Thursday, 6 October 2016

Hajirah Saeed, M.D., joins Mass. Eye and Ear Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service

Boston, Mass. — Hajirah Saeed, M.D., has joined Mass. Eye and Ear as a clinician-researcher in the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service. Her clinical strengths incorporate corneal transplantation, visual blazes, keratoprosthesis, visual surface tumors and pediatric cornea.

"Enhancing patients' personal satisfaction is the thing that drove me to seek after a vocation in ophthalmology and particularly in cornea," said Dr. Saeed. "There is consistent examination and advancement in the field of cornea, refining and concocting approaches to enhance vision and solace. I am fortunate to be at a foundation that has the assets to permit me to help my patients in the most important ways."

Dr. Saeed conducts research on corneal infections. As the inaugural Gliklich Innovation Scholar at Mass. Eye and Ear, she is working under the mentorship of James Chodosh, M.D., MPH, to build up a Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS)/dangerous epidermal necrolysis (TEN) registry and bio-vault to research the immunopathogenesis and hereditary qualities of the malady. SJS/TEN is an uncommon, resistant interceded mucocutaneous illness with the potential for extreme vision entanglements.

Dr. Saeed started seeing patients in September at Mass. Eye and Ear's primary grounds (243 Charles St., Boston) and East Bridgewater (400 N. Bedford St., E. Bridgewater) areas. She additionally observes patients at Boston Children's Hospital in Waltham.

Dr. Saeed was elevated to her present position taking after fulfillment of a Clinical Fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Mass. Eye and Ear, where she served as Chief Fellow in her second year. She got her college degree from Benedictine University, going ahead to go to the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and finishing an ophthalmology residency at the Loyola University Medical Center. Dr. Saeed's commitments to patient care and research have been perceived through a few honors, including an American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation Resident Excellence Award, the Chicago Ophthalmological Society's Beem Fisher Award and two Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness gifts.

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Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and researchers are driven by a mission to discover cures for visual deficiency, deafness and sicknesses of the head and neck. Presently joined with Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass. Eye and Ear is the world's biggest vision and listening to research focus, growing new medications and cures through disclosure and development. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School showing doctor's facility and trains future medicinal pioneers in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency and also clinical and research associations. Universally acclaimed since its establishing in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear utilizes full-time, load up ensured doctors who offer high caliber and reasonable claim to fame mind that reaches from the routine to the extremely intricate. In the 2015–2016 "Best Hospitals Survey," U.S. News and World Report positioned Mass. Eye and Ear #1 in the country for ear, nose and throat care and #1 in the Northeast for eye care. For more data about extraordinary care and look into, or to figure out how you can, please visit MassEyeAndEar.org.

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