Personalizing Cataract Surgery: Aligning Patient Preferences and Ocular Characteristics
Financial Support: Supported by an educational grant from Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. & Rxsight
Dr. Neda Shamie, a board-certified ophthalmologist and renowned expert in cornea and cataract surgery, offers an in-depth exploration of how cataract surgery has evolved from a vision-restoring procedure to a lifestyle-enhancing experience. In this discussion, Dr. Shamie highlights the growing sophistication of intraocular lens (IOL) options—from monofocal to premium and light-adjustable lenses—and underscores the importance of aligning lens selection with each patient’s lifestyle, visual goals, and ocular health.
Drawing from her extensive experience, Dr. Shamie shares practical strategies for optimizing preoperative assessments, managing ocular surface disease, and counseling patients to set realistic expectations. She discusses key decision points in matching lenses to patient profiles, managing comorbidities, and guiding neuroadaptation postoperatively.
This insightful session empowers ophthalmologists and surgical teams to enhance patient satisfaction through education, communication, and precision in care—ensuring that every lens choice supports both optimal visual outcomes and long-term quality of life.
Learn more about Neda Shamie, MD
Neda Shamie, MD is a renowned cornea, cataract and laser refractive surgeon previously an associate professor of Ophthalmology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Doheny Eye Institute. Dr. Shamie graduated Summa Cum Laude with high honors from UCLA and obtained her medical degree from UCSF School of Medicine. She completed her residency and fellowship training in corneal and laser refractive surgery at UC Irvine and stayed on faculty for one year as the director of the Corneal Service prior to moving to Portland, Oregon in 2004 to join Mark Terry at Devers Eye Institute. Together with Mark, they spearheaded many projects and advances in the field of lamellar corneal transplantation with emphasis on endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK, and DMEK).
She has coauthored over 50 publications on the topic of DSEK and DMEK and has led many national and international lectures, courses, and seminars teaching colleagues about the advances in corneal surgery. She also was the first in the Northwest to offer artificial corneal transplantation to patients as well as DMEK surgery and has continued offering customized corneal transplant surgery to patients who come to see her from near and far. She is an advocate of applying the femtosecond laser technology to corneal transplantation and in doing so, optimizes the results for her patients. She feels strongly about the benefits of advanced lamellar and customized approach to corneal transplantation, such as DSEK, DMEK, and DALK, removing and replacing only the diseased the layer of the cornea, allowing the patient to maintain the healthy layers intact. In this approach, she offers her patients the highest success rate and the most rapid recovery of vision, with the lowest chance for failure or rejection.
