Advanced Glaucoma Surgery / Essentials in Ophthalmology (PDF)

Ahmad A. Aref, MD, graduated from the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill., in 2006 and subsequently completed a residency at the Penn State Hershey Eye Center, Penn State University College of Medicine and a fellowship in Glaucoma at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. Since 2011 he has been Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Chief Quality Officer at Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada. In 2011 Dr. Aref received an American Glaucoma Society MAPS Award and he currently sits on the society's Multimedia Committee. He has published 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for a number of journals, including Ophthalmology, JAMA Ophthalmology, and American Journal of Ophthalmology.


Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, graduated from Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India and completed a residency in Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also completed fellowships in the Glaucoma Services of Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Southern California School of Medicine. In 2005 he was appointed Professor (tenured) at the Department of Ophthalmology and Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles. From 2012 to 2014 Dr. Varma was Professor and Chairman, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, UIC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chicago, and Illinois Lions/Charles I. Young Endowed Chair of Ocular Research, Lions of Illinois Eye Research Institute, Chicago. Since 2014, Dr. Varma has been the Grace and Emery Beardsley Professor and Chair of the USC Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the USC Eye Institute, Los Angeles. He also serves as Associate Dean for