Dr. Yavuz Saricay is a clinician scientist interested in research, specifically in neurotrophic eye diseases. She is currently a clinical fellow (Fellow in Cornea, External Disease, and Refractive Surgery) at Mass Eye and Ear Infirmary. She also completed 2 years of pediatric ophthalmology fellowship and ophthalmic genetic clinical fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her research interest in neurotrophic keratopathy (NK), NK management, as well as corneal nerve regeneration first started during her 2 years of research fellowship under the supervision of Pedram Hamrah, and she has continued to investigate and publish about the topic since then.