Fares Antaki, MDCM

I am honored and grateful to join the Michels family. I was born and raised in Aleppo, Syria, then moved to Canada, where I did most of my training. Inspired by my father, a retina surgeon, I pursued medicine at McGill University, residency at the University of Montreal, and trained in artificial medical intelligence at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. I am currently a vitreoretinal surgery fellow at the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute. Next year, I will join the University of Montreal as a retina surgeon.

My research focuses on emerging technologies in retina and medicine, with artificial intelligence at the core. I enjoy coding, building systems, and turning research concepts into practical tools that people can use. My work has included oculomics, computer vision, large language models, virtual reality, and surgical education.

Outside of medicine, I enjoy spending time with my wife Naomi and our daughter Sofia.