ESO2025 Speakers

Doha Hamidallah

Ophtalmologist, President of ABAD foundation for women and child empowrment in morocco

Morocco

HAMIDALLAH DOHA a moroccan ophtalmologist currently in france ,president of ABAD foundation for women and child empowrment in morocco , former board member of young ophtalmology association of morocco AMJO , activist for more than 10 years in health and social developments ,

Content creator on social media for the last 4 years with over 140000 followers on both instagram and tiktok my platform is dedicated to these subjects:

1 Medical awareness in ophtalmology field correcting stereotypes and false infos

2 organ donation and its importance especially in the arab world

3 the importance of social work in the life of young people.

4 the path , difficulties and challenges of medical studies

Hamzah Almajedi

Consultant Ophthalmologist, President of Iraqi Ophthalmological Society

Ibn Alhaitham Eye Teaching Hospital
Baghdad, Iraq

‏- MBChB , MD ,DO(RCS -RCP ) U.K.
‏- Consultant Ophthalmologist .
‏- President of Iraqi Ophthalmological Society.
‏- Board Member of Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO).
‏- International Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology.
‏- Consultant Ophthalmologist at IBN ALHAITHAM EYE TEACHING HOSPITAL, Baghdad (1996-2011).
⁃ Consultant Ophthalmologist ALYARMOUK TEACHING HOSPITAL, Head of Ophthalmology department,
‏Lecturer of Ophthalmology at college of medicine , ALMUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY, Baghdad ,Iraq .(1991-1996)
‏⁃ Head of Prevention of Blindness & primary Eye Care program at Iraqi Ministry of Health (1988-1991

Hessah Alrabiah

Cornea specialist

Al-Bahar Eye Center
Kuwait

The Clinical Examination in Ophthalmology Advanced International Council Of Ophthalmology, 2016
FICO Fellow of International Council Of Ophthalmology, 2016
Kuwait Board of Ophthalmology 2016,
The Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh, 2019
Clinical fellowship in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2020, in VISSUM, Spain.
Under the supervision of Prof.Dr.Jorge L.Alio
Completed the course – Keratopigmentations.
‘Clinical Methodology in Refractive, Cataract & Corneal Surgery ‘ Miguel Hernandez
University Medical school, division of ophthalmology Alicante, Spain

Karl Golnik

Professor and Neuro-ophthalmologist

Barrow Neuroscience Institute,
USA

Dr. Karl Golnik is Professor at the Barrow Neuroscience Institute, Creighton University and the University of Arizona. He has received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Lifetime Achievement award and the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society’s Merit Award. He has given more than 1000 invited neuro-ophthalmology and medical education lectures in more than 75 countries and has over 150 publications in these fields.

Mohamed Tawfik

Vitreoretinal Consultant

Memorial institute of ophthalmic research
Egypt

Vitreoretinal consultant at memorial institute of ophthalmic research , egypt

Nancy Al Raqqad

Consultant cornea cataract and refractive surgeon

Royal medical services
Jordan

Head of cornea specialty at Royal medical services
Consultant cornea cataract and refractive surgeon
Fellow of the Royal college of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow
Founder and lead of women in ophthalmology Arabia

Nishani Amerasinghe

Consultant Eye Surgeon based

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
UK

Rami Shasha

Staff Ophthalmologist

Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Rami Shasha is a cataract, refractive and complex anterior segment surgeon. Dr. Shasha is double-board certified in Ophthalmology in Canada (FRCSC) and in the United States (Dip. ABO).

He attended Wayne State University in Michigan, USA for his undergraduate training, followed by medical training (M.D) at the University of Ottawa, and his five year ophthalmic surgical residency training at the Ivey Eye Institute at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Shasha has a strong passion in medical education. He started an educational Instagram account in January of 2016 which has since generated over 1500 posts and 14,500 followers.

Ramy Riad

Consultant, Assistant professor of ophthalmology, Cataract and refractive surgeon

Watany eye hospital
Egypt

“Cataract and refractive surgeon based in cairo egypt
Intested in complicated cases and anterior segment reconstruction”

Scott Lambert

Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics

Stanford University, USA

Dr. Scott Lambert is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics and Chief of Ophthalmology at Stanford Children’s Health. He has published over 230 peer-reviewed publications. He was a co-editor for the 5th and 6th editions of Taylor and Hoyt’s Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. He has trained 30 clinical fellows in pediatric ophthalmology and mentored 6 visiting scholars from South Korea and many medical students and residents. He has served as the chair of the Pediatric Ophthalmic Technology Assessment Committee for the AAO and has received the AAO and AAPOS Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Tarek Shaarawy

Professor Of Ophthalmology

University of Geneva
Switzerland

“Tarek M. Shaarawy is the Head of the Glaucoma unit, and the Glaucoma surgery research group at the University of Geneva Hospitals. He is currently the President of the International Society of Glaucoma surgery.
He is the author and editor of five text books on Glaucoma, and more than 100 book chapters and publications in peer reviewed journals.”

Nicole Day

Fitness Instructor/Life Coach

Storm Cycling/ Gigi
Dubai, UAE

Servane Collette

Healthcare marketing specialist

Invicta Academy
Dubai, UAE

Healthcare marketing specialist with a 15 year experience in upskilling practitioners’ careers. Her Dubai based academy has become highly reputed in helping clinics upscale the talent of their teams inside the clinic, as well as upskilling their business and marketing knowledge in order to keep up with the rising healthcare competition in the UAE. As a marketing and medical education specialist, we bring our expertise to the use of doctors and their teams in the fields: marketing knowledge, soft skills, business dexterity to ultimately help them reach their full potential.

Kanika Aggarwal

Specialist Opthlmology

Retina Reviewer
Burjeel day surgery centre, Reem island
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr.Kanika is a vitreo-retina surgeon and uveitis specialist currently working at Ahalia eye Care, Abu Dhabi. She completed her residency and fellowship training at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. She has more than 65 publications in various international journals and 10 book chapters. Her special areas of interest are multimodal imaging in diseases of the retina and choroid.

Navas Kalappattil

Optometrist

(Allied/Optometry Reviewer)
Yas Clinic
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Navas Kalappattil, a highly accomplished optometrist holding a master’s degree, currently excelling in the dynamic setting of Yas Clinic Hospital, Abu Dhabi. With a career spanning over a decade, his extensive experience in clinical optometry, both in India and the United Arab Emirates, positions Navas as a distinguished professional at the forefront of advanced eye care.

Wael Elmenawy

Consultant Ophthalmologist

(Glaucoma Reviewer)
Magrabi eye center
Abu Dhabi, UAE

PhD,FRCS
Lecturer of ophthalmology,Alex university
Head of glaucoma&cataract unit,Magrabi,Abu Dhabi.

Aaesha Alnuaimi

Fakhera Al Neyadi

Latifa Alalawi

Maitha Al Fazari

Meerah Al Meraikhi

Noora Abdullatif

Omaima Alshkeili

Dr / Second year resident

Seha
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sara Aldhaheri