Dr. Irfan Z. Khatib

KEC is headed by Dr. Irfan Khatib and his highly efficient and dedicated team. With an experience of over 33 years in private practice, Dr. Irfan is attached as honorary ophthalmologist to many of the city’s prominent hospitals.Following the footsteps of his illustrious father, Dr. Z.K. Khatib, Dr. Irfan joined the medical college in the year 1977. He completed his undergraduate medical education (MBBS) from the prestigious Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai. He did his subsequent postgraduation, Masters in Surgery (M.S) from the same college. He also completed his D.O.M.S. in Ophthalmology from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mumbai. He has served as Resident ophthalmologist for 3 years in leading hospitals in Mumbai.Dr. Irfan Khatib started his private practice at KHATIB EYE CLINIC (KEC)as Consultant Ophthalmologist in the year 1986. He practices flourished as it echoed the same ethics, dedication, and service to humanity as those of his father. Dr. Irfan envisioned a dream: that of placing premium eye care within easy reach without compromising quality or technique. Since then KEC has been relentlessly striving towards the realization of this dream. He started his own LASIK Centre called PERFECT VISION LASER CENTRE (PVLC). Today KEC and PVLC are equipped with latest equipments, comparable to the best hospitals the world over.In the course of his 25 years in practice, Dr. Irfan khatib has actively participated in various national and international conferences where he has presented papers on various topics. He is an active member of the Bombay Ophthalmologist Association, The All India Ophthalmic Society, The Maharashtra Ophthalmologist Association and The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery among others.Dr. Irfan Khatib is known as much for his surgical expertise as for his humane and personal touch to each and every one of his patients irrespective of caste, creed and financial status. He is attached to various charitable centres in Mumbai as well as rural Maharashtra. With an innate desire to reach out to a larger section of the society, he is passionately involved himself with providing eye care to rural areas. He is the founder trustee of Kalsekar Hospital in Mumbra on the outskirts of Mumbai which provides world class services to patients at charitable rates.