Professor Irit Bahar
Ophthalmologist. A leading ophthalmologist, a world-class specialist in corneal surgery, cataract removal and laser vision correction. Clinical professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Tel Aviv University.
Professor Irit Bahar masters the most modern surgical techniques: she performs laser coagulation, implants lenses and lens prostheses, carries out corneal transplantation in patients with traumatic and autoimmune damage, and performs complex reconstructive microsurgical operations.
Irit Bahar graduated with honors from the Technion Faculty of Medicine in Haifa. She trained in the ophthalmology department of Rabin Medical Center.
International fellowships:
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, at Toronto Western Hospital, Canada
- Fellowship in artificial cornea transplantation at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (USA)
- Fellowship in DMEK corneal transplantation in Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Professor Bahar conducts research and publishes articles in international journals. She also teaches medical students and interns and lectures at scientific conferences around the world.
Membership in professional associations:
- Israeli Association of Clinical Medicine
- Society for Laser Microsurgery of the Eye
- European Society of Ophthalmology
- Surgical ophthalmology
- Laser eye microsurgery
- Multifocal lens placement
- Treatment of cataract and keratoconus
- Correction of astigmatism and amblyopia
- Artificial lens implantation
- Microsurgical corneal transplantation