Iqbal “Ike” K. Ahmed

About Iqbal “Ike” K. Ahmed

Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Director, Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma Innovation, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Director, Glaucoma & Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery (GAASS) Fellowship, University of Toronto; Research Director, Kensington Eye Institute, University of Toronto; Division Head, Ophthalmology, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Chief Innovation Officer, Prism Eye Institute, Ontario, Canada

A little-known or interesting thing about you...

I am a very romantic person! It’s true, despite my “bad boy” image.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist…

I would be a human rights lawyer, protecting and advocating for those treated unfairly.

A prediction for your field…

In glaucoma, we will continue to see micro-invasive interventions and drug delivery therapies grow, with gene therapy and neuroprotection on the horizon.