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			* ] Honorary Membership (2024) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240227000757/https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2024/2/22/2024-annual-benefit-gala-awardees</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240507044446/https://cureblindness.org/news/hcp-co-founder-geoff-tabin-wins-prestigious-alpine-award</ref>
			* ] Foundation Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241230005515/https://www.eyeworld.org/2021/tabin-and-ruit-selected-2021-award/</ref>
			* George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award (2017) <ref>https://yalebulldogs.com/honors/george-h-w-bush-lifetime-of-leadership-award/geoffrey-tabin/54</ref>
			* ]'s "Unsung Hero of Compassion" (2009) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240804174808/https://premierespeakers.com/speakers/geoff-tabin</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241230004018/https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/2011/08/30/new-international-division-of-ophthalmology/</ref>
			* ]'s Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award (2008) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110212221856/http://www.aao.org/newsroom/release/20081109c.cfm</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240804174808/https://premierespeakers.com/speakers/geoff-tabin</ref>
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			'''Geoffrey Craig Tabin''' (born 1956) <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240716153804/https://biographytalks.com/geoff-tabin/</ref> is the Fairweather Foundation Professor at ]<ref>https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/geoffrey-tabin</ref> and the co-founder of the ] along with Dr. ]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241204063605/https://cureblindness.org/who-we-are/history</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241204012942/https://cureblindness.org/who-we-are/geoff-tabin-md</ref>.

			==Education==
			Dr. Tabin graduated from Yale College where he was a two-time captain of the Yale Varsity tennis team. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241230015826/https://yalebulldogs.com/services/download_file.ashx?file_location=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/yalebulldogs.com/documents/2020/4/29/Team__Records_by_year.pdf</ref>

			After Yale he earned a M.A. in philosophy at Oxford as a Marshall Scholar <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240519052018/https://wasatchmag.com/the-mountaineering-opthamologist-doctor-geoff-tabin/</ref>. Dr. Tabin received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School before completing his ophthalmology residency at Brown University and a fellowship in corneal diseases and surgery at Melbourne University in Australia.<ref>https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/geoffrey-tabin</ref><ref>https://profiles.stanford.edu/geoffrey-tabin?tab=bio</ref>

			==Adventuring==
			Dr. Tabin is an avid mountaineer who has made many first ascents, including being part of the first ascent of the ] of ] in 1983, and in 1990 he became the fourth person to reach the top of the ]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240227000757/https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2024/2/22/2024-annual-benefit-gala-awardees</ref>.

			While at Oxford, Geoff Tabin, along with members of the ], came up with the idea for, and then performed the world's first ]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20211206170707/https://nobarriersusa.org/podcast/interview-with-geoff-tabin/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240519052018/https://wasatchmag.com/the-mountaineering-opthamologist-doctor-geoff-tabin/</ref>.

			==Career==
			While mountaineering in Nepal, he was inspired by cataract surgeries performed by a Dutch team <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241204012942/https://cureblindness.org/who-we-are/geoff-tabin-md</ref>. Along with fellow ophthalmologist, Dr. Sanduk Ruit, Dr. Tabin founded the Himalayan Cataract Project in 1995 <ref>
			https://web.archive.org/web/20221201111854/https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/fact-checking-relins-new-book-second-suns/</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20221201111854/https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/fact-checking-relins-new-book-second-suns/</ref> which works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness both by performing surgeries and by training local doctors across 30 countries<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241204031552/https://cureblindness.org/work</ref>. As of 2024, HCP has performed over 1.6 million surgeries and trained over 20 thousand Doctors and Nurses <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241203233037/https://cureblindness.org/</ref>

			==Personal life==
			Geoff Tabin is the brother of ].

			==Books==
			* Blind Corners (1993) <ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Blind_Corners.html?id=B8adqpugXr8C</ref>
			* Corneal Transplantation (2002) <ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Corneal_Transplantation.html?id=vGQWAAAACAAJ</ref>
			* Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery (2004) <ref>https://books.google.com/books/about/Clinical_Practice_in_Small_Incision_Cata.html?id=YOjmnAAACAAJ</ref>
			* Fighting Global Blindness (2006) <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=X-1HGyV7b0wC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>
			==References==
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American ophthalmologist

Geoff Tabin
File:Geoff Tabin on the summit of Everest.jpgGeoff Tabin on the summit of Mount Everest
Born	Geoffrey Craig Tabin (1956-07-03) July 3, 1956 (age 68) Glencoe, Illinois
Education	Yale University (BA) Oxford University (MA) Harvard University (MD)
Parent	Julius Tabin
Awards	American Alpine Club Honorary Membership (2024) ASCRS Foundation Chang-Crandall Humanitarian Award George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award (2017) Dalai Lama's "Unsung Hero of Compassion" (2009) American Academy of Ophthalmology's Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award (2008)
Website	med.stanford.edu/profiles/geoffrey-tabin profiles.stanford.edu/geoffrey-tabin

Geoffrey Craig Tabin (born 1956) is the Fairweather Foundation Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and the co-founder of the Himalayan Cataract Project along with Dr. Sanduk Ruit.

Education

Dr. Tabin graduated from Yale College where he was a two-time captain of the Yale Varsity tennis team.

After Yale he earned a M.A. in philosophy at Oxford as a Marshall Scholar . Dr. Tabin received his M.D. from Harvard Medical School before completing his ophthalmology residency at Brown University and a fellowship in corneal diseases and surgery at Melbourne University in Australia.

Adventuring

Dr. Tabin is an avid mountaineer who has made many first ascents, including being part of the first ascent of the Kangshung Face of Mount Everest in 1983, and in 1990 he became the fourth person to reach the top of the Seven Summits.

While at Oxford, Geoff Tabin, along with members of the Oxford Dangerous Sports club, came up with the idea for, and then performed the world's first Bungee Jump.

Career

While mountaineering in Nepal, he was inspired by cataract surgeries performed by a Dutch team . Along with fellow ophthalmologist, Dr. Sanduk Ruit, Dr. Tabin founded the Himalayan Cataract Project in 1995 which works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness both by performing surgeries and by training local doctors across 30 countries. As of 2024, HCP has performed over 1.6 million surgeries and trained over 20 thousand Doctors and Nurses

Personal life

Geoff Tabin is the brother of Cliff Tabin.

Books

Blind Corners (1993)
Corneal Transplantation (2002)
Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery (2004)
Fighting Global Blindness (2006)

References

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