- Director of Global Ophthalmology, University of Virginia
- Listed in “Guide to America’s Top Ophthalmologists”
- Board Certified Ophthalmologist (Score: Top 1% nationally)
- Ophthalmology residency (Northwestern University)
- Internal Medicine internship (University of Chicago)
- Medical Degree “With High Distinction” (University of Kentucky)
- Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Religion & Biology (Northwestern University)
- Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society
- Published articles in international medical journals
- International Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Member, American Society of Retina Specialists
- Author of “Diabetic Eye Disease: An easy to understand guide to keeping your vision for people with diabetes.”
Dr. Khorram, a resident of Saipan from 1993 to 2014, is the co-founder and director of Marianas Eye Institute. For over twenty years, he was Saipan’s only ophthalmologist, or “Eye MD” – a medical doctor with additional specialized training in all aspects of eye care: optical, medical, surgical and laser.
In 2014, Dr. Khorram and his family moved to Europe, for his children to attend school. From there, Dr. Khorram travels to underserved areas to provide surgical care and training in partnership with local and international agencies. In 2017-18 he spent a year in the US, at which time he was appointed a lecturer and Director of the Division of Global Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia. He continues with this work from his home in Portugal. His recent work has taken him to India, Ghana, Ecuador, Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Macedonia, Tajikistan, and of course, back to Saipan. He writes a column for the Ocular Surgery News on issues related to global ophthalmology and the fight against global blindness. He serves on the boards of several national and international non-profit organizations involved with education, health, and the eradication of poverty: Vision Health International, and Partners for Andean Community Health; and recently on the board of Mona Foundation,
While he lived on Saipan, he and his wife, Mara, founded Brilliant Star Montessori School. He was also a founding board member of the Northern Marianas Football (Soccer) Association, and served as the Vice President of the Board of Directors. Additionally, he was a governor’s appointee to the Medical Professional Licensing Board and also served as a Board member of the CNMI chapter of the American Red Cross. Dr. Khorram, has a broad range of interests, and for many years wrote a weekly column entitled “Better Living” for the Saipan Tribune. In 2005 he received the Governor’s Humanities Award as Outstanding Humanities Teacher for the content of his weekly column, which were published in the book, “World Peace, a Blind Wife, and Gecko Tails”. The book has been used as a textbook for sociology classes at the University of Guam for over a decade.
He continues to provide regular leadership support to Marianas Eye Institute.
