Isa Sayyeed Karim Mohammed, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in cataract and refractive surgery, as well as corneal transplantation. Dr. Mohammed has extensive training and experience performing complex cataract surgeries, corneal transplants, and various types of refractive surgeries. He completed his undergraduate education in biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University and earned his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Following his education, he underwent an ophthalmology residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he received the Outstanding Resident Award and the Malouf Resident Research Award for excellence in research. Dr. Mohammed completed his fellowship in cornea and external diseases as well as refractive surgery at the Cleveland Clinic. His research primarily focuses on improving clinical refractive surgery outcomes for patients undergoing cataract and corneal refractive surgeries. He is involved in studying techniques to detect corneal ectasias using anterior segment optical coherence tomography and is actively researching global barriers to access refractive and cataract surgeries, aiming to reduce the burden of blindness worldwide. Dr. Mohammed is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.