Tarek S. Hassan, M.D.

Meet Dr. Hassan

Tarek S. Hassan, M.D. is Professor of Ophthalmology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Program and Senior Partner at Associated Retinal Consultants in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is the Immediate Past President of the Retina Hall of Fame, Past President of the Retina World Congress (RWC), Past President of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), and Past President of the Foundation of the ASRS. He has been on the Founder’s Board, Executive Board, and Board of Directors of the RWC for the past 9 years. He served on the Executive Committee of both the ASRS and the Foundation of the ASRS for 12 years and was on the ASRS Board of Directors for 22 years.

Dr. Hassan is a Founder and Director of the Retina Hall of Fame (10 years), Retina Fellows Forum (26 years), and Club Vit (26 years). He has served as the President of Club Vit for 26 years. He has organized and chaired 85 national and international meetings and served as Program Chairman for two ASRS Annual Meetings and two Retina Subspecialty Day Meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Dr. Hassan has served as principal or co-investigator in more than 185 multicenter national trials. He has authored and co-authored 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 9 books and medical book chapters. He founded and was Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases and is currently a scientific reviewer for many leading journals in ophthalmology and an editorial board member of several. He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally, giving over 865 presentations on numerous retinal topics. He was awarded the AAO Achievement Award in 2003, the ASRS Senior Honor Award in 2004, and the AAO Senior Achievement Award in 2013. He has been named to the “Best Doctors in America” listing every year since 2000 and was elected as an inaugural member of the Retina Hall of Fame in 2017. He has trained 65 clinical vitreoretinal fellows and 30 international research fellows. He founded or co-founded 6 medical device and/or educational companies and holds numerous United States government-issued patents.