Name
Fatemeh Heidary MD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, FICO, FIOF

Location
Australia

Affiliation
IVORC Academic Foundation

A/Prof. Fatemeh Heidary is a senior clinician-scientist with over 20 years of experience in research and clinics. She has published over 80 articles, mostly in top-tier peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as well as several highly influential citations. 

She has received over 1,400 citations with an i10-index of 29, eight registered patents, and has co-authored two books. She made an active contribution and was the keynote speaker at several national and international events. Dr. Fatemeh has also organized over 30 courses in medical writing and research integrity, as well as several scholarly trips to international congresses, including Japan. 

She made major contributions to ophthalmology research and is a leading and first-graduated clinician-scientist in the country who holds MD-MPH-PhD triple degree while receiving a Master of Public Health in health policy. She prides herself on efficient patient communication and trusts firmly in patient education.

She is a senior clinician-scientist, fellow of AAO, with internationally recognized outstanding achievements, founder of IVORC organization made "Medical Hypothesis, Discovery and Innovation in Ophthalmology", indexed in PubMed and Scopus with a considerable CiteScore: https://mehdijournal.com/index.php/mehdiophthalmol She is the founder of an international scholarly journal in optometry based in Austin, Texas: https://mehdijournal.com/index.php/mehdioptometry/index