Darius M Moshfeghi, MD

Darius M. Moshfeghi, MD, is Professor and Chief of Retina at the Byers Eye Institute at the Stanford University School of Medicine where he founded the vitreoretinal fellowship program. He established the Stanford University Network for the Diagnosis of Retinopathy of Prematurity (SUNDROP) network in 2005 and has led the Telemedicine for ROP screening program (TeleROP) collaboration between Stanford University and Pediatrix since 2017, providing ROP screening coverage for >2% of USA neonatal intensive care units.

His entrepreneurial work centers around telemedicine applications in eye health: he founded and was Chairman of Placid0 until its acquisition by Waldo, Inc., in November of 2021, served on the Board of directors of 1800 Contacts until its acquisition by KKR in November of 2020.

Dr. Moshfeghi was inducted into the 2021 class of the Retina Hall of Fame and is a member of the Club Jules Gonin, Retina Society, Macula Society, American Society of Retinal Specialists, and the Association of Pediatric Retinal Specialists.