Tarek S. Hassan, M.D.

Meet Dr. Hassan

Tarek S. Hassan, M.D. is a board-certified, fellowship-trained ophthalmologist and Senior Partner at Associated Retinal Consultants, serving patients in Royal Oak, Michigan. He specializes in vitreoretinal diseases.

Dr. Hassan is Professor of Ophthalmology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Program. He is the Immediate Past President of the Retina Hall of Fame, Past President of the Retina World Congress (RWC), Past President of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS), and Past President of the Foundation of the ASRS. He has been on the Founder’s Board, Executive Board, and Board of Directors of the RWC. He served on the Executive Committee of both the ASRS and the Foundation of the ASRS for 12 years and was on the ASRS Board of Directors for 22 years.

He is a Founder and Director of the Retina Fellows Forum, Club Vit, and the Retina Hall of Fame. He has served as President of Club Vit for over 26 years. He has organized and chaired 85 national and international meetings and served as Program Chairman for two ASRS Annual Meetings and two Retina Subspecialty Day Meetings of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).

Dr. Hassan has served as principal investigator or co-investigator in more than 180 multicenter national trials. He has authored and co-authored 242 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 9 books and book chapters for medical texts. He founded and is currently a Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases, a scientific reviewer for the leading journals within ophthalmology, and an editorial board member of several others. He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally, giving over 830 presentations on numerous retinal topics. He was awarded the AAO Achievement Award in 2003, the ASRS Senior Honor Award in 2004, and the AAO Senior Achievement Award in 2013. He has been named to the “Best Doctors in America” listing every year since 2000 and was elected as an inaugural member of the Retina Hall of Fame in 2017. He has trained 61 clinical vitreoretinal fellows and 30 international research fellows. He founded or co-founded 6 medical device and/or educational companies and holds numerous United States government-issued patents.