Katzen Eye Group, Maryland’s largest private eye care practice, announced that board-certified ophthalmologist and oculofacial plastic surgeon, Sajeev Kathuria, M.D., F.A.C.S., has joined the practice as director of oculofacial plastic surgery and medical director of Aesthetics by Katzen, an affiliate of Katzen Eye Group.

In his roles, Dr. Kathuria will oversee oculofacial plastic surgery services while also performing a wide variety of surgical procedures dealing with the eyelids, orbits, eyebrows and tear ducts. These procedures include, but are not limited to, the removal of excess skin of the upper and lower eyelids (blepharoplasty), repair of an eyelid droop (ptosis repair), the repair of lower eyelids that turn in/out (ectropion/entropion), tear duct reconstruction (DCR) for patients with excessive tearing, cancer of the eyelids and eye socket, and surgery for Graves’ (thyroid) disease. Dr. Kathuria will see patients in the Lutherville/Towson, Rosedale and Bel Air offices.

A board-certified ophthalmologist, Fellow of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), and three-time recipient of the “Attending of the Year” award, Dr. Kathuria attended medical school at the George Washington University School of Medicine, where he graduated with honors, and completed his residency at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He pursued further training by completing a fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kathuria has been in practice for over 23 years and has performed thousands of surgeries. Before joining Katzen Eye Group, Dr. Kathuria was an attending at Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), where he was voted “GBMC Attending of the Year” by the ophthalmology residents of the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Institute. Prior to GBMC, he was an associate professor at the University of Maryland and served as the director of oculoplastics and of the residency program. During his tenure there, he also worked at the world-renowned Shock Trauma Institute, where he performed complex reconstructive surgeries on trauma patients in a multi-disciplinary setting. Dr. Kathuria has authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, and he has lectured both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Kathuria is a resident of Marriottsville, MD where he lives with his wife and two children.

About Katzen Eye Group

Katzen Eye Group, founded in 1968 by Dr. Leeds Katzen, is the largest private eye care practice in Maryland with offices in Lutherville/Towson, Rosedale, Bel Air, Parkton, Reisterstown and at Mercy Medical Center. The 26 doctors of Katzen Eye Group provide a full range of services, from comprehensive eye exams to the treatment and management of complex eye diseases. For more information, visit www.katzeneye.com or www.facebook.com/Katzeneyegroup.