Dr. Niraj Patel, MD, FACS
Cornea and Vision Correction Surgery Specialist
Contact:
Email* - [email protected]
PNW Eye Tacoma - (253) 759-5555
* Please contact me directly at my email if you have any questions or would like to get in touch with me
Email* - [email protected]
PNW Eye Tacoma - (253) 759-5555
* Please contact me directly at my email if you have any questions or would like to get in touch with me
Specialties:
- Routine & complex cataract surgery
- Partial thickness corneal transplantation surgery
- Refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK, Refractive Lens Exchange, Visian ICL)
- MIGS (microincision glaucoma surgery at the time of cataract surgery)
Experience:
- 16,000+ cases performed over 20+ years
- Recognized in "America's Top Ophthalmologists"
- Seattle Magazine and Seattle Metropolitan Magazine's "Top Doctors," 11 years
- First surgeon in Western Washington to receive Visian Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) certification
- Previously: Ophthalmology State Society President, Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (WAEPS)
Education:
- Fellowship - University of Utah, John Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City, UT
- Residency - Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Medical Degree - University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI - AOA Honors
- Undergraduate - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Highest Distinction Honors (Top 3%)
