Dr. Irfan Ansari graduated from Aga Khan University Medical School in Pakistan with Honors in Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Pathology in 1997. He spent three additional rotations in Ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Yale Eye Center, Connecticut; and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital in England. Following medical school, he spent approximately one year doing clinical glaucoma research at Dalhousie Univeristy in Halifax, NS, Canada. Dr. Ansari completed his internship year at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Worcester, MA, and then completed an ophthalmology residency at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, in June 2003. During his academic training, Dr. Ansari excelled amongst his peers scoring 99 percentile on the ophthalmic knowledge aptitude performance exams.

Dr. Ansari completed a Vitreo-retinal fellowship at Drexel University in Philadelphia making him the only vitreo-retinal trained ophthalmologist in Frankfort, KY.

Dr. Ansari joined a group ophthalmology practice in southern Illinois where he practiced for 5 years. Dr. Ansari has successfully performed over 10, 000 surgeries including numerous cataract surgeries, retina surgeries, glaucoma surgeries, oculoplastic procedures, strabismus surgeries and laser treatments.

Dr. Ansari has published in leading journals including the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Archives of ophthalmology and Investigative ophthalmology and visual science.

Dr. Ansari is a Board-Certified Licensed ophthalmologist in Kentucky and carries membership in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists, and American Society of Cataract and Refractive surgery.