Accredited with 24 CME
Hours by the Department
of Health, Abu Dhabi.
Accredited with 24 CME
Hours by the Department
of Health, Abu Dhabi.
MBBS (KSA), DES-OPH (PARIS), DISSO (SWISS), FEBO (PARIS).
Current Appointments:
Abdullah AlQahtani is assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, surgical Retina and Ocular Oncology in King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz university for health science he is also head of Ophthalmology in King Abdul-Aziz medical city-Jeddah.
Education and Training:
Ass/Prof AlQahtani Having obtained his MBBS from King Faisal University, received his ophthalmology training in Paris University (2006-2010) and was institute Curie (Paris) fellow for Ocular Oncology (2011). He is also St-Augustinus hospital (Antwerp) fellow for Surgical Retina (2012).
He has publications and many invited lectures on worldwide.
He was Chosen to represent the kingdom in Arabic physics exam.
Ass/Prof AlQahtani is Ophthalmology board –Jeddah examiner He also obtained the prince Fahad bin Sultan award in scientific Excellency.
Planning committee member of the Retina World Congress.
Chair of Organization and Retina committee in RED SEA Symposium.
Research Interests:
Ass/Prof ALQahtani current research interests include retina and cataract surgical trials, ocular oncology and Uveitis. He is an investigator in King Abdullah international medical research center.
Dr. Abdussalam Mohsen Abdullatif, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Cairo University.
He received his doctorate degree from Cairo University in 2017. He acquired clinical training in UCLA, USA in 2015, where he received an intensive medical retinal training and in Cleveland Clinic, USA in 2020 where he received ocular oncology training.
Dr. Abdussalam Abdullatif is specialized in surgical retina and has performed over 1500 retinal surgeries to date, including complex and recurrent cases. He has over 25 international publications and participated as an instructor in various national and international conferences
Ahmed H. Assaf is a professor of Ophthalmology in the faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, a fellow of the royal college of surgeons of Edinburgh and a consultant of phacorefractive surgery in Al-Watany eye hospital in Cairo. Cataract surgery with premium IOLs is his primary focus, together with the implementation of Femtosecond laser technology, which consists of about 30% of his total annual volume of cataract surgery. He awarded the best paper of session about his study of femtosecond laser cataract surgery in different nuclear density during ASCRS 2017. He started to implant presbyopia-correcting IOLs since 2002 and has substantial experience in various designs of multifocal, new trifocal, and extended depth of focus IOLs. He participated in the pre-launch visual outcome study of AcrySof IQ ReSTOR multifocal toric IOL and presented his results during ESCRS annual meeting in Paris, 2010. He has a particular interest in complicated cataract surgery with intra-scleral haptic fixation (ISHF), together with iris repair and different techniques of pupilloplasty.
Work History:
Teaching activities:
Affiliations:
Certifications:
Publications:
Surgical Skills:
International Conference Participations:
More than 70 participations by free papers, videos, and posters in international conferences as ESCRS, ASCRS, ASCRS, AAO, WOC, AECOS)
Industry consultancy & advisory board:
Dr. Ahmed Awadein, MD, FRCS is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Cairo University.
He received his doctorate degree from Cairo University in 2003 and his fellowship degree from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2004. He acquired clinical fellowship training in Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, USA in 2006, where he received an intensive medical and surgical hands-on training in the field of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.
Dr. Ahmed Awadein is specialized in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus and has performed over 10000 strabismus operations to date, including complex and recurrent cases. He has over 35 international publications in the field of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus and has developed a computerized test to assist in the evaluation of patients with diplopia. He also participated as an instructor in various national and international conferences.
Ahmed Mostafa Abdelrahman, MD, FRCSED. A professor of Ophthalmology, Cairo University, since 2009 till present. In 2015, he achieved the Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Total Quality Management (TQM) for Healthcare Reform. He is the founder and president of the Egyptian Society for Continuous Ophthalmic Education, (EGSCOE on telegram & Website: egscoe.info). He is a glaucoma consultant with national and international publications and innovations in the field of glaucoma surgery. He is a glaucoma reviewer for a number of PubMed prestigious Ophthalmology. He is the owner of the Giza specialized Eye center (http://www.gizaeyecenter.com) with the Glaucoma Management and Education center being part of it. 2016, the Royal College of Edinburgh council appointed him to be an examiner in the college exams. He received the Education Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2019.
Present Position:
Chief of Cataract and Glaucoma Unit
Magrabi Eye Center
Madina Road, Jeddah, KSA
Professor of Ophthalmology, Zagazig University, Egypt
Summary
Dr. Alaa Mofti is a board-certified Ophthalmologist and a Glaucoma, Cataract and Advanced Anterior
Segment surgeon who is fellowship-trained under the mentorship of world-renowned surgeons at prestigious
institutes in Saudi Arabia and Canada. Dr. Mofti obtained his Ophthalmology board from the joint
ophthalmology residency program in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He completed a Glaucoma fellowship at King
Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), in affiliation with Wilmer Eye Institute, with Dr. Randy Craven. He
went abroad to complete a Glaucoma fellowship with Dr. Hady Saheb at McGill University, Canada. Then, he
became the first Saudi fellow to train in the Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery fellowship
program at the University of Toronto under the mentorship of world-renowned surgeon Dr. Ike Ahmed. Dr.
Mofti expertise includes novel Micro-invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) techniques, Advanced/complex
Cataract surgery, Complex Intra-ocular Lens surgeries, and Iris Reconstruction Surgeries. Dr. Mofti’s core
strengths are his work ethic, attention to detail, and demand for perfection when it comes to his patients’
care.
Areas of Expertise
• Medical, laser and surgical management of Glaucoma in Adults and Pediatric patients, including LPI,
SLT, CPC, Trabeculectomy, Deep Sclerectomy, bleb revision, Glaucoma Drainage Devices (Ahmed,
Baerveldt, Clearpath)
• Micro-Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (iStent G1® – iStent inject® – iStent inject W® – Hydrus® – Kahook Dual
blade® – GATT – OMNI® – XEN® microstent – Preserflo® microshunt – Endocyclophotoplasty)
• Surgical management of routine and complex/dislocated cataracts; with Capsular tension Segment/ring
• Management of Cataract/IOL complications requiring vitrectomy, by both anterior and pars plana
approach
• Refractive cataract surgery and Laser Vision Correction
• Surgical management of Intra-ocular lenses subluxation/dislocation, dysphotopsia and aphakia with irissutured, scleral sutured, intra-scleral haptic fixation and/or IOL exchange
• Iris reconstruction in trauma/aniridia cases by various iris suturing techniques and the use of aniridic/iris
prosthetic implants
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
Diligent ophthalmologist, specializing in managing Glaucoma & Cataract diseases.
Ensuring dedication to best practice for highly-reliable patient care. Highly-skilled surgeon, with extensive experience in one of the well known respected tertiary eye institute. Enthusiastic mentor and highly motivated for developing student, residents & fellows confidence and competence in surgical skills through compassionate lesson delivery. Demonstrating exceptional objectivity, decision-making and communication abilities under pressure, ensuring enhanced patient care at all times.
WORK HISTORY
August 2022 – Current
Magrabi Eye Hospital – Glaucoma & Cataract Consultant , Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
January 2015 – July 2022
King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital – Glaucoma & Cataract Consultant , Riyadh,
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November 2021 – Current
Alfaisal University – Assistant Professor, Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
Where we extremely motivated to meet patients’ satisfaction by managing
glaucoma and cataract issues.
Dr. Albakri is a pediatric ophthalmologist, did her residency and pediatric ophthalmology fellowship at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, after her fellowship she joined the pediatric ophthalmology department in KKESH as a consultant for the last 6 years.
She has a special interest in ocular genetics, did one year of Ocular Genetic fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital.
She was a member of KKESH institutional Training Committee supervising the teaching and training of residents and fellows in the Pediatric Ophthalmology department
Published several papers and presented at different national and international meetings.
Dr Andrea Leonardi is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. He is also Director of the Ocular Surface and Allergy Outpatient Service and the Ocular Immunology Laboratory at the Ophthalmology Unit within the University of Padua Hospital, Padua, Italy.
His clinical and research interests include ocular allergy, dry eye, uveitis and ocular immunology. He is particularly interested in the immunopathogenesis of ocular allergy and vernal keratoconjunctivitis, tear proteomics and sequencing, inflammatory mediators, tissue remodelling and fibroblast behaviour.
Dr Leonardi is also Project Director for the development of new cold plasma technology, involving the treatment of ocular surface infection, in conjunction with the Nuclear Physics Institute and the Consorzio RFX of the University of Padua.
He collaborates with several universities and institutions across Europe and the USA. He is currently President of the Italian Society for Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Disease (SIUMIO) and was previously Chairman of the Interest Group in Ocular Allergy of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
Dr Leonardi has extensive experience as a peer reviewer and guest editor with numerous international journals and as principal investigator of several clinical trials. He has authored more than 130 publications in peer-reviewed journals and several chapters in academic books.
Senior Consultant in Ophthalmology, Eye Surgeon
Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Senior Consultant, academic teacher and anterior segment surgeon at Department of Ophthalmology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland (since 2003)
Co-owner, Medical Director at the private refractive clinic ReOptis, Poznan, Poland
2022 PUMS Rector Individual Didactic Award
2022 Polish Council of Ophthalmology – member
2019 American Academy of Ophthalmology – International Scholar Award
2017 American Academy of Ophthalmology – International Ophthalmologist Education Award
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Best academic teacher for English speaking programme at PUMS
2008 Resident grant of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
2007, 2012 Polish Retina Society Best Young Ophthalmologist Paper
2015 Polish Ophthalmological Society prize.
Over 600 teaching courses and clinical presentations completed in over 40 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East and USA
TERTIARY EDUCATION:
1) MB.ChB. (University of Pretoria, 1985)
2) M.Med. (Ophthalmology) (Cum Laude), University of Pretoria, 1994.
3) FCS (SA) (Ophthalmology) – SA College of Surgeons, October 1994.
4) FRCSEd (Ophthalmology) – Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1995.
5) RCO Laser Refractive Certificate. March 2009.
6) Physician CEO, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. 2017.
EMPLOYMENT:
Consultant Eye Surgeon and Medical Director, Wellington Eye Clinic; Consultant Ophthalmologist and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at The Beacon Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:
1) CONGRESS ATTENDANCE:
Attended more than 300 international congresses since 1991.
2) COURSES ATTENDED:
Attended 43 courses since qualifying in 1995.
3) PAPERS PRESENTED
Presented more than 400 papers at international meetings and congresses.
4) COURSES PRESENTED:
Presented more than 100 instructional courses on advanced laser surgery, corneal cross-linking and cataract surgery and IOL power topics.
5) PUBLICATIONS:
More than 100 Publications in peer review and trade journals.
I am a Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology. My clinical activity takes place at local NHS Trust and is mainly dedicated to people with glaucoma. I have surgical expertise on complex glaucomas and cataract.
With my academic career at the Centre of Public Health (Health Services Research Group) we are trying to improve eye health by investigating the effectiveness, safety and efficiency of new technologies for eye diseases (e.g., treatments, diagnostic tests, models of eye care). I have expertise in primary and secondary research methodology.
Overall I have received as CI or co-applicant over £15m of research funds from MRC, NIHR-EME, NIHR-HTA, Horizon 2020, and Wellcome Trust.
I am Chief Investigator of several large publicly funded trials, including:
– EAGLE, an international multicentre RCT comparing primary lens extraction versus laser iridotomy in patients with angle-closure glaucoma (completed); the main report of this study was published in The Lancet in 2016, and was ranked by the American Glaucoma Society #12 in the top 100 list of papers “with significant impact on the clinical care of patients with glaucoma”: (Vinod K, et al. The American Glaucoma Society 100: Articles with Significant Impact on Clinical Glaucoma Care. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2022;5:5-15)
– GATE, a multicentre study evaluating automated imaging technologies for glaucoma diagnosis (completed);
– CHAMP-UK, a multicentre randomised trial evaluating low dose atropine eye drops for children with myopia (ongoing);
– GRIP, a multicentre cohort study using electronic medical records to validate and refine a risk predictor for ocular hypertension conversion to glaucoma (ongoing).
– ACE, a multicentre study evaluating technologies for the diagnosis of angle closure (ongoing)
I am co-Chief Investigator of the In-home Tracking of glaucoma (i-TRAC) study (ongoing).
I am member of the research team and co-applicant of several publicly funded multicentre trials:
– CLEVER, ENGINE, STABLE and ZEAL: a suite of trials exploring the impact of vision care in low and middle-income countries, led by Prof Nathan Congdon (ongoing)
– TAGS and GLAURIOUS, on glaucoma (completed)
– DIAMONDS and EMERALD, on diabetic retinopathy (completed)
– EDNA and MIRROR, on age-related macular degeneration (completed)
I have published over 250 peer-reviewed papers, over 20 book chapters, and edited three books. My work has been cited over 8000 times and my current Scopus h-index is 45.
Leadership positions:
– chair of the Scientific Committee of the European Glaucoma Society (from January 2021);
– lead Editor of the European Glaucoma Society Guidelines (5th edition, 2020);
– chair of the UK NIHR CRN Clinical Study Group for glaucoma (from 2020);
– member of the UK NIHR-HTA prioritization committee (from 2019);
– member of the Development Group for the WHO Package of Glaucoma Interventions (from 2020);
– 2012 Chair of the UK & Eire Glaucoma Society;
– member of the Editorial Board of several specialist journals, including Cochrane Eye and Vision, and Journal of Glaucoma.
Special honours:
– American Academy of Ophthalmology achievement award (2008);
– King James IV Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2020);
– American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretariat Award (2020)
TO BE UPDATED
Prof. Boris Malyugin is a world-renowned expert in the field of cataract and implants surgery, practicing at the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution in Moscow, Russia. He is the current President of the Russian Ophthalmology Society. Dr. Malyugin has made significant contributions to ophthalmology. He is well known for his development of the Malyugin Ring, the device facilitating cataract surgery in patients with small pupils and IFIS. Other innovations include numerous surgical techniques, several microsurgical instruments, modified CTRs, IOLs, etc. Dr. Malyugin has multiple international recognitions, including the Binkhorst Awards from both the ASCRS and ESCRS, Kritzinger Award from ISRS, Kelman Award from BRASCRS, and Pierce Award from UKISCRS. He was invited to present guest lectures and participate in live surgery sessions at numerous national and supranational meetings. He is a member of International Intraocular Implant Club and Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, ICO Advisory Boards member. Dr. Malyugin is a Chief Medical Editor of two major Russian Ophthalmic journals and serves as an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, as well as some other national and international ophthalmic journals.
Bruce Allan qualified in medicine from Cambridge in 1985, and was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon at Moorfields in 1998 after advanced specialist training in the UK, South Africa, and Australia. He was Training Director for the Corneal Service at Moorfields for over 10 years, and Service Director for Refractive Surgery from 2012 to 2019. He is currently chairing the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Refractive Surgery Standards Working Group and is an ESCRS and EU Cornea board member.
He and his wife, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Maria Teresa Casasus Borrell, live in North London with their three daughters. He is a keen football fan and sailor.
Professional activities include:
Current research interests include:
Doctor Carlos Mateo was born in Barcelona (1958).
Present Academic rank : Associate professor of Ophthalmology in the Master of Vitreoretinal Surgery at IMO (Autonoma University of Barcelona )
Founder and Consultant at the Vitreoretinal department of the Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular de Barcelona (IMO).
Graduate on medical School : University of Barcelona 1975-1981
Ophthalmologist certification :1985 Autonoma University of Barcelona
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
Hospital Clinic I Provincial De Barcelona
Ciudad Sanitaria Valle Hebron, Resident At The Autonoma University Of Barcelona.
Vitreoretinal Consultant Of Servei D’oftalmologia De “L’hospital General De Catalunya” (1987 – 1991)
Vitreoretinal Surgeon Of Servei D’oftalmologia Del Hopital General De Velld’hebró (1988 – 1997)
Member Of “Centre Retina Y Vitreo De Barcelona” (1991 – 1994)
Coordinator Of “Fundation Sardá Farriol De Barcelona” Vitreoretinal Surgery Department( 1994 – 2000)
Founding Member of “Institut Microcirurgía Ocular De Barcelona” untill now
Current Position:
Cataract Subspecialty Service and Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Service
Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC)
Soon-Phaik Chee, MD, is a Professor at the National University of Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School, Singapore. She is a Senior Consultant and heads both the Cataract Subspecialty Service and Ocular Inflammation and Immunology Service at the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC).
In addition to her clinical commitments, Dr Chee also serves as group lead member of the Cataract research team at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. She obtained her Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology) at the National University of Singapore and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow and Edinburgh and the College of Ophthalmologists, UK. She subsequently completed her fellowship in Uveitis and Oculoplastics, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery at Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London in 1993.
Dr Chee’s research interests in cataract include the management of complicated cataracts such as the dense posterior polar cataract, subluxated cataracts, premium intraocular lens implants and femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery. In addition to innovations in surgical techniques, she has also designed intraocular instruments which greatly augment surgeons’ abilities to overcome difficulties and improve the outcomes in these highly demanding cases.
Heads the Cataract and Glaucoma departments at Megur Eye Care Centre, Bidar Karnataka India.
Specialises in Complex Cataract Surgeries. He is committed to teaching surgery through his personal Youtube Channel.
He has more than 200 presentations at various national and international meetings. He is a reviewer for the Indian Journal Of Ophthalmology. He has won many national & international awards for scientific Papers and Videos.
Deepak P Edward, M.D. FACS, FARVO. is Vice-Chair, Education, Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and Adjunct Professor, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dr. Edward is glaucoma specialist who maintains a busy clinical and surgical schedule for the treatment of advanced and complex glaucoma. He has a wide range of research interests in the fields of glaucoma, ophthalmic education, ophthalmic pathology, biomarkers, cell biology and proteomics. He has over 250 publications and has edited a textbook on glaucoma. He an active member of the American Academy of ophthalmology and received the Senior Achievement Award, and a member of the American Glaucoma Society. Dr Edward is an innovative educator and has been awarded several teaching awards during his career including a Lifetime teaching award at the University of Illinois.
Dr Edward has memberships in several professional societies including AAO, AGS, Verhoeff-Zimmerman Society, and the American Ophthalmological Society.
Dina Hossam Hassanein, MD , FRCS
Dr. Dina H. Hassanein was born in Cairo, Egypt and is a graduate of the German school (DEO). She obtained her medical degree at Cairo University school of medicine, where she had her full time 3 year residency and continued on to get her master’s and MD degree. She completed her training with pediatric Ophthalmology at Cairo University Pediatric Hospital (Abulreesh) for another 3 years. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) and an assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in Cairo University.
Dr. Hassanein has fifteen years’ experience in Ophthalmology and ophthalmic surgery, with special interest in strabismus, congenital cataract, anterior segment surgery, retinopathy of prematurity and retinoblastoma. She is a founding and a board member of the Egyptian Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (EAPOS).
Dr. Hassanein resides in Cairo, Egypt with her husband, and enjoys life with her two daughters. She enjoys travel, playing the piano and working out. She is fluent in Arabic, English and German.
Prof. Villani is currently Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Interdepartmental Academic Board for the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Orthoptics and Ophthalmologic Assistance at the University of Milan, and cornea Consultant at San Giuseppe Hospital Eye Clinic.
Prof. Villani is the author of more than 60 peer-reviewed research papers and has been an invited speaker at more than 100 national and international congresses. He also serves as Editorial Board member of Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science and of The Ocular Surface, and as Section Editor of International Ophthalmology, as well as Global Ambassador of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society.
His clinical and surgical work focuses on ocular surface and anterior segment diseases in adult and pediatric patients. Prof. Villani devotes a significant amount of time towards education and teaching, both in the clinical and research settings.
DR Elrayes is Professor and chairman of department of Ophthalmology at Institute of Ophthalmology in Cairo. He received his medical degree with honor from Ein Shams University. He completed his Ophthalmology training and residency in Cairo University hospital. Dr Elrayes had his master degree in Ophthalmology from Cairo University after which he joined the Associated Retinal Consultants with its great faculty in Royal Oak Michigan for his vitreoretinal fellowship in1993. He also had a year of research fellowship in Research Eye Institute, Oakland University, Rochester Michigan, U.S.A 1994. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1997.
Dr Elrayes is on faculty in the Institute of Ophthalmology in Cairo, joining and participating as primary investigator in clinical trials nationally and internationally, with special interest in diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment and pediatric retinal surgery. Serves as a vitreoretinal surgeon in the Retina service In the eye institute hospital, International Eye Hospital . He is an innovator of the 23 g fragmatome as well as the innovator of the suprachoroidal surgical techniques and product line. He is a founder of the Arab African Society of Retina Specialists (AASRS), Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO),Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO),Member of the European Vitreo Retina Society (EVRS),Member of the American society of Retina Specialists (ASRS),Member of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society, Member of the Club Vit.,Member of the Pan Arab, African Ophthalmological Council. He is a board member of the international affair committee of the American society of retina specialists ,and the liaison leader for the serving Africa and middle east. He received Amin El Maghraby award: Egyptian Ophthalmologic Society Meeting 2001. International education award: American Academy of Ophthalmology 2010. International scholar award: American Academy of Ophthalmology. Honor Award: American Society of Retina specialist 2011 and the Senior Honor Award: American Society of Retina specialist 2014:American Academy of Ophthalmology achievement award 2015. Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists 2021.
As of today Dr Elrayes is a professor in the institute of Ophthalmology ,Chairman of the Retina Department , sharing with his colleges teaching and fellow training , publications ,journal reviews , Book chapters and executive committee for a number educational and research committees.
Qualifications;
1988 Retina and vitreous fellowship granted after having completed two years of clinical training at the University of Ottawa, School of Medicine, Canada. 1981 Ophthalmology degree granted after fulfilling four years of residency requirements at Rome University (La Sapienza), School of Medicine, Italy. 1976 Medical Degree, Rome University (La Sapienza), Italy.
Professional Experience;
1992- present : Private practice at the Jordan Hospital acting as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology. The department is well known in dealing with complicated vitreoretinal surgeries. Head of the examination committee for ophthalmology at the Jordan Medical Council. Before 1992, served in the public sector at King Hussein Medical Sector, Al Basheer Hospital and Jordan University Hospital. Trained several regional doctors in the field of Retina and Vitreous Surgery. Board member of Middle East Africa Vitreo-Retinal Society (MEAVRS). Several original publications in the field of retina and vitreous. Invited speaker in the field of retina and vitreous locally, regionally and internationally. Organizer of local, regional and international retina meetings. Part of the clinical R&D team in the development of new technology in retina and vitreous surgery. Member of the Jordanian Senate health and environment committee since 2016.
Dr. Fouad El Sayyad received his medical degree from Cairo university, after which he completed his medical education in the United States. He pursued a 3-year clinical research fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, Florida in both Glaucoma and Cornea.
He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida; followed by a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He was nominated by his peers to be a member of Alpha Omega Alpha in 2017 and was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2018.
His clinical and research interests include ocular imaging, especially using Optical Coherence Tomography. He has over 25 international publications in the field of cornea and glaucoma and has presented at numerous international meetings.
Dr. Fouad is currently an Ophthalmology consultant and is in private practice in Cairo, Egypt.
Education:
1983: Medical Bachelor M.B.B.CH, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
1988: Master Degree (M. Sc.) in Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University..
1992: Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) in Ophthalmology, Cairo University.
1996: Fellowship of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, McGill University.
Positions Held:
Present Position: Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Children’s Hospital
1998 – 2003: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
1993 – 1998: Lecturer of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
1990 – 1993: Assistant Lecturer of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
1985 – 1988: Resident in Ophthalmic section at Cairo University Hospital.
1984 – 1985: Internship.
Society Memberships:
– American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
-International Strabismus Association
– Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO).
– Egyptian Ophthalmology Society (EOS).
– Egyptian Society of Cataract and Corneal Diseases.
– Egyptian Pediatric Ophthalmology group
NATIONAL MEDICAL DEGREES:
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL DEGREES:
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
INTERNATIONAL TRAINING:
Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in December 1977, signed up excellent with honor
House officer at Cairo University Hospitals from March 1, 1978 to February 28, 1979
Resident at Cairo University Hospitals from March 18, 1979 to September 9, 1981
Master degree of Ophthalmology in May 1981, signed up excellent Clinical demonstrator, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from September 20, 1981 to December 27, 1981
Assistant lecturer, the department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from December 28, 1981 to August 6, 1985
MD. of Ophthalmology in May 1985
Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, From August 7, 1985 to September 18, 1990
Retina Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Illinois University, under supervision of Professor Dr. Gholam Peyman, 1986 & 1987
Assistant Professor, the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University from September 19, 1990 to November 29, 1995
Professor, the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, from November 30, 1995 till present Senior Consultant, Vitreoretinal Surgery
QUALIFICATIONS:
-M.B.CH.B. / College of medicine, Babylon University, 1999
-F.I.B.M.S, Follow of Iraqi Board of Medical specializations, 2006.
Positions:
-Ophthalmology Lecturer- Babylon Medical College 2007
-Ophthalmology Lecturer –Mustansyria Medical College 2009 and still.
-Ophthalmology specialist – Ibn El-Haithem Teaching eye Hospital (2007 to 2011).
-Ophthalmology specialist Al-Yarmook teaching Hospital 2010 – 2016
-Member of the Consultation Committee / Ministry of health 2012.
-Joined Magrabi Eye & Ear Hospital in Saudi Arabia back in 2001 and worked in several Magrabi Eye Centers such as Al Ahsa, Al-Khobar and Jeddah.
-Currently the Vitreo-retinal Consultant and Head of Retina Unit in Magrabi Eye Hospital in Jeddah since 2008, one of the highest volume places for ophthalmology in the region.
-Performed more than 6,000 vitreo-retinal surgeries over the past 20 years apart from numerous phacoemulsification surgeries with different types of IOLs and intravitreal injections.
-Trained more than 6 fellows in Vitreo-retina, who later became independent and successful Retinal Surgeons.
-Participated among other eminent Retina Specialists in putting together Saudi Arabia Guidelines for Diabetic Macular Edema: Consensus of Saudi Retina Society.
-Actively participated and presented in many international conferences like EVRS (European Vetro Retinal Society), Euretina, RSOS (Red sea Ophthalmology Symposium), MEACO (Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology), MIC (Magrabi International Congress) and others.
-Attended several lectures, courses, conferences locally and internationally such as AAO, (the American Academy of Ophthalmology), ASRS (American Society of Retina Specialists), World Ophthalmology Congress, Frankfurt Retina Meeting and many others.
-Doctorate Degree in Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 2008
-Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, U.K. 2003
Professor of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University
⁃ Fellow of royal college of surgeons
⁃ Fellow of Miguel Hernandez University, Spain
⁃ Anterior segment consultant, The Eye Consultants center , Jeddah
Head of the Corneal Service Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC). Head of the Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Group at the Singapore Eye Research Institute and Professor with DUKE-NUS GMS. Named Professor of Clinical Innovation at SNEC/SERI. Director of Education, Singhealth Transplant and Deputy Executive Director at SERI. He has trained 22 international fellows, 5 masters students and 6 PhD students. He leads a clinical service and runs a research program comprising of clinical and translational studies. His work is focused on corneal transplantation, femtosecond laser technology, corneal imaging, corneal infections, corneal refractive surgery, keratoprosthesis surgery and corneal genetics. He has published >350 peer-reviewed papers and 15 book chapters. Current H-index 47, citations 7640. He has given >150 invited plenary, symposium and named lectures globally. His research work as generated 15 patents, 5 of which have been licensed to companies.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
-Bachelor Basic Med. Sc., Kuwait University, Kuwait 1984
-MBChB, Glasgow University, United Kingdom, 1992
-FRCSC, Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians of Canada, 1999. Canada.
-Certified (one year) fellowship in diseases of the Vitreous and Retina from July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000. McGill University, Canada.
Certificates:
-Certificate of Provisional Registration As A Medical Practitioner, The General Medical Council (GMC). July 14, 1992. London, United Kingdom. Registration Number 3659861.
-The Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination (LMCC). September 9, 1993.
-USMLE step 1 (Basic Science), October 15, 1997.
-USMLE step 2 (Clinical Science), March 4, 1998.
-Clinical Skills Assessment (ECFMG), March 17, 1999.
-Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificate, April 19, 1999. Certificate Number 0-586-114-1.
-Maintenance of certification program (MOC) certificate of the Royal college of Physician and Surgeons of Canada, from 2000 – 2005.
Accomplished professional with extensive experience in treating patients and consulting Ophthalmology. Expert in improving skills of medical students and residents by teaching general ophthalmology, Glaucoma, anterior segment pathologies, and surgical skills. Demonstrated success in tutoring clinical optometry, Pharmacy and Ophthalmology thesis. Keen focus on conducting research in Glaucoma, anterior segment, and Neuro-Ophthalmology. Ability to manage departments for coordinating clinical, research and surgical activities. Possess doctorate degree in Ophthalmology.
Proven expertise in:
•Medical Research & Analysis
•Eye Consultation
•Clinical and Ophthalmic Surgery
•Process Improvement
•Patient Management
•Strategic Planning
•Health Management
•Team Building & Training
Professional Experience
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arab Chairman of the Glaucoma Division
Consultant/Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh. KSA
Teach medical student the science of Ophthalmology and conduct medical practice. Provide consultancy and teach interns, residents in Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Fellows in the Glaucoma division. Support clinical activities including, treating patients, performing surgery, and delivering health advice.
Key Contributions:
Participated actively in formation of fellows in Glaucoma and residents in Ophthalmology. Received recognition in ophthalmic community by delivering exceptional performance
Professor at the School of Optics and Optometry, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Supervise master’s degree in clinical optometry
University Hospital of Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain
Chairman of Glaucoma / Anterior Segment/ Ocular Trauma Section
Leon’s major area of expertise lies within the field of glaucoma surgical treatment. He is the first surgeon in the UK to adopt minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) into his clinical practice. He has been the lead practitioner and trainer in the UK for various technologies including the istent, Hydrus, Xen, Cypass and Innfocus Microstent. He was the local principle investigator for multiple RCTs including the Hydrus stent FDA trial, Hydrus vs istent study, Xen45 apex study, Treatment of Advance Glaucoma (TAG) study. He is also currently the chief investigator for the Summit Hydrus trial evaluating the effect of Hydrus stent in refractory glaucoma. Leon is one of 6 surgeons currently in the world involved in the clinical trial of the eyewatch glaucoma drainage implant and has successfully implanted the first 4 patients in the the UK. He is also the first surgeon in the UK to introduce iCare home phasing service that has been well received by the patients and won an Abbvie patient technology award. Leon serves as a specialist advisor for the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the field of innovative glaucoma surgery.
Leon is actively involved in teaching and training especially in the field of glaucoma. He is a newly elected co-chair of the ISGS associate advisory board. He has been involved as a lecturer and instructor in many international scientific conferences and wetlabs including the Royal College of Ophthalmology congress, UK and Eire Glaucoma Society meeting, European Glaucoma Society meeting, World Glaucoma Congress and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Leon publishes his research regularly in peer-reviewed journals.
Qualification:
B Med Sci 1995 Nottingham University, UK
MBBS 1998 Nottingham University, UK
FRCOphth 2003 Royal College of Ophthalmologist, UK
Current Employment:
2009 to present
Consultant Ophthalmologist,
Manchester royal Eye Hospital,
Oxford road,
Manchester,
M13 9WL,
UK
Dr. Mahmood Showail is an Assistant Professor at the department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University and a Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Consultant at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is appointed as the chief of Ophthalmology at the International Medical Center (IMC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Prior to this, he served as the medical director of Magrabi Al-Murjan Eye complex in Jeddah and was a staff Ophthalmologist and a cornea surgeon at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville, Canada.
Dr. Showail earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery from King Abdulaziz University. He went to University of Toronto in Canada for his residency training and obtained his FRCSC degree from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He completed his Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto followed by another year of fellowship in Pediatric Cornea and External Diseases at the world renowned Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto.
Dr. Showail is a founding member of the Saudi Group of Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He sits on the review board of many leading peer-reviewed Ophthalmology journals. Dr. Showail has numerous publications in prestigious journals including Cornea, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology and Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Professor of Ophthalmology, Cairo University
Co-founder Dar Al Oyoun Eye Hospital
President of Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society
PRESENT POSITIONS:
Founder and Head MIOS SA /Helvetia Retina Associates (center for microinvasive ocular surgery), Lausanne, Switzerland
Honorary Professor, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS:
• Scientific Advisory Board – International Symposium of Ocular Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics
• Scientific advisor for Tarsier Pharma, Bausch & Lomb, Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, Sanofi, Santen, Oxular
• Surgical Consultant – Charles River Labs
• International Council- International Ocular Inflammation Society 2011-
• Treasurer – International Uveitis Study Group 2012 –
• Astute Trial: Trial Steering Committee member 2020-
• DSMB: Cenermod, PPD
• DSMB: Iodorsia
Dr Ahad is working as a Senior consultant and head of the anterior segment division at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) Riyadh. He is Adjunct associate professor at Alfaisal University Riyadh and member of the medical advisory board of Lions eye Institute for transplant and Research Florida USA. Dr Ahad did his ophthalmology training in Oxford UK, and before coming to Saudi Arabia was working as consultant ophthalmologist in Bournemouth UK. He holds PhD in immunogenetics and his research interests include corneal epithelial regeneration and ocular surface inflammation phenotyping and biomarkers. His main areas of clinical interests are endothelial keratoplasty, ocular surface diseases and immunosuppression.
Upon completion of ophthalmology residency in 1997, Dr. Hosny worked as a fellow of refractive and anterior segment surgery at the University of Alicante, Spain perusing the clinical research of his Doctorate thesis under supervision of Professor Jorge Alio. He then travelled to work as a Registrar of Ophthalmology at Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh for one year. He obtained his Masters Degree from Cairo University in 1996, His FRCS degree from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1998, and his Doctorate degree in 1999. Dr. Hosny has numerous international publications including coauthoring in David Ben Ezra’s book “Ocular inflammation”. Dr. Hosny is a regular presenter at the ASCRS and occasionally at the ESCRS meetings over the past 12 years. He served for more than six years as panelist and co-Chair person in sessions at the annual meeting of the ASCRS.
Dr. Hosny is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology at Cairo University, he also is a leading Refractive and Anterior segment consultant at Dar El Oyoun Specialized Eye Hospitals in Egypt.
WORK EXPERIENCE
July 2016 – Present Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Retina unit, Professor of clinical Ophthalmology
Managing patients with medical and surgical Ophthalmic diseases with a special focus on retinal problems, teaching ophthalmology to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, and skill transfer to junior fellows and residents. Undergraduate and postgraduate exam preparation, and marking
Oct 09 – June 2016 Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Retina unit, Associate Professor of clinical Ophthalmology
Managing patients with medical and surgical Ophthalmic diseases with a special focus on retinal problems, teaching ophthalmology to the undergraduate and postgraduate students, and skill transfer to junior fellows and residents. Undergraduate and postgraduate exam preparation, and marking
July 04 – Sept 09 Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Retina unit, Lecturer of clinical Ophthalmology
Managing patients with medical and surgical Ophthalmic diseases with a special focus on retinal problems, teaching ophthalmology to the undergraduate students, and skill transfer to junior fellows and residents. OCT and Fundus Fulorescin angiography operator and analyzer.
Jan 01 – June 04 Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Retina unit, Assistant Lecturer
Managing patients with medical and surgical Ophthalmic diseases with a special focus on retinal problems, teaching ophthalmology to the undergraduate students, and skill transfer to junior fellows and residents.
Sep 00 – Dec01 William Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Eye institute, Research Retina Fellow. Medical Retina research, Animal Research and Observing in the operating rooms with the associated retinal consultants (ARC). This was part of my Doctorate / Ph.D. Thesis titled the role of plasmin in facilitating posterior vitreous detachment in macular hole surgeries in joint supervision between Dr. Williams G.A. and Dr. Trese M.T. and my university in Egypt.
Sep 99 – Sep 00 Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Retina unit, Assistant Lecturer
Managing patients with medical and surgical Ophthalmic diseases with a special focus on retinal problems, teaching ophthalmology to the undergraduate students, and skill transfer to junior fellows and residents.
Apr 96 – Apr 99 Ophthalmology Dept. Ain Shams University Hospitals, Ophthalmology Resident
Manage patients in a 96 beds dept with 5 fully equipped ORs. and 8 specialized units in Vitreoretinal, Glaucoma, Squint, Oculoplastics, Cornea and anterior segment.
Mar 95 – Feb 96 Ain Shams University Hospitals, House officer (PGY1)
Attended two monthes in each department (Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, OB&GYN, Emergency and Ophthalmology).
Mohammed Al Qahtani,
A 2015 World Champion of Public Speaking
Mohammed Qahtani, a Saudi Arabian engineer, won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Qahtani, won after several eliminating rounds that took six months with 30,000 participants from more than 100 countries.
Growning up he suffered from severe stuttering but he was able to overcome it by facing his fears, pushing the envelope and performing on stage. He is passionate about public speaking and stand up comedy. He has participated in several conferences around the world where he inspires people to chase their dreams.
Mohammed speaks about several topics such as coping with change, Empowerment in the workplace, building the perfect team, the art of negotiation and using powerful words when speaking.
Professor Dr Nehal Al Shakankiri is a Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology in Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University in Egypt.
She completed her undergraduate studies in Alexandria University and obtained her Bachelor Degree in 1989. She completed Ophthalmology residency in Alexandria Main University Hospital to obtain a Master Degree in Ophthalmology in 1994, and then her Doctorate Degree in Ophthalmology in 2000. She was then appointed to join the faculty staff where she finally became Professor of Ophthalmology in 2010. She developed a special interest in Pediatric Ophthalmology in the year 1995 to mark her first steps with a Doctorate Degree thesis about the evaluation of heparine surface modified IOLs in children.
She then continued a life long commitment to Pediatric Ophthalmology by a series of research topics in different aspects of Pediatric Ophthalmology with special interest in pediatric cataract. Some of her publications appear in International journals as Ophthalmology, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and journals in the domain of molecular and clinical genetics.
In 2007 she founded the Association of Children Eyes of Alexandria, a non profit organization concerned with fund raising to sponsor every possible activity related to children eyes. This brought a quantum leap marked by founding and inauguration of Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit in Alexandria University, a place fully equipped with the most up to date instrumentation and technology related to the care of eyes of children. She participated in meetings all over Egypt and some outside Egypt teaching and lecturing and giving courses in Pediatric Ophthalmology, particularly pediatric cataract. She has lectured in Lausanne (Switzerland) in 2009, Beirut in 2010, Tunisia in 2011 and in 2013, Nigeria ( MEACO pediatric cataract course) in 2011, New York( International symposium of pediatric cataract) in 2011 and in 2014. In year 2015 she lectured in Barcelona (World Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology and strabismus ).
In year 2017 she participated in the World Society Pediatric Ophthalmology and strabismus in India by video presentations. In year 2018 she gave a course in management of congenital cataract in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. In Ethiopia in Addis Ababa in 2018 in COESCA meeting she gave a lecture in management of ectopia lentis in children. In 2019 she gave a lecture in Tunisia in management of ectopia lentis .She gave a course in management of congenital cataract in COESCA meeting in 2019 in Rwanda. In Kuwait she gave lectures in pediatric cataract in 2019 and finally she gave a course and a lecture in congenital cataract in Dubai in the 5th QOIC 2020 meeting.
To Nihal Al Shakankiri, prevention of blindness in children is her whole world.
Dr. Owaidhah is a senior consultant & Chair of IRB Committee at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and adjunct assistant professor at AlFaisal University. She is also the chair of the Saudi Glaucoma group and an editorial board member for Glaucoma section at EyeWiki website and the first surgeon to implant XEN implant in Saudi Arabia. She received the award of “Exceptional Physician” at May 2015 & an award from HRH Prince Abdulaziz Bin Ahmad AL-Saud for chairing “World Sight Day” activities at the Kingdom.
Peter Stalmans is a staff member of the Department of Ophthalmology at UZ Leuven and Associate Professor at the KU Leuven. He gained his degree in medicine from the KU Leuven. He completed his residency-in-training in ophthalmology at UZ Leuven, after which he worked for one year as a vitreoretinal fellow at the Eye Hospital Rotterdam. He became a staff member at UZ Leuven in 2000, Associate Professor at the KU Leuven in 2001, and head of clinic in 2016.
Professor Stalmans is a member of AAO, ARVO, EVER, the Belgian Society of Ophthalmology, ASRS, EVRS, and EURETINA and has organized the international Leuven Retina Meeting in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. He has presented at various national and international meetings. Professor Stalmans was the principal investigator of a number of phase II ocriplasmin clinical trials and was the coordinating investigator of the MIVI TRUST phase III trials (MIVI 6 and MIVI 7). In 2017, he performed the first ever successful robotic retinal vein cannulation.
His professional interests are vitreoretinal surgery, surgical instrument and device development, artificial vision, robotic eye surgery, 3D digital surgery and pharmacological vitreolysis.
Work Experience
Previously
Awards And Achievements
Achievement Awards:
Actively involved in teaching & training
Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya is the Network Director – Capacity Building (External Organizations) at LVPEI. The other major portfolios that he is handling include Director of the Child Sight Institute, Director of Centre for Technology Innovation, and Head – Jasti V Ramanamma Children’s Eye Care Centre at LVPEI. Dr Kekunnaya is also an Executive Bureau Director of the World Society for Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (WSPOS), Founder Executive Bureau member of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Network (POSN) of India, and an Administrative Council Member of the International Strabismological Association (ISA).
Dr Kekunnaya received his basic medical training from the Karnataka Medical College, Hubli, and specialized in ophthalmology from the Government Medical College, Mysore. He completed a fellowship in Paediatric and Neuro Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Comprehensive Ophthalmology at LVPEI, followed by a Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship (AAPOS accredited) at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, USA. His core clinical interests include simple and complex strabismus in adults and children (squint), childhood cataract, vision development, myopia, amblyopia (lazy eye) and neuro-ophthalmological disorders in children.
He has been honoured with Achievement Awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr Kekunnaya is also the recipient of the International Scholar Award and International Education Award from AAO, and Honor Award from the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
Dr Kekunnaya has authored over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals in addition to having written over 25 text book chapters. He is the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Section Editor for the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the Current Eye Research, and the BMJ Open Ophthalmology. He has presented widely, is invited as keynote speakers at both national and global levels, and is passionate about teaching.
Known as a calm and composed person by his fellow-colleagues, Dr Kekunnaya spends his free time listening to music and watching movies.
Consultant Cornea and Refractive surgery Clinical and
translational Scientist, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, INDIA
GROW laboratories Faculty, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. Maastricht.
Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty is the Vice Chairman
of Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute. He is
a Professor at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical
College, India and an Adjunct Associate
Professor at MS Ramaiah Medical College,
Bangalore and is an Affiliate Associate
Professor and PhD guide at the Maastricht
University in the Netherlands.
Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty has over 200
Publication in peer reviewed indexed
Journals. He is a Corneal Refractive
Surgeon at Narayana Nethralaya Eye
Institute, Bangalore, India. His other areas
of work include Neuro-ophthalmology &
electrophysiology.
Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty defended his PhD from Maastricht University, Netherlands
on Understanding the Clinical, Immunological and Genetic Molecular Mechanism
of Keratoconus. He has a special interest in the management of Keratoconus, tear
film abnormalities and biomarkers. He has introduced cutting edge technology at
Narayana Nethralaya and spearheads treatment for challenging eye disorders.
In the 2015 annual conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society,
Dr. Rohit Shetty won the prestigious Col. Rangachari award for the overall best
paper of the conference for his work on “Is Inflammation Driving Keratoconus? –
A Holistic Study Of Molecular Pathways”.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently conferred an achievement
award to Dr. Rohit Shetty for the distinguished services he has rendered over
the years to the programs of the society.
Professor at the UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE in Madrid, Spain.
Head of the motility unit at Hospital Clínico San Carlos Madrid, Spain.
President of the International Strabismological Association.
Former President of the European Strabismological Association and the Spanish Strabismological Association.
Saad A. Waheeb, M.D. F.R.C.S.C.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Head of Ophthalmology Department
Senior Consultant Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal Surgery
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seyhan B. Özkan was born in London in 1963. She graduated from Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara in 1986 and completed her ophthalmology training at S.B. Ankara Numune Hospital Department of Ophthalmology in 1990. She made her subspecialty training on strabismus and pediatric ophthalmology in Moorfields Eye Hospital with Mr. John Lee and Mr. Peter Fells on 1991-92.
Dr. Özkan worked in S.B. Ankara Hospital till 1995 in Ankara. She became Associate Professor in 1996 and then Professor of Ophthalmology in 2002 in Adnan Menderes University Medical School in Aydın – Turkey. Since 2019 she is working fulltime in her private clinic. She had 128 published papers (73 international, 55 national) and 10 book chapters (6 national, 4 international).
Dr. Özkan served as the Local Organizer in the Meeting of European Strabismological Association (ESA) on 2004 in Izmir, and in the Meeting of International Strabismological Association (ISA) on 2010 in Istanbul.
Dr. Özkan was the President of the ESA between 2004 – 2009. She served as the Editor of ISA from 2006 to 2014 and she edited two ISA Transactions Books; ‘Update on Strabismology’ and ‘Advances in Strabismus’. Seyhan B. Özkan was the former President of ISA between 2014 – 2018. She is married and has two children.
Dr. Shady Awwad is a professor of Ophthalmology and the head of the cornea & refractive surgery division at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. He received his medical degree and completed his residency training at the American University of Beirut. He subsequently completed a fellowship in cornea & refractive surgery and then ocular pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Shady’s research and clinical interests are focused on analytical corneal imaging including developing machine learning models, ocular and corneal wavefront analysis, keratoconus diagnosis and treatment, refractive surgery, and intraocular lens calculations after refractive surgery, for which he has two formulas on the ASCRS IOL calculator website.
He created a patented technique to analyze optical coherence tomography images of corneal haze and demarcation lines using artificial intelligence and another software to analyze slit lamp photos, among others, and accurately compute corneal lesions coordinates, surface area, and density, ideal for custom ablation area phototherapeutic keratectomy. He has several online ophthalmology software and tools. He has been awarded , the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology achievement award, and the George Waring Medal for editorial excellence from the Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Current position:
•Professor of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
•Secretary General of Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society (EGVRS).
•Retina Consultant at Retina Service Watany Eye Hospital (WEH), Cairo, Egypt.
CERTIFICATES
M.B.Bch, Excellent with Honor, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, December, 1989.
American National Board , June 1991.
Degree of Masters in Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, November, 1993.
Degree of Medical Doctor (M.D. and PhD Degree) in Ophthalmology, Ain shams University, November, 1997.
Fellowship and Training
Ophthalmology residency at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (1990-1994).
Research Retina Fellowship, Duke University Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA (1995-1996).
Previous affiliations
Head of Retina Service, Magrabi Eye Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
(2000 –2009).
Research and clinical interest:
•Diabetic vitrectomies: I had early interest in vitrectomy for diabetic macular edema and I proposed research project at Duke eye Center, North Carolina, USA of harvesting posterior hyaloid in tractional DME for immune-histochemical staining and was published in Retina in 2000.
•Penetrating and perforating Ocular trauma due to high incidence of trauma in the region for the past 7 years.
•High myopia and myopic macular hole retinal detachment: due to high prevalence in Egypt, I have a large experience in management of such challenging diseases and presented early cases comparing inverted ILM flap versus routine complete peel at AAO 2015 and a large study in EGVRS in 2017 and in EVRS in 2018.
•Autologous Retinal Transplant (ART): I was one of the early pioneers adopting such technique in recurrent and myopic macular hole retinal detachment and I presented my early cases at Duke’s Advanced Vitreous surgery Course (AVS) in Durham in 2017 and currently working on further indications of such technique in macular holes and non-macular posterior retinal breaks. Recently presented a novel technique in MMH RD in EVRS 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dr. Sherif Sheta, Professor of Ophthalmology and Senior Vitreo Retinal Consultant, Cairo University.
Chairman, Dar El Oyoun Eye Hospitals.
Member, Club Jules Gonan and Vail Vitrectomy group.
Board member, Egyptian Vitreo Retinal Society (EGVRS).
Dr. Sihem Lazreg currently owns and manages a private practice focused on treating ocular surface disease in adults and children in Algeria, and served as an Associate Professor at the University Hospital Mustapha Bacha of Algiers in 1990 through 2008. Dr. Lazreg obtained her Medical Degree from, completed residency at, and completed a fellowship at Paris Diderot University in France. She specializes in paediatric ophthalmology and ocular surface diseases. She is the leader on ocular surface in North Africa.
Dr. Lazreg has authored many manuscripts on severe allergies (vernal and atopic keratoconjunctivitis), dry eye associated with Sjogren’s Syndrome and graft-versus-host disease, and children’s blepharitis. Her main medical interests include ocular surface diseases, dry eye and allergies, Dr. Lazreg is a scientific coordinator in the Algerian Ophthalmologic Society and she is member of many African, European, Asian and American ophthalmologic societies, she is a member and ambassador of TFOS DEWS2.
Suzan Amana Rattan MD, consultant ophthalmologist at Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital,
Assistant professor, head of scientific Committee at AL-Kindy College of Medicine / University of Baghdad, Iraq.
She has several papers published in peer-reviewed Scopus indexed journals and was speaker in many international conferences.
Interested in medical and surgical retina, refractive surgery.
Board member in Iraqi Ophthalmology Society.
Professor and Former Head of Ophthalmology Department, Cairo University.
• Head of Cornea and Refractive Surgery Department, Al-Nour Eye Hospital, Cairo.
• Subspecialty: LAMELLAR CORNEAL SURGERY.
• Invited lecturer and guest speaker in the field of Lamellar Corneal Surgery in a lot of international meetings: Eucornea, Keracon, ISCKRS, ACS, SICSSO, RSO
symposium and others.
• Organizer and Lecturer of DMEK Workshops in Cairo University.
• Nationality: Egyptian.
Present Position:
Supervisor General Medical Affairs, Director of Vitreo-Retinal Units Magrabi Hospitals and Centers Member of the Board of Directors Magrabi Health Group, (Saudi Arabia, Gulf & Egypt)
Medical Training:
1. October 2011 to present – Chief of Staff Magrabi Hospitals & Centers Saudi Arabia & Gulf
2. May 1999 to October 2011 – Medical Director Magrabi Health Group Saudi Arabia & Gulf
3. March 1992 to present – Director of Vitreoretinal Units Magrabi Health Group Saudi Arabia, Gulf & Egypt)
Certification:
• American Board of Ophthalmology (1990)
Membership:
•Member of the Health Services Council – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2004 to 2006)
•Member of the Saudi Board of Ophthalmology (1996 to 2002)
Professor Walter Sekundo, MD, PhD is Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Philipps University of Marburg and University Eye Clinic Germany. In addition, he is the Head Surgeon of SMILEEYES Refractive Clinic Marburg. He is a comprehensive ophthalmic surgeon with special interest in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. He studied Medicine in Frankfurt/Germany, New Orleans and Durham/USA. He received the postgraduate training at the Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Bonn/Germany. He also accomplished fellowships in Eye Pathology at Tennents Institute of Ophthalmology (Glasgow/UK), Corneal & Refractive Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital (London/UK) and Vitreoretinal Surgery at the University of Marburg (Germany). He is one of the inventors of Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE) and received several prestigious awards (Leonhard-Klein Award etc.) for this and other microsurgical developments. Prof. Sekundo is member in 11 national and international associations and a reviewer for several professional journals. He is an Editorial Board Member of “Der Ophthalmologe”, the journal of the German Ophthalmological Society. He published 170 original papers, 45 book chapters and edited a book on SMILE. He presented over 700 papers at national and international meetings. Despite all these commitments he remains a busy clinician with a total of over 25,000 procedures and some 1500-2000 anterior and posterior segment procedures annually. For this reason, since 2010 the independent “Focus Magazine” has regularly ranked him as one of the 30 top cataract and refractive surgeons in Germany.
Dr. Khoueir completed his residency at the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut. He then pursued his glaucoma training by obtaining postdoctoral fellowships from the Glaucoma Institute in Paris (UPMC Sorbonne University, Paris, France) and subsequently from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Hospital in Boston (Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA).
Dr. Khoueir received the young ophthalmologist scholarship award during the 8th International Congress on Glaucoma Surgery in 2016.
Dr. Khoueir currently holds the position of associate director of the Glaucoma division at the Beirut Eye and ENT Specialist Hospital. He’s a research collaborator at the Mayo Clinic Ophthalmology department. He’s a clinical instructor and lecturer at the Saint-Joseph University medical school in Beirut. He is the co-chair of the associate advisory board of the World Glaucoma Association and a member of the associate advisory board of the International Society of Glaucoma Surgery.
He is interested in the medical and surgical management of glaucoma and ophthalmic imaging with a special interest in innovative techniques such as minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and glaucoma laser treatments.
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