Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, FARVO the Medical Director of the ELZA Institute, Zurich, Switzerland, and is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Geneva, Adjunct Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, a research Group Leader at the University of Zurich, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Wenzhou, China

Prof. Hafezi is a corneal and refractive laser surgeon specialized in complication management, and a pioneer of corneal cross-linking (CXL) for treating keratoconus and other corneal ectasias. His research focuses on corneal biomechanics and CXL. Including a novel method for treating corneal infections Photo-Activated Chromophore for Keratitis (PACK-CXL). Hafezi founded an initiative called Light for Sight to eliminate preventable blindness among children and adolescents with keratoconus. Hafezi’s contributions include over 250 scientific publications (9.400 citations, h index: 49).