By Benjamin Waldrum
Sayena Jabbehdari, M.D., MPH, an ophthalmology resident at the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, was named runner-up in a national ‘Shark Tank’-style competition held at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s (ASCRS) annual conference.
Jabbehdari was one of three finalists from a pool of 150 participants in the ASCRS Winning Pitch, a competition designed to foster innovation in ophthalmology. She is the first female resident to be named a finalist.
“Dr. Jabbehdari’s ideas are groundbreaking,” said Paul Phillips, M.D., Jones Eye Institute director and chair of the UAMS Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine. “Many patients previously blind from corneal disease will now be able to see.”
