Malik Kahook

Professor of Ophthalmology, Slater Family Endowed Chair, Director, Glaucoma Service and Glaucoma Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver

With over 30 patents filed, Kahook’s research is focused on novel devices and surgical instruments for glaucoma and cataract surgery, and advanced imaging techniques. He is Director of Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Colorado, and is also the editor of Essentials of Glaucoma Surgery, MIGS: Advances in Glaucoma Surgery, and author of over 250 papers, chapters and abstracts. He was named New Inventor of the Year 2009 and Inventor of the Year 2010 at the University of Colorado.

Part of the Power List 2016

Welcome to The Power List 2016 – our second foray into the Top 100 most influential people in the world of ophthalmology.

Though we realize our list can (and should) never be definitive, who can argue that the faces within – both familiar and new – do not beautifully highlight the brilliance and diversity found within the field?

Here, we celebrate 100 reasons to be proud of ophthalmology.

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