Sumit Garg
MD
Dr. Sumit (Sam) Garg is Vice Chair of Clinical Ophthalmology, Medical Director, and Professor in Cataract, Refractive, External Disease and Corneal Surgery at the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Garg participates in numerous research projects, many of which he has presented at national and international meetings. He has been invited to lecture at meetings and symposia locally, nationally and internationally. In addition to his research activities, Dr. Garg has authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.
Dr. Garg currently serves on the executive board of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and is is Chief Medical Editor for EyeWorld. He previously served as chair of the ASCRS Young Eye Surgeons clinical committee and was an active member of the ASCRS Cornea clinical committee. Additionally, he currently serves as special advisor to the National Keratoconus Foundation and recently completed his term as co-chair of the ophthalmic advisory board for Beyond Blindness (formerly known as the Blind Children’s Learning Center of Orange County).
He has been recognized in Best Doctors and Super Doctors yearly since 2013 and has received the Orange County Medical Association’s Physician of Excellence award yearly since 2014. Additionally, he was chosen by Ocular Surgery News as a Premier 300 Refractive Cataract Surgeon and is a member of the prestigious International Intra-ocular Implant Club (IIIC).
Dr. Garg is actively involved in resident and fellow teaching. In 2014, Dr. Garg published a textbook entitled, Ophthalmic Microsurgery: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, a manual designed for the education of ophthalmology trainees. In 2022, Dr. Garg co-edited Steinert’s Cataract Surgery, a textbook dedicated to modern cataract surgery. He also is the current cataract section editor for Yanoff and Duker’s Ophthalmology. Dr. Garg is a highly-skilled clinician, surgeon, and teacher, and has particular expertise in refractive cataract surgery, complication management, ocular surface disease, corneal (PKP, FLEK, DSEK, DMEK, corneal crosslinking), conjunctival, and refractive surgery.