Dr.Gholam.Ali Peyman

He was born in Shiraz, Iran. At 19, he moved to Germany to study medicine, receiving his MD from the University of Freiburg in 1962. With an eye to constant innovation, his drive to discover has won him appointments in hospitals and universities around the world.

Dr. Peyman is an ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon who has more than 135 patents. His most widely-known invention is LASIK eye surgery, a vision correction procedure designed to allow people to see clearly without glasses.  Dr. Peyman’s inventions cover a broad range of novel medical devices, intra-ocular drug delivery, surgical techniques, laser and optical instruments, as well as new methods of diagnosis and treatment. He has won numerous honors and awards, including being inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ophthalmology. 

Today, Dr.Peyman, a faculty member with the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, as one of 11 inventors who receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He also is a professor in both the College of Optical Sciences and the College of Engineering at the UA.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama awarded LASIK eye surgery inventor, Gholam Peyman, MD, the highest National Medal of Technology and Innovation.