Shahzad Ihsan Mian MD

Summary

• Shahzad I. Mian, M.D., is the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Michigan and the F. Bruce Fralick Professor of Ophthalmology in the Medical School. He also serves as the Director of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center.
  
  After earning his medical degree in 1996 from the Emory University School of Medicine, he completed his residency training at the Wills Eye Hospital of Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine in Philadelphia and a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. He joined the U-M faculty in 2002 and was promoted to professor in 2016. His research focuses on advanced corneal transplantation techniques, eye banking and medical education.
  
  He is widely regarded as an outstanding teacher and mentor serving as the residency program director for 15 years. He has received many honors including the Anthony Adamis Award for Outstanding Research from the U-M Kellogg Eye Center in 2007, the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2016 and the Secretariat Award in 2024. He received the Straatsma Award for resident education from the Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology in 2017 and the Payton Award for Eye Banking from the Eye Bank Association of America in 2019.
  
  He directs the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Surgical Curriculum for Ophthalmology Residents, serves on the board of directors and as senior medical director of Eversight Eye Bank, as chair of the Eye Bank Association of America medical advisory board, as President-elect of the Cornea Society and president of the Michigan Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.