Hajirah N. Saeed, MD, MPH

Hajirah N. Saeed, MD, MPH, is visiting associate professor and associate director, Ocular Regenerative Medicine Fellowship, with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago.

Articles by Hajirah N. Saeed, MD, MPH

(Image credit: AdobeStock/aFotostock) Improving healing in ocular chemical burns

Time is vision: Act fast after ocular chemical burns

ByHajirah N. Saeed, MD, MPH

March 30th 2026

Immediate flushing of the eye can significantly reduce long-term damage after chemical exposure.

Management of drug-induced cicatricial conjunctivitis and dry eye

ByHajirah N. Saeed, MD, MPH

January 1st 2016

A 65-year-old male with a history of congenital cataracts, bilateral cataract extraction and secondary placement of anterior chamber intraocular lenses with subsequent development of glaucoma, cicatricial conjunctivitis, dry eye and limbal stem cell deficiency presented with left eye pain and decreased vision.