Tomislav Šarenac is an ophthalmologist currently practicing at the University Medical Center Maribor at the Department of Ophthalmology. As one of the leading ophthalmic surgeons he deals with complicated cases of cornea and anterior segment pathology. He finished his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine in Maribor, researching corneal keratocytes and mollecular mechanisms of fibrosis in corneal wound treatment. Currently, his main research topic is biomaterials in drug-eluting contact lenses and in tissue engineering of the eyelid and cornea.