Geoffrey Craig Tabin (born 1956)[9] is the Fairweather Foundation Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine[10] and the co-founder of the Himalayan Cataract Project along with Dr. Sanduk Ruit.
[15][16] Dr. Tabin is an avid mountaineer who has made many first ascents, including being part of the first ascent of the Kangshung Face of Mount Everest in 1983, and in 1990 he became the fourth person to reach the top of the Seven Summits.
[18][19] While mountaineering in Nepal, he was inspired by cataract surgeries performed by a Dutch team.
[20] Along with fellow ophthalmologist, Dr. Sanduk Ruit, Dr. Tabin founded the Himalayan Cataract Project in 1995[21][22] which works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness both by performing surgeries and by training local doctors across 30 countries.
[23] As of 2024, HCP has performed over 1.6 million surgeries and trained over 20 thousand Doctors and Nurses.