Neil Farbman, MD, JD

Bio

Neil Farbman, MD, JD, completed undergraduate study at Tufts University and then took a law degree, graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School. Medicine followed a few years later, with the medical degree taken at the University of Pennsylvania and a transitional-year internship served at Crozer-Keystone Health System. Ophthalmology residency ran at the Kellogg Eye Center in Ann Arbor, and a cornea and refractive surgery fellowship at the UC Davis Eye Center closed the training.

The refractive side of the practice runs at high volume, with femtosecond-assisted LASIK, PRK, implantable collamer lenses, and refractive lens exchange all in regular use, supported by wavefront-guided laser platforms and light-adjustable lens implants. Cataract surgery sits beside that work, as does complex anterior segment reconstruction, which covers scleral and iris-fixated lens implants and iris repair. Corneal surgery spans full-thickness and lamellar transplantation, collagen cross-linking, pterygium excision, and phototherapeutic keratectomy. The common thread is that a plan gets built per eye, because prescription, corneal shape, and lens status rarely line up the same way twice.

Dr. Farbman is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and has written on corneal graft preparation, on the treatment of glaucoma, and on early diabetic retinopathy. Away from work there is marathon running, improv comedy, and a goldendoodle named Scooter. In Dr. Farbman's own words, "There is no single procedure that fits every eye, so most of my job is working out which one fits yours. I spent an earlier career learning to read the fine print, and that habit did not leave when I changed fields." Patients can visit Dr. Farbman at Kremer Eye Center in Chadds Ford, King of Prussia, and Philadelphia.