AmirMohseninMDPhD

Summary

• Dr. Mohsenin received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded a full scholarship to enroll in the competitive dual degree MD/PhD program at UTHealth’s McGovern Medical School. After graduation, he was accepted to Yale University for his ophthalmology residency. At Yale, he received the Marvin L. Sears Award for clinical and surgical excellence in ophthalmology. Dr. Mohsenin went on to complete a 2-year vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, which has been ranked #1 by US News and World Report for more than 20 years.
  
  Dr. Mohsenin is board certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and has authored numerous scientific articles, abstracts and book chapters. He has been invited to discuss a number of eye-related topics on various local and national radio stations, television stations and publications including but not limited to NBC, CBS, Fox, Telemundo and Sirius XM radio. He became noteworthy in the news when he was the first surgeon in Houston to implant a bionic eye to restore vision for a patient suffering from retinal degeneration.
  
  Dr. Mohsenin previously served as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at UT Health where he trained numerous medical students and ophthalmology residents and received the Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award in 2019. In addition to taking care of patients while at UT Health, Dr. Mohsenin was awarded a $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new therapies for macular degeneration.
  
  Dr. Mohsenin joined the Mann Eye Institute in 2020 as their first retina specialist and has been working diligently to help establish a retina department that provides the highest quality care and service.