Dr Sarah Darbandi  joined the Bowden Eye team in August 2012. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Following this, Dr. Darbandi attended Medical School at West Virginia University, then went on to a residency in Ophthalmology at the West Virginia University Eye Institute. With her interest in corneal transplantation and refractive surgery,  she then completed a fellowship in Albany, New York, in Cornea and Refractive Surgery. In 2015, she signed on as Dr. Frank W. Bowden, III’s, first partner, making her Vice President of Bowden Eye & Associates.

She provides general ophthalmic care, as well as custom cataract surgery, corneal transplantation, ocular surface reconstruction, and refractive surgery. Dr. Darbandi also provides aesthetic care including Botox, fillers, brow lifts, upper and lower lid blepharoplasties and laser skin resurfacing.  Dr Darbandi is also well known for her care in the dry eye disease arena and is a speaker and founder of Dry Eye University.