Farida Esaa Hakim, MD

• Cornea & Refractive Surgery Service

• Cataract
• Corneal Erosions or Abrasions (Scratched Eye)
• Dry Eye Syndrome
• Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) of the Eye
• Herpes Zoster (Shingles) of the Eye

• Refractive Surgery Screening Appointment

• Cataract Surgery
• Corneal Cross-Linking (Collagen Cross-Linking)
• Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)
• LASIK Surgery
• Phakic Intraocular Lenses (IOLs) or Implantable Contact Lenses (ICLs)
• Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)
• Prosthetic Replacement of the Ocular Surface Ecosystem (PROSE)
• WaveLight LASIK

• Refractive Surgery Procedure & Recovery

Medical School or Training

Residency

Fellowships

Board Certifications

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Patient Comments

October 22, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim is a very good practitioner [...]"

June 20, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim has excellent skills to making a patient comfortable. She listens attentively and communicates clearly."

June 4, 2025 - "Everyone, especially Dr Hakim, was helpful and supportive. Excellent physician [...]"

May 14, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim and [...] are wonderful, and helped me get through the surgeries that I was afraid of. Their care and easy manner were just what I needed for reassurance. I am healing well [...]"

April 20, 2025 - "Dr. Farida E. Hakim, was very rushed [...] I wont see her again."

April 18, 2025 - "As usual, Dr. Hakim and [...] were professional and yet open and accepting. [...]"

April 8, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim is absolutely the best ophthalmologist I've ever had. [...] I was fortunate to have scheduled my eye exam with Dr. Hakim in [...], and was quite impressed with the way she explained my condition, the procedure and her overall confident and caring nature. It was an easy decision to have the eye procedure performed by her."

April 2, 2025 - "Dr Hakim was rushed, rude and did not explain things. I was extremely disappointed in her care and bedside manner. Very poor. Would not see her again."

March 26, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim: Provided excellence in care. Very knowledgeable about my issue, provided me with re-assurance, good guidance and compassion. Very satisfied with her care."

February 13, 2025 - "Dr Hakim is very professional. Extremely knowledgeable. Attentive and caring. She is very thorough."

February 11, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim was friendly and personable. Her diagnosis and explanation was quite clear, and she was patient in answering my questions. I felt comfortable making a decision for her to proceed in the near future with eye "surgery"."

February 5, 2025 - "Dr. Hakim was very friendly and thorough. Explained well what I needed to know; seemed genuinely concerned about me as a person."

November 25, 2024 - "Dr Hakim is one of the best medical people I have had to deal with in recent memory. She will do her thing (examining my eye etc) very efficiently, the visits fly by, but if I have any questions she spends the adequate time to address them.[...]"

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