Maryam Tahvildari, MD

Maryam Tahvildari, MD, is an ophthalmologist who specializes in corneal and anterior segment pathologies. She focuses on diagnosing and treating conditions such as corneal diseases and autoimmune uveitis (inflammation inside the eye caused by the immune system), providing care through advanced surgical techniques and procedures.

“I and my team are dedicated to providing the best possible care to our patients. We are always here for them,” Dr. Tavhildari says. Her happiest moments are “witnessing my patients’ joy and satisfaction when they experience improvement in their vision and their lives as a result of the care we were able to provide.”

As an assistant professor at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Tahvildari studies how the immune system supports eye surface health and develops new approaches to improve corneal healing and treat infectious keratitis. Her goal is to strengthen treatments that protect and preserve the corneal endothelium (the layer of cells on the cornea that allows moisture to enter the eye).

She became interested in ophthalmology after a rotation in medical school where “I experienced visualizing the beautiful and tiny structures in the eye, learned more about the physiology of the visual pathway, the microsurgeries performed in the eye and what an ophthalmologist can do to improve patients' lives.”

Dr. Tahvildari received her medical degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. She completed her ophthalmology residency at Kresge Eye Institute, followed by a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School.