Geoff Tabin

Geoff Tabin

A graduate of Yale, Oxford and Harvard Medical School, Geoff Tabin is an ophthalmologist who has dedicated his life to curing people with preventable blindness through the The John A Moran Eye Center and Himalayan Cataract Project. He is also an accomplished mountaineer and was the fourth person in the world to climb all seven summits. Tabin’s book Blind Corners: Adventures on Seven Continents was described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "an astonishing mixture of wild adventure and the overcoming of formidable challenges."

Festival 'In Person' Appearances

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Sunday 27th8:00amCoffee Talk at Ah Haa School for the Arts - West WingDetails »
Sunday 27th2:00pmReading Frenzy at Telluride High SchoolDetails »

Articles & Blog Posts

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Geoff Tabin: Working to End Preventable BlindnessMar 8, 2012 - 10:17amDetails »

Mountainfilm TV Videos

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Geoff Tabin 2011Dec 2, 2011 - 12:12pmDetails »

Geoff Tabin / 2012

2012 Festival Involvement:

Participating as a: Special Guest, Moving Mountains Prize Judge

GEOFF TABIN / 2011

2011 Festival Involvement:

Participating as a: Special Guest
Geoff's work takes him all over the world, and he recently made a trip to Ethiopia with Mountainfilm regular guest and climber Timmy O'Neill who will present at Mountainfilm 2011 with him. The two men climbed in Ethiopia, but they also worked to restore eyesight to its citizens.