Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
John A. Moran Eye Center
Salt Lake City, Utah
Dr. Tabin is professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences and co-director of the Division of International Ophthalmology at the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center. He is also the founding chairman of the "Himalayan Cataract Project" (www.cureblindness.org). He specializes in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. Dr. Tabin graduated from Yale College and earned an MA in philosophy at Oxford as a Marshall Scholar, followed by an MD from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Tabin is committed to providing quality ophthalmic care and education to all the patients he serves. He has traveled the world extensively conducting sight restoring surgeries and training local doctors. In 2009, Dr. Tabin was named an "unsung hero" by the Dalai Lama for his dedication to eradicating unnecessary world blindness and implementing a model for sustainable ophthalmic care in the developing world.
Dr. Tabin is the fourth person in the world to reach the highest point on all 7 continents, with first ascents of technical routes on all seven, including the still unrepeated first ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest in 1983.