Meet Our Ophthalmologist: Dr. Zafar Sheik

ZAFAR SHEIK, M.D.

Office Locations: Howland

Cornea & Comprehensive Ophthalmology

Cornea

• Medical and Surgical Treatment
• Corneal Transplantation 
  

Refractive Surgery

• LASIK
• Epi-LASEK
• AK, PRK
  

Laser Surgery

• Secondary Cataracts 
• Glaucoma
• Retina
  

Education

• Medical: Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio – MD 1996
• Ophthalmology Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland – 1997 – 2000
• Fellowship: Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery Medical College of Pennsylvania, Allegheny Health Sciences Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2000 – 2001
• Certification: Licensure to Practice Medicine in Ohio
  

Professional Societies

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• American Medical Association
  

Publications

• Sheik ZA and Hutcheson KA: Trochlear Nerve Palsy. In Ing E, Fong DS, Younge BR, Brown LL, and Rowsey JJ (Eds): E-Medicine On-Line Textbook of Ophthalmology
• Sheik ZA, Hemady RK, Rutzen AR. Comparison of topical anesthesia regimens. [ARVO Abstract]. Investigate Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1999; 40(4).
• Rutzen AR, Hemady RK, Sheik ZA. Corneal endothelial rejection ring in a corneal graft. [ARVO Abstract]. Investigate Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1999; 40(4).
• Sheik ZA, Magbalon MJ, Rodrigues MM, Young KM, Steidl SM. Comparison of frequency double YAG and argon green lasers for macular photocoagulation. [ARVO Abstract}. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 1998; 39(4).