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Hassan Khojasteh, MD, FICO

Hassan Khojasteh, MD, FICO

Retina Specialist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon


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Bio

Hassan Khojasteh, MD, FICO, holds a medical degree from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Tehran University of Medical Sciences hosted both the ophthalmology residency and a first vitreoretinal fellowship, running from 2009 through 2016. Stanford University School of Medicine followed, with a clinical research fellowship on medical retina and uveitis, and the final training year was retina at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Miami.

Diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration make up much of the caseload, alongside detachments, epiretinal membrane and macular hole disease, and inherited retinal disorders that take electrophysiologic testing to sort out. Surgery is the other half of the work and reaches the complex retinal pathology that a general practice refers on. Published output covers peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, invited lectures, and reports on refining vitreoretinal surgical technique, and manuscript review for ophthalmology journals continues.

Dr. Khojasteh speaks Persian, Azeri, and Turkish in addition to English, and patients can request any of those languages for a visit. Academic years before this practice included an assistant professorship, responsibility for electrophysiology and inherited retinal disease, and the training of residents and fellows. In Dr. Khojasteh's own words, "Retinal disease is detailed work, and the details are where sight is either kept or lost. I want every patient to leave the visit knowing what is happening inside the eye and what the plan is to treat it." Patients can visit Dr. Khojasteh at Erie Retinal Surgery in Erie, Pennsylvania.