Dr Sophie Bakri is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Her special interests are in diseases and surgery of the retina and vitreous, in particular, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular
degeneration, intravitreal anti-VEGF agents, and repair of complex retinal detachments. She undertakes both clinical and translational research in drugs for choroidal neovascularization and other VEGF mediated diseases.
Dr Bakri completed a 2 year vitreoretinal fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She did her residency at the Albany Medical College, New York, USA, where she was elected Chief Resident. She graduated from the Queen’s Medical Center, University of Nottingham Medical School, England, where she obtained her degree in medicine and surgery, and bachelor of medical sciences. Dr Bakri is Board-Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
Dr Bakri has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters on retinal diseases. She is an investigator on numerous multicenter clinical trials on new medications for retinal disease. Dr Bakri is the current Editor-in-Chief of the book “Mayo Clinic on Vision and Eye Health”. She is an invited reviewer for many journals including Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, the British Journal of Ophthalmology, and Retina. Dr Bakri has presented her work and been an invited speaker at national and international meetings on numerous occasions.