical Director

Since 1995, Dr. Shahinfar has been proudly serving the residents of Columbus, Central Ohio, and West Virginia. As a trusted LASIK surgeon, he has performed eye surgery on thousands of patients, including dozens of the Eye Center’s staff, their family, and friends. He has performed over 60,000 LASIK procedures (and thousands of other eye surgeries), making him one of the most experienced LASIK surgeons in Ohio.

Dr. Shahinfar became interested in laser vision correction early on. He was a primary investigator for Lasersight, one of the manufacturers of excimer lasers, along with the late Dr. Bloomberg. To learn LASIK eye surgery, he traveled to Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic and worked with Dr. Raphael Felix, an expert LASIK surgeon familiar with the Lasersight excimer laser. This was prior to Lasersight’s FDA approval in this country. Dr. Shahinfar went on to become certified on several other laser platforms, including AMO Visx, Bausch & Lomb, Nidek, and IntraLase utilized at Bloomberg Eye Center.

Please contact our practice today if you have been considering laser vision correction and you live in or around Columbus, Central Ohio, or West Virginia. Our LASIK surgeon is highly esteemed for his skill in producing exceptional results through LASIK and other vision correction procedures.

Areas of interest

Refractive surgery, comprehensive ophthalmology, cataracts, retinal diseases, and surgery

Hospital Affiliations

Active staff at Licking Memorial Hospital, Newark

Education

University of California-Berkeley, graduated with Honors, 1984
University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Chicago, 1985-1990
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Internship, 1990-1991
Stanford University Basic Science Course in Ophthalmology 1991
University of Missouri-Columbia, Residency in Ophthalmology, 1991-1994
Southern Illinois University, Clinical Fellowship, 1994-1995

Certifications

Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology
Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Member, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists
Member of Ohio Ophthalmologic Society
Diplomat of the National Board of Medical Examiners
AMA’s Physician’s Recognition Award
Clinical Assistant Professor, Ohio State University

Research

Primary investigator for Lasersight Technologies, studying laser vision correction at Bloomberg Eye Center
Investigator for CIBA Vision, studying photodynamic therapy for macular degeneration
Dr. Shahinfar has published articles in leading peer-reviewed journals.

"The service was exceptional. I would trust the Bloomberg Eye Center to handle all aspects of my vision."

Luann Cooperrider