ESO 2024 Speakers

Abdulaziz AlRajhi

Chief Executive Officer

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, KKESH
KSA

Dr. AlRajhi is a Senior Ophthalmology Consultant in Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgery. He started his career in the Public sector then moved to Non-Profit Organizations NPO (nationally and internationally). He later on joined the Private sector and now he’s back to the Public Sector again. He has extensive experience in ophthalmology, organizational development and health management. He has worked in international organizations and programs, social development programs, focusing on quality and health education. He Led and managed the establishment or development of several organizations at National, Regional and International level. He is action oriented, passionate and won’t shy away from challenges. He is focused on results, equity and quality.

Adel AlAkeely

Retina consultant & Vitreoretinal surgeon & Medical director

Magrabi Center Ghernata, Riyadh
KSA

Dr Adel is an Adjunct assistant professor, an examiner in Saudi Board of Ophthalmology and a board member of the Saudi Retina Group.
He is the Former Champion of ophthalmology in Ministry of Health, associate director of outreach in eligibility and Telemedicine and Artificial intelligence program director and health education manger at KKESH.
He was responsible for training more than 25 VR fellows

Ahmad Alhusban

Major Doctor

Jordanian Royal Medical services
Jordan

M.B.B.S UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
FRCS GLASGOW
Consultant Ophthalmologist at Jordanian Medical Association
Cornea and Refractive Senior Specialist At The JDRMS
Past Cornea fellowship at NCA( Northern Care Aliance ) NHS trust / Manchester, UK
Active Board member of the Jordanian Ophthalmic Society

Ahmed Abdel hadi

Professor of ophthalmology

Alexandria University
Egypt

Professor of ophthalmology Alexandria University Egypt . Pediatric vitreoretinal specialist.

Ahmed Al Ashry

Professor Of Ophthalmology Military medical academy

International medical center
Egypt

Professor of ophthalmology military medical academy . Head of ophthalmology department international medical center.
Treasurer of Egyptian ophthalmological society

Ahmed Assaf

Professor of Ophthalmology

Ain Shams University – Watany Eye Hospital
Egypt

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 phaco- refractive 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.

He was awarded the best paper of session about his study of femtosecond laser cataract surgery in different nuclear densities during ASCRS 2017.

He has a particular interest in complicated cataract surgery with intra-scleral haptic fixation (ISHF), together with iris repair and different techniques of pupilloplasty

Ahmed Elmassry

Professor Of Ophthalmology

Faculty of Medicine ,Alexandria University
Egypt

President of the EOS elect
President of Delta Ophthalmological Society Egypt (DOSE)
Former head of Ophthalmology Department , Alexandria University
Egypt

Ahmed Ghoneim

Professor of Ophthalmology

Faculty of medicine Tanta University
Egypt

-Dean Faculty of Medicine
-Ex General secretary of Egyptian ophthalmological society
-chairman of Elite eye & laser center
-Cataract & Refractive consultant

Alaa El Zawawi

MD – PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology

Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria,
Egypt

Alaa Fayed

Medical Retina Specialist and Lecturer of Ophthalmology

Oxford University Hospitals
UK

Oxford University and Lecturer of Ophthalmology at Cairo University. My research interests include multimodal retinochoroidal imaging with special interest in optical coherence tomography angiography, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, age-related macular degeneration and central serous chorioretinopathy.

Amani Fawzi

Professor of ophthalmology

Northwestern University, Chicago
USA

Dr. Fawzi is Professor of ophthalmology at Northwestern University, she is a clinician-scientist, a retinal surgeon and a retinal imaging expert. She has earned numerous awards including the Secretariat and Senior Achievement Awards of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is a Gold Fellow of ARVO.

Amar Agarwal

Chairman and Managing Director

Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital
India

AMAR AGARWAL MS;FRCS;FRCOphth

Chairman and Managing Director-
Dr.Agarwal’s group of eye hospitals and Eye Research Centre
222, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600018, Tamilnadu, India

Past President- International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
Secretary General- Indian Intraocular implant and Refractive Society (IIRSI)

Amar Agarwal is the pioneer of Phakonit, which is Phako with a Needle Incision Technology. This technique became popularized as Bimanual phaco, Microincision cataract surgery (MICS) or Microphaco. He was the first to remove cataracts through a 0.7 mm tip with the technique called Microphakonit. He has also discovered No anaesthesia cataract surgery and FAVIT, a new technique to remove dropped nuclei. The air pump, which was a simple idea of using an aquarium fish pump to increase the fluid into the eye in bimanual phaco and co-axial phaco has helped prevent surge. This built the basis of various techniques of forced infusion for small incision cataract surgery. He has also discovered a new refractive error called Aberropia. He has also been the first to do a combined surgery of microphakonit (700 micron cataract surgery) with a 25 gauge vitrectomy in the same patient thus having the smallest incisions possible for cataract and vitrectomy. He is also the first surgeon to implant a new mirror telescopic IOL (LMI) for patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration. He has also been the first in the world to implant a Glued IOL. He also has brought out the technique of IOL Scaffold in which a three-piece IOL is injected into an eye between the iris and the nucleus to prevent the nucleus from falling down in posterior capsular ruptures. Hypersonic vitrectomy for cases of PC rupture was first done by him and he was the principal investigator for the first hypersonic vitrectomy cases done in the world.

Pre Descemet’s Endothelial Keratoplasty or PDEK was started by Prof Agarwal. Dr Agarwal has designed a new instrument called the Trocar anterior chamber maintainer in complicated cases, which helps give infusion through the anterior chamber and works like a trocar cannula. He has also started a new technique of iris suturing called Single pass Four Throw (SFT) pupilloplasty. Subsequenly he started Pinhole pupilloplasty to treat patients with high astigmatism and higher order aberrations.

Dr. Agarwal has performed more than 200 live surgeries at various conferences. His videos have won many awards at the film festivals of ASCRS, AAO and ESCRS. He has more than 250 peer review articles in top journals and has also written more than 80 books in Ophthalmology which have been published in English, Spanish, portugese and chinese. He is the Chairman and managing director of Dr.Agarwals group of eye hospitals with 151 eye hospitals in 11 countries.

He can be contacted at aehl19c@gmail.com The website of the hospital is- http://www.dragarwal.com

Andrew G. Lee

Professor/Chair of Ophthalmology

Houston Methodist Hospital Blanton Eye Institute
USA

Andrew G. Lee, M.D. is chair of the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston and is Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Texas A and M; University of Iowa and University of Buffalo; University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

He has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles, 40 book chapters, and ten full textbooks in ophthalmology and he has been the invited speaker at over 400 national and international eye meetings and has given 14 named lectureships.

Ashref AlMoosa

Practicing consultant, Neuro-ophthalmologist

AlBahar Eye Center
Kuwait

Practicing consultant neuro-ophthalmologist since the past 13 years. Head of Kuwait Ophthalmology exam board since the past 5 years. Part of the teaching staff in Kuwait Ophthalmology board.

Ashvin Agarwal

Cataract, Cornea, Refractive Surgeon

Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai.
India

Ashvin Agarwal, is a Cataract, Cornea, Refractive surgeon with a special focus towards handling complex and challenging cases at the Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, chennai.
He holds the position of Chief of Clinical Services, Executive Director at Dr Agarwal Eye Hospitals
He is also Chair of the Clinical Board of Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospitals and is also associated with ISRS, AAO one network in many ways.
His online web series of World Webinar on Cataract and Refractive surgery & Rising Stars in Ophthalmology are something to lookout for.

Asma AlHarbi

Emergency Room Unit Manager

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

I am a nurse i obtained my BSN in princess Noura bint Abdullah university in 2014 , and MSN from King Saud University in Nursing Management in 2022 ….
Employee at KKESH for 10 years in ER , 5 years as RN and Unit manager for 5 years

Avinash Gurbaxani

Consultant Ophthalmologist/ Chief of Retina Services

Moorfields Eye Hospital
UK

Consultant Ophthalmologist At Moorfields in London in Uveitis, Medical Retina and cataract.

Azza Maktabi

Consultant

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital ( KKESH)
KSA

Dr. Maktabi is Saudi board certified, Has Fellowship in Ocular Oncology with The Shields ,and fellowship in Ocular Pathology with Ralph C. Eagle, Jr at Wills Eye Hospital in 2008-2010. Joined KKESH in 2013 and worked since then as Ocular pathologist as well as a member of RB team with DR. AlMesfer who is leading the RB management in the Kingdom.
Dr. Maktabi has special interest in Retinoblastoma from both clinical and pathologic point of view and had many publications in both fields. She is member of ISOO and EOPS societies which are highly specialized in ocular oncology and ocular pathology

Carl P. Herbort Jr

MD, PD, FEBO

Centre Ocular Specialised Care (COS)
Switzerland

1973-79: Medical school : Lausanne University Medical School, Switzerland, graduation in1979.
1982-86: Residency, Dpt of Ophthalmology, Lausanne University Hospital.
1986: Member of the Swiss Board of Ophthalmology FMH, since 1986 and Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology EBO since 2005
1986 – 89 : Fellowships, University of Tokyo, Japan in 1987, San Francisco (UCSF), USA in 1988 and National Eye Institute (NEI), Bethesda, USA in 1989.
1994 – to present: Privat-docent (PD) in the Dpt of Ophthalmology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
1995 to present: founder and co-direction of the Centre for Ophthalmic Specialized Care (COS)
2000: American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award in 2000.
2007-2011: Member of the Board of EVER (European Vision and Eye Research Association)
2005 to present : President Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe (SOIE)
2006: Invited Clinical Professor, Dpt of Ophthalmology,Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
2007: Invited Clinical Professor, Postgraduate Institute, Chandigarh, India
2012 – 2015: Invited Clinical Professor, Tokyo Medical University
2015: Keynote speaker and recipient of Ben Ezra Medal at the IOIS-2015 congress, San Francisco
2017 to present: Clinical Visiting Professor First Pavlov State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2019: MEACO distinction award, 14th International Congress of the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology, Dead Sea, Jordan

Published more than 300 articles of which 282 in PubMed-cited peer-reviewed journals
More than 35 book chapters.
Published one textbook: Uveitis: Text and Imaging (2009)

Lausanne, 22nd August, 2023

Danya Aldahan

Anterior segment consultant

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
KSA

cornea, cataract, and refractive consultant at KKESH
fellowship at KKESH
double Board in Ophthalmology

Duaa Sharfi

Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Fellow

Emory University
USA

Duaa Sharfi is an American Board certified ophthalmologist and current Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Fellow practicing at Emory University. Dr. Sharfi earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed her Ophthalmology residency training at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. Her research interest include the integration of medical and resident education in global ophthalmology capacity building.

Enas AlAmri

Acting/Associate Director of Nursing

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
KSA

Enas is a Senior Specialist in Nursing and one of the leader in Nursing Ophthalmology with extensive expertise and leadership skills, she excels in delivering high-energy and motivation to her team.

She holds a Master’s degree in Nursing Science from King Saud University and is AIHQ Certified in Patient Experience. Enas has also completed the Transform Executive Leadership Program from the healthcare leadership academy in collaboration with Wharton University of Pennsylvania.

Enas actively contributes to the nursing field as a member of the Saudi Nursing Association. In 2019, she served as the Chair of the Scientific Committee for the Nursing Symposium at KKESH (King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital).
Additionally, she plays an integral role various committees, including the Patient Experience Committee, Transformation Committee, Recruitment Committee, and others.
Throughout her 14-year career at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Enas has held diverse positions in the field of Nursing Ophthalmology. She has worked as a Registered Nurse, Charge Nurse, Head Nurse, Nursing Unit Manager, and currently serves as the Acting/Associate Director of Nursing. In her current role, she plays a crucial part in overseeing and managing nursing operations.

Beyond her professional responsibilities, Enas actively promotes a work environment and nurtures talent as she leads an art club for staff members at KKESH. Her passion extends to Transformational Leadership, patient experience enhancement, volunteering, and art.
Overall, Enas is a highly accomplished nursing professional and a dedicated leader in the field of ophthalmic nursing, committed to delivering exceptional patient care and fostering a culture of excellence within her team.

Essam Ruagh

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Magrabi Eye Centre
Qatar

“Dr. Essam Ruagh
MB BCh, ICO, FRCOphth
Lead clinician for Vitreoretinal service at Magrabi eye centre, Qatar
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cataract & Vitreoretinal surgeon.

Dr. Essam qualified from University of Tripoli in Libya and obtained all his Ophthalmology training in the UK with award of Certificate of Completion of specialist training (CCT).
Fellow of the royal college of ophthalmologists in London and has completed advanced fellowship training in vitreoretinal surgery and medical retina in the UK .

Member of Royal College of Ophthalmologists, European Society of Retina Specialists and European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.”

Faisal Aljassar

Anterior segment senior specialist

Albahar eye center
Kuwait

MB, BCH, BAO, LRCSI & PI MRCSEd(ophth) FICO FRCS(ophth) KBOphth
Anterior segment senior specialist at Albahar eye center, AlDukhan specialized eye center, Aljahra and Alsalam international hospitals
Head of uveitis unit at AlAdan hospital
Kuwait ophthalmology society vice president
Kuwait ophthalmology exam board committee

Faisal Jeragh

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Ouloplastic Surgeon

Albahar Eye Center
Kuwait

Head of Oculoplasty unit in Albahar Eye Center
Fellow of the royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ( RCPSC)
Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Member of Kuwait Medical Association( KMA)

Georgios Kymionis

Professor of Ophthalmology

University of Athens,
Greece

George Kymionis is currently Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Athens. He has also served as a Professor at the Medical School of the University of Lausanne in Switzerland (2017-2020) and he has been elected President of the European Society of Cornea and Ocular Disease Specialists (2020-2022).
He described several innovative corneal surgical techniques that have been published in international journals such as the combination of transepithelial phototherapeutic keratectomy (Transepithelial Phototherapeutic Keratectomy, t-PTK) with Corneal Collagen Cross-linking (named “CRETAN PROTOCOL”). He has more than 320 publications and more than 12000 citations.

Hatem Ammar

Professor and Chairman of the Ophthalmology Department

Sohag University,
Egypt

-Consultant of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
-Owner of Hatem Ammar Center of Ophthalmology. (Sohag, Egypt)
-Board Member of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society. (Egypt)
-Board Member of the Egyptian Society of Ocular Implants and Refractive Surgery ESOIRS. (Egypt)
-Executive Board Member of the Middle East Ophthalmology Meetings Academy MEOM Academy. (Dubai)

Hazem Yassin

Professor of ophthalmology

Cairo university
Egypt

Professor of ophthalmology Cairo university Egypt his main domain is lamellar corneal surgery & refractive surgery & challenging cataract casesrania

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

Huda Alghadeer

Consultant

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
KSA

Associate Director of Continuous Medical education at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
Chair of Scientific Program Saudi Ophthalmology Symposium
Consultant Anterior Segment

Ibrahim Asseidat

Pediatric ophthalmologist

Abdali hospital
Jordan

American fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus
American fellowship in neuroophthalmology
Head of department Abdali hospital

Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun

MD, Director of the Uveitis Service at the Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul University

Bayrampasa Eye Hospital, Istanbul
Turkey

Prof. Ilknur Tugal-Tutkun has served as the Director of the Uveitis Service at the Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine between 2007 and 2020. She received an MD from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine in 1984 and completed a residency in ophthalmology at the same institution in 1991. She completed fellowship training at the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary in 1994-1995. She is a member of the International Ocular Inflammation Society, International Uveitis Study Group, American Uveitis Society, the Society for Ophthalmo-Immunoinfectiology in Europe, and the International Society for Behcet’s Disease. She has published more than 180 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and she is an Editor-in-Chief of the journal Ocular Immunology and Inflammation.

Islam Hamdi

Cornea and Refractive surgery Consultant

Watany Eye Hospital, Cairo
Egypt

Cornea and Refractive surgery Consultant, in Watany Eye Hospital (Cairo) and The Eye Consultants Center (Jeddah).
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow)
Fellow of Miguel Hernandez University (Spain)
Several contributions in literature in the field by both publications and reviewing for major scientific journals.

Jagannath Boramani

Ophthalmologist & Director

Surya Netralaya, Navi Mumbai
India

Dr. Jagannath Boramani is an ophthalmologist from Navi Mumbai, India. He is recipient of 6 awards in state conference and of Sante Vision Award in All India Ophthalmology Society conference. He has also received Best Publication in IJO in 2022 certificate. He has conducted many Instruction Courses / live surgical demonstrations / wet labs of cataract surgeries across the country as well as many international conferences across globe. He was Chief Editor of International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons and presently is the Executive Chairman. He has also contributed articles in various text books and has published papers. He has held key positions in various ophthalmic organizations and conferences.

Kasra Attaran Rezaei

MD
Associate Professor of Ophtalmology

University of Washington
USA

Dr. Rezaei is an associate professor of ophthalmology and the associate chief of service for ophthalmic surgery at the University of Washington. He is one of the senior mentors and educators in the Department of Ophthalmology, with a primary focus on training Retina fellows and residents to become the best next generation of surgeons in the field of ophthalmology. Dr. Rezaei has developed multiple educational wet labs for training residents. Additionally, he has been actively involved in clinical research and is currently spearheading the OCTA (Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography) projects at the University of Washington. Dr. Rezaei’s clinical interests include the management of complex retinal detachments, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular occlusions, and age-related macular degeneration. In addition to his dedication to patient care and medical research, Dr. Rezaei is an avid athlete who has completed multiple marathons in the past few years.

Khaled Ibrahim Ayesh

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cornea and refractive surgeon

Eye Specality hospital
Jordan

“Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cornea and refractive surgeon.
Fellow of the Royal College of surgeon of Glasgow.
Directory of Dar Al hikma eye clinic.
Consultant Ophthalmologist at eye Specality hospital”
Head of the scientific committee at the Jordanian Ophthalmological Society

Kimaya Chavan

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Chavan Hospital
Mumbai, India

MBBS. DOMS. DNB.
Consultant ophthalmologist at Chavan Hospital, Mumbai.
In private practice since 2002
DOMS from Rajiv Gandhi University, Bangalore.
DNB from Lions NAB Hospital, Miraj.
Observer ship in Minto Hospital, Bangalore.
Worked as MSICS & PHACO trainer in Lions NAB Hospital, Miraj. For 2 yrs.
Conducted many SICS camps as Chavan Charitable trust activity.
Presented many papers in MOS & AIOC conferences.
At present,
Lead Simulator Instructor for cataract surgery training (MSICS & PHACO) on HelpMeSee simulator in Mumbai Centre of Excellence (MCOE)
Core committee member ISMSICS.
Joint secretory of Women’s wing of ISMSICS Society.
Coordinator of Global SICS online Training programme.
Advisor for YO wing of ISMSICS Society.
Enjoy music & dancing.
Very regular in exercising & strong believer of Yoga.

Konrad Schargel

Glaucoma Division Chairman

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital,
KSA

“Concordia University. Montreal, Canada
Universidad de Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Universidad de los Andes. Merida, Venezuela
Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas, venezuela
Fellowship in Anterior segment, retina, and glaucoma Hospital universitario de San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Hospital Universitario de Torrevieja. Alicante. Spain
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital. KSA”

Maan Al-Barry

Associated Professor, President of the Saudi Group of Cornea & Refractive Surgeons

Taibah university/ Magrabi Centre, Madina
KSA

Taibah university
Chief of Staff,
Magrabi Eye Centre
Madina, Saudi Arabia

Maged Gergess

Vitreoretinal Consultant

Al Watany Eye Hospital
Egypt

Mahmoud Ismail

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Alzahra hospital
Egypt

Consultant ophthalmologist and HOD Alzahra hospital Dubai
Cornea and refractive surgeon
Working in UAE for 21 years
FRCS AND CORNEA FELLO AUSTRALIA

Mahnaz Shah

Founder and CEO

Eye Center-Dr. Mahnaz Naveed Shah Karachi
Pakistan

Dr. Shah is Founder and CEO of The Eye Center-Dr. Mahnaz Naveed Shah & Associates in Karachi. In the past, she has served as full time faculty at the Aga Khan University in Karachi where she continues to remain involved in the training of medical students and postgraduates. Dr. Shah completed her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine and her ophthalmology training at The Cullen Eye Institute at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston,Texas. She completed a glaucoma and anterior segment surgery fellowship at Houston Eye Associates. Dr. Shah maintains an active clinical practice and participates widely in teaching glaucoma in Pakistan. Her interests include the treatment of both pediatric and adult glaucoma as well as adoption of new procedures to improve the care of glaucoma patients worldwide.

Manisha Rathi

Professor and Head of Glaucoma

RIO, PGIMS, Rohtak
India

in RIO, PGIMS, Rohtak, which is a tertiary care and postgraduate training centre. She has been doing MSICS for over 20 years and has trained post-graduate students and fellow ophthalmologists to perform this surgery. She has over 150 national and international publications and presentations. She has been the chief instructor in the national conference in India for MSCIS. She is a reviewer for several esteemed journals including the AJO. Her Chevron incision in MSICS has been instrumental in reducing SIA in Advanced cataract surgery.

Manju Subramanian

Associate Professor, Physician/Surgeon

Boston University
US

Manju Subramanian is an Associate Professor at Boston University and Vice-Chairman of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Ophthalmology. She completed her fellowship in Vitreoretinal Disease and Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston. Her research interests include the study of eye fluid biomarkers as a potential diagnostic modality in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). She also investigates clinical and surgical outcomes in eye diseases and the role of anesthesia in eye surgery, with a particular emphasis on health disparities. She is past recipient of an R03 Grant Award by the National Institutes of Aging as the Principal Investigator of a study looking at protein biomarkers for AD in the eye. As the Vice-Chair of Faculty Affairs, she works in a supportive role in the professional development and career engagement of the clinical faculty. She serves on several committees, such as the International Meetings Committee for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Professional Development and Education Committee for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the Special Emphasis Panel with the National Institutes of Health, and she is a past member of the Diversity Initiatives Committee for ARVO.

Masayo Takahashi

M.D., Ph.D. Assistant professor

Kyoto University Hospital
Japan

After she received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Kyoto University, served as an assistant professor in the Kyoto University Hospital. Discovered the potential of stem cells as a tool for retina therapy when she moved to the Salk Institute, U.S. She joined RIKEN in 2006, her team launched a pilot clinical study using iPS cells first in human in 2013. She started a new carrier, a president of start up company; Vision Care Inc., to proceed implement clinical therapy.　

Mashael Faisal Almarhoon

Clinical nurse coordinator in operating room

King Khalid eye specialist hospital
KSA

I have the degree of Bachelor of Nursing from the college of nursing, Dammam University. Saudi Arabia. I have been graduated since 2015 and working in nursing field for 7 years. I worked as Nursing specialist in labor and delivery room from 2017 – 2020. From 2020- 2022, I am working as specialist nurse in operating theatre at King Khalid eye specialist hospital. In 2023, I became specialist nurse and clinical nurse coordinator in operating room at King Khalid eye specialist hospital.

Mervat Elgharieb

Professor and former Head of Ophthalmology Department

Suez Canal University, Ismailia
Egypt

* professor and former Head of Ophthalmology Department, Suez Canal University, Egypt
* Member of Egyptian Ophthalmological Society Board
* International Certified Trainer of Research Ethics, Maryland University, USA

Miltos Balidis

MD,PhD,FEBOphth

Ophthalmica Eye Institute
Greece

Dr Miltos Balidis is a anterior segment surgeon-, specialized in ophthalmology at the University of London and Royal Free University Hospital and at the Moorfields Eye Hospital London. His major interests are in cornea and refractive surgery, premium refractive lens surgery and keratoconus.
He was a Post-doc cornea consultant at the Eye Clinic of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for nine years and Scientific Director of the Eye Department at the Interbalkan Medical Centre of Northern Greece. He co-founded the IRIS Laser Center at Larissa and Tirana and was co-owner of Protypo Eye Center. Currently, he is a cofounder and appointed director of Ophthalmic Eye Institute, the first multidisciplinary eye private hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece.
He served on the board of the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implants and Refractive Surgery as a President from 2018 to 2023 (HSIOIRS). He also served as president of the South East Europe Cataract and Refractive Society and country Representative of Greece in the ISRS International Council playing a crucial role in increasing the presence of ISRS in the region. He has been a member of Advisory Boards of leading ophthalmic companies worldwide.
He has 34 med-line and 23 non-med line publications in international peer-reviewed journals and written chapters in various scientific books in ophthalmology. He was invited speaker at the annual conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2006, 2007, 2014), receiving in 2014 the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award. He was also invited speaker at various international conferences abroad and participated as a surgeon in live operations (ESCRS, ASCRS, AAO, ISRS, ISO, SOE, SOA, EOS, MEACO, SICCSO, ROS, ESIOIRS, SECOIR, UKISCRS, MIOC, ACS, SOC, SRCCR, MOCAT, ISCS to name few).
He organized and participated in various voluntary projects screening population and raise public awareness for keratoconus. He was a professional basketball player and an active marathon and ultra-marathon open water swimmer.

Mohamed Tawfik

Vitreoretinal Consultant

Memorial institute of ophthalmic research
Egypt

Vitreoretinal consultant at memorial institute of ophthalmic research , egypt

Muhammad Ahad

Senior Consultant & Head of Anterior Segment Division

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital. (KKESH)
KSA

Position: Senior Consultant & Head Anterior Segment Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital. (KKESH)
Adjunct Associate Professor AlFaisal University Medical School, Riyadh
Member, Medical Advisory Board Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research, Florida

Neeta Dodwad

Medical Director, Consulting Eye Surgeon

BRAHMA NETRALAYA
India

MBBS MS GOLD MEDALIST FROM RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY BANGLORE INDIA
MICROSURGERY TRAINING FROM LIONS NAB HOSPITAL MIRAJ.
SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIP OF MEDICAL RETINA AND LASERS ARVIND EYE HOSPITAL MADHURAI,
PHACO FELLOWSHIP FROM NETRADHAMA EYE HOSPITAL BANGLORE.
PRESENTLY WORKING AS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT BRAHMA NETRALAYA AND GURUNEET WELFARE FOUNDATION MUMBAI.
CONSULTING EYE SURGEON AT PRASAD CHIKITSA GANESHPURI .
JOINT SECRETARY OF WOMEN’S WING OF ISMSICS
PRESENTED PAPERS AND GUEST SPEAKER AT VARIOUS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

Nihal Hassan

Professor of ophthalmology

Cairo university & kasr el einy hospital
Egypt

Consultant of medical retina and investigative ophthalmopathy since 1995
Board member of Egyptian society of Ophtgalmology
Board member of Egyptian investigative society

Nilesh Thite

Optometrist, Consultant, Executive Manager of Educational Programs

International Association of Contact Lens Educators,
India

Nilesh Thite is currently working as the Executive Manager of Educational Programs at the International Association of Contact Lens Educators. He is also a director and co- founder of a unique educational initiative – Masterclass Optometry.

He has achieved prestigious fellowships of the American Academy of Optometry and the British Contact Lens Association. He is an associate professor and former in-charge of Bharati Vidyapeeth School of Optometry with teaching experience over two decades. He has had a corporate stint with Bausch + Lomb India and continues to offer his consultation to this organization.

Nilesh has a vast experience in teaching subjects like Contact Lenses, Dispensing Optics and Refraction. He has presented scientific papers/posters in many national and international conferences and has published papers in peer reviewed journals. He has keen interest in optometry education. He voluntarily works with optometry students and the fresh gradates across India. Nilesh is passionate about interacting with the optometry youth and helping them achieve their goals.

Nooran Badeeb

Assistant Professor

Ophthalmology Department, University of Jeddah
KSA

She is a board-certified Ophthalmologist with a specialization in Neuro-ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Surgery.
Dr. Nooran Badeeb received her Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She completed her Ophthalmology residency training through the Ophthalmology Joint Program in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia, where she earned her Board certification in Ophthalmology.
To further enhance her expertise, Dr. Nooran Badeeb pursued a fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Surgery at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. During her fellowship, she gained extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of complex neuro-ophthalmic conditions, as well as surgical techniques for adult strabismus.

Passant Abdelrahman

Ophthalmology Resident

Watany Eye Hospitals (WEH)
Egypt

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Faculty at ESO 2024.
– Member of the International Meetings Committee at AAO
– Member of the Advisory Council for Ophthalmic Surgery at the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
– Egypt Chapter Resident and Associate Society (RAS) Representative at ACS
– Member of the Outreach Committee at the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)

– Ophthalmology Resident at Watany Eye Hospitals (WEH), Egypt
– Doctor in training at the Memorial Institute for Ophthalmic Research (MIOR), Egypt
– Global Health Researcher (MSc, University of Manchester UK)

Paul Phillips

Professor/Chair of Ophthalmology

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
USA

Dr. Paul H. Phillips is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Director of the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute. He is also the inaugural recipient of the Stella Boyle Smith/Gissur J. Petursson, M.D., Chair in Ophthalmology. Today, he is receiving the Pat Walker Chair in Ophthalmology.
Dr. Phillips joined the faculty in September 1997. He sees patients at the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Eye Clinic and the Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). He completed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Emory University Eye Center in Atlanta, Georgia. His subspecialties include pediatric ophthalmology & strabismus and neuro-ophthalmology.
A native of New York, Dr. Phillips graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) at Buffalo Medical School. After interning in Hartford, Connecticut, he completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Florida Eye Center in Gainesville. He has authored more than 60 peer reviewed publications and presented at more than 100 international meetings. He was director of the pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus service prior to assuming his current role as department chair. He was senior associate editor for the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus for 10 years (2012 – 2022) and served as director of the Consortium for Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology (2018 – 2020).
Dr. Phillips has been certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology since 1995. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and numerous other organizations.

Priyanka Boramani

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Surya Netralaya, Navi Mumbai
India

Dr Priyanka Boramani is budding ophthalmologists from Navi Mumbai, India. She has specialised in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. She is also practising MSICS surgery. Her special interest is Customised Incision Cataract Surgery.

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”

Rania Zaki

Dr /associate professor of ophthalmology Cairo University

Kasr el eini hospital Cairo University
Egypt

“Associate Professor of ophthalmology cairo university
Fellow of royal collage of surgeons Edinburgh
Fellow of Quinze Vingts hospital Paris
Corneal consultant in international eye hospital and dar el eyoun hospital”

Robert Walters

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Orbis International
UK

Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in Global Ophthalmology, working with Orbis International since 1994. Chairman Orbis in the Middle East.

BSc(Hons),FRCS, FRCS(Ed), FRCOphth

Roomasa Channa

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin
USA

in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Co-Director of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) unit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr Channa completed her Ophthalmology residency training followed by Vitreoretinal Surgical fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, where she also served as the Assistant Chief of Service. Dr Channa is a retina surgeon with a research focus on studying factors associated with vision loss in patients with diabetic retinal diseases and leveraging health technology to improve access to eye care. Her work had been funded by numerous organizations including the National Eye Institute, National Aeronautical and Space Association (NASA), the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and the Veterans Affairs hospital.

Saj Ataullah

Consultant Oculoplastic, Lacrimal & Orbital Surgeon

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
UK

Since 2002 where he is the Clinical Lead for Oculoplastic Surgery.
The Department runs an internationally renowned Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery.
Saj has taken a keen interest in cadaveric oculoplastic surgery teaching over the last 10 years.
Saj was Course Director of the very successful Manchester Oculoplastic Dissection Course 2014-2020 and will now run its successor, The Oculoplastic Dissection Masterclass in Brighton, UK in Jan 2024.
Saj ran the Cadaveric Dissection Program at the WSOPRAS (World Society of Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery) conference in Dubai in May 2023.

Santosh Bhide

Consultant Surgeon / Director

Ruby Hall Clinic & Bhide Clinic
India

President Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society 2022-23
Past President POS 2012-14
Past President Maharashtra Chapter of ISMSICS 2018-20
Secretary Trustee POS
Secretary Maharashtra Chapter of Telemedicine Society of India
Senior Consultant Ruby Hall Clinic Pune
Phaco and Refractive surgeon
In Private practice for 31 years
Organised and participated in various eye camps
Participated in eye camps in Kenya
Volunteer Faculty for Orbis International and done surgeries in Flying Eye Hospital Ghana
Invited speaker at Cairo Egypt & Barcelona

Sawsan R. Nowilaty

Physician (Senior Academic Consultant Ophthalmologist)

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital
KSA

Dr. Sawsan Rashad NOWILATY is a Senior Academic Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Vitreoretinal Division and the Past Director of Medical Education at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Nowilaty is a full-time teacher to Ophthalmology Residents and Fellows, a regular Saudi Ophthalmology Board examiner and serves on the Editorial Board of the Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology. Her major research interests include diabetic retinopathy, macular telangiectasis, posterior microphthalmos and hereditary retinal degenerations. She is a regularly Invited Lecturer and has delivered over 260 scientific presentations and 32 courses in both local and major international ophthalmology meetings in the USA and Europe, and published two thesis and 56 peer reviewed scientific publications.
Dr. Nowilaty is a member of the Saudi Ophthalmologic Society (SOS), the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and a Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS).
She’s a recipient of the AAO Achievement Award (2014), the Saudi Ophthalmology Society Best Research Award (2014 and 2017) and Teacher of the Year Award- 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Shady Awwad

professor of Ophthalmology and the head of the cornea & refractive surgery division

American University of Beirut Medical Center
Lebanon

He earned many international awards, including the George Waring Medal for editorial excellence from the Journal of Refractive Surgery, the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society award, and the American Academy of Ophthalmology achievement award. His research and clinical interests are focused on analytical corneal imaging including developing machine learning and deep 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 has many online tools and software applications, including a patented technique to analyze optical coherence tomography images of corneal haze and demarcation lines using artificial intelligence.

Sirisha Senthil

Consultant and Head of VST Center for Glaucoma

L V Prasad Eye Institute

She completed her MS in ophthalmology from Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, and secured her FRCS in Ophthalmology from Edinburgh, followed by a glaucoma fellowship at LVPEI.

She is a glaucoma faculty at LV Prasad Eye Institute since 2007 and she heads the Glaucoma service at LVPEI from 2012 to date.

She specializes in managing refractory adult and pediatric glaucomas with a focus on glaucoma drainage devices and Secondary glaucomas.

She has published over 148-scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and received several Best Scientific papers and Best video awards at various national and international fora.

Received AAO Achievement award in 2018

Sofiene Kallel

Consultant in refractive surgery and keratoconus

National Eye Hospital XV-XX
France

medical studies in Paris University of Medicine
Consultant in refractive surgery and keratoconus at the National Eye Hospital XV-XX PARIS and in Private clinic

Soosan Jacob

Director and Chief Dr. Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation/Senior Consultant, Cataract and Glaucoma Services Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals

Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital
India

Director and Chief Dr. Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation/Senior Consultant, Cataract and Glaucoma Services Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals

Dr. Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, MNAMS is Director & Chief; Dr. Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation (DARCF) and Senior Consultant, Cataract and Glaucoma Services, Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals, Chennai, India. She is a noted speaker widely respected for her innovative techniques and management of complex surgical scenarios.
She has been featured as one among five of the most influential female figures in ophthalmology at a virtual roundtable (https://bit.ly/3oPPaO8); listed on the prestigious Power Lists 2022 and 2021 of the Top 100 most influential people in the world of Ophthalmology (https://bit.ly/38IbZ2c, https://bit.ly/37RftPI) and the Top 100 most influential women Ophthalmologists in the world (https://bit.ly/2OqESpQ, https://bit.ly/3fOfIwF), both published by the influential “The Ophthalmologist,” a leading publication in the field. She has been included in the KOL Influencers list of 50 notable global figures in Ophthalmology by Media MICE, another leading and influential Ophthalmic publication in consequent years. In addition, she is listed in Stanford’s 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists of top 2 percentile scientists from around the world (published by Elsevier).
She has been the recipient of the following prestigious International awards: JRS (Journal of Refractive Surgery) Waring medal for Editorial excellence; ISRS (International Society of Refractive Surgery) Kritzinger Memorial award (the first Indian and the first woman internationally to receive this award); ISRS Founder’s award (the first Indian to receive this award); Innovator’s award (Connecticut Society of Eye Physicians); ESCRS (European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) John Henahan award for Young Ophthalmologist; AAO (American Academy of Ophthalmology) International Ophthalmologist Education Award; AAO International Scholar award; AAO Achievement award; AAO Senior Achievement award; AAO Secretariat award; ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery) Top-Gun Instructor Award; Bruce Jackson oration (Canadian Ophthalmological Society); Harold Stein Innovator lecture (Canadian Ophthalmological Society); Ronald G. Michels Lectureship (Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University); Sally Letson Oration (Sally Letson Symposium, Canada); and is also a two time recipient of ASCRS Golden Apple award and also the prestigious Indian awards: IIRSI (Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India) Special Gold medal; UKSOS Gold medal (Uttarakhand); AM Gokhale award and oration (Pune Ophthalmic Society); Dr. TN Gopinathan Menon memorial Oration award & gold medal (Cochin Ophthalmic Club), Dr P R Mondal Memorial Oration Award (Ophthalmic Society of West Bengal), the Silver Jubilee Ishwarchandra Oration Award (Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society), Diva Eye Institute Oration (All Gujarat Ophthalmological Society) and TNOA SS Badrinath SOA SN Alumni Award of Honor. In addition, she has won more than 50 prestigious international awards for her surgical videos as well as Best Paper of Session awards on her innovations and challenging cases at prestigious international conferences in United States and Europe.
She conducts courses and delivers lectures in numerous national and international conferences. She has delivered Keynote lectures at various international and national conferences including the recent (2018) Swiss Society of Ophthalmology annual conference and 2019 annual conference of Ophthalmological Society of Sweden. She has been invited twice to teach her techniques and innovations by Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, USA which is the number 1 ranked Eye Institute in the world, to Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins University, Yale University and also to many other hospitals including King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh; Jules Gonin Eye Institute, Swizerland; Sao Geraldo Hospital, Brazil and many others. She has been the Program director for the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) Symposium at the ESCRS, Paris 2019 as well as the Program Coordinator Asia-Pacific for Refractive Surgery Program for the World Ophthalmology Congress, Cape Town 2020.
She has authored more than 110 peer reviewed publications (bit.ly/2GfduD0), more than 200 chapters in 34 textbooks and is editor for 17 Ophthalmology textbooks and reviewer for many prestigious journals. She has helped shape scientific sessions of important events by holding key positions such as Program Director – ISRS Symposium, ESCRS 2019, Paris; Member – Refractive Surgery Program Committee, World Ophthalmology Conference, 2020, Cape Town, South Africa, Executive Committee member GERSO, Chair- Cornea Committee GERSO among others.
She is Chair of the Multimedia Editorial Board AAO-ISRS (American Academy of Ophthalmology – International Society of Refractive Surgery), member ISRS Executive Committee, associate editor Journal of Refractive Surgery, associate editor Journal of Refractive Surgery Case Reports, Section Editor (Refractive Surgery) – EyeNet (American Academy of Ophthalmology), Executive Committee member- Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology -GERSO, Council Board Member of the GERSO (the first woman member on the GERSO council and one of the initial members who helped shape its aims and objectives), Chair of the Cornea Committee – GERSO and is on editorial board of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, EyeNet (AAO), EuroTimes, IJKECD, Ocular Surgery News-AsiaPacific, Glaucoma Today, Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today-Europe, Medical Hypothesis in Optometry, Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association-JOSR and Ophthalmology & Therapy.
She has special interest in cutting edge cataract, cornea, glaucoma, complex anterior segment reconstruction and refractive surgery. Her innovations, many of which have won international awards, include anterior segment transplantation, where cornea, sclera, artificial iris, pupil and IOL are transplanted enbloc for anterior staphyloma; suprabrow single stab incision ptosis surgery to enhance postoperative cosmesis; turnaround techniques for false channel dissection during Intacs implantation; Glued Endo-Capsular Ring, Glued Capsular Hook and the Paper clip capsule stabilizer for subluxated cataracts; Stab Incision Glaucoma Surgery (SIGS) as a guarded filtration surgery technique; Contact lens assisted crosslinking (CACXL) for safely crosslinking thin keratoconic corneas; Endo-illuminator assisted DMEK (E-DMEK), Air Pump Assisted PDEK and host Descemetic scaffolding for easier and better surgical results; PrEsbyopic Allogenic Refractive Lenticule (PEARL) Inlay for treating presbyopia, Corneal Allogeneic Intrastromal ring Segment (CAIRS) and Customized CAIRS for Keratoconus and other corneal ectasias; the Jacob modified technique for pre-Descemetic DALK as a primary treatment for acute hydrops; sutureless SMILE lenticule assisted resurfacing with interface tattooing for limbal dermoid; White Ring sign and the Sequential segmental terminal lenticular side cut dissection for safe and effective lenticule extraction in SMILE surgery She has proposed a new classification of Descemet’s membrane detachments into rhegmatogenous, tractional, bullous and complex detachments with a suitable treatment algorithm and a new technique of relaxing descemetotomy for bullous and tractional Descemet’s detachment.
Her surgeries and surgical techniques have often been Editor’s Choice in prestigious International Ophthalmic websites (AAO/ ONE network, ISRS, Eyetube etc). She has two popular bimonthly columns, “Complications in Cataract and Refractive Surgery” and “Everything you want to know about” in the prestigious EuroTimes magazine published by ESCRS. She has her own surgical educational YouTube channel: Dr. Soosan Jacob with more than 10,000 subscribers (goo.gl/9STje0). Her video blog “Journey into the Eye – A surgeon’s Video blog” in the prestigious Ocular Surgery News, USA and her Facebook pages also feature her surgical videos. Dr. Jacob is senior faculty for training postgraduate, fellowship and overseas doctors.
Her life and work have been featured on the Ocular Surgery News cover page (bit.ly/2P8tWsY), “5Q” interview (prestigious Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today – CRST: bit.ly/2DcT3Gp), “Sound off” column (CRSToday: https://bit.ly/2VKRV3T), “One Day in the Life of…” (CRST: bit.ly/2IyBlR1; bit.ly/2UxR6yW;) and “Around the World” column (MillenialEye: bit.ly/2GdmqZS) and is also the first researcher internationally to be interviewed in the prestigious CRST “Researcher’s Column”(bit.ly/2X9iKPC). In addition, her work has been featured extensively in the print version as well as through video interviews by EyeWorld, EyeNet AAO, EuroTimes, Ophthalmology Times, OSN-Healio, CRST, Glaucoma Today, Ophthalmologist, Review of Ophthalmology and others. She is active academically on Facebook (www.facebook.com/soosan.jacob.1; www.facebook.com/drsoosanjacob/), LinkedIn (in.linkedin.com/in/soosan-jacob-b028411), Twitter (@drsoosanjacob) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dr.soosanjacob/). She can be contacted at dr_soosanj@hotmail.com.

Sulaiman AlSulaiman

MD , CONSULTANT

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Riyadh
KSA

Consultant, Vitreoretinal and Uveitis Divisions in King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tamer El-Raggal

MD, PhD, FRCSEd, Professor of Ophthalmology

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University
Egypt

Cornea and Refractive Surgery Consultant, Watany Eye Hospital. Owner of BLINK eye clinic: 88 El-Thawra street, Heliopolis , Cairo, Egypt. E-mail: telragal@hotmail.com
telragal@me.com
He graduated in 1993 (Excellent with honor) and was ranked 2nd among exam recipients. He got his master degree in ophthalmology in 1997 (Excellent) and was ranked 1st among exam recipients.
Dr Tamer got his FRCSEd and doctorate degrees upon first introduction in 2001 and 2002 respectively.

He worked as a resident of ophthalmology in Ain Shams University from 1995 to 1998 and then promoted as assistant lecturer then to lecturer in 2002 then associate professor in 2007 and finally he is now a professor of ophthalmology since 2012.
He has more than 20 publications with 7 international publications in the field of ophthalmology in JCRS, BJO, Retina, MEAJO. He is now a reviewer for several international journals as JCRS, JRS, BJO, IJO, MEAJO, DJO and Cornea Journal. He is also a reviewer for the Egyptian Universities Promotion Committees (EUPC).
He is a board member of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society
His main interest is in the field of cornea and refractive surgery.

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.”

Wadha Alsaadoun

Cornea & Refractive Surgery Specialist

Albahar Eye Center
Kuwait

Cornea & Refractive Surgery Specialist
University of Ottawa
Kuwait

Walaa Jbara

Optometrist

Nablus Specialty Hospital,
Palestine

Walaa Jbara graduated from An-Najah National University with a degree in Optometry in 2016. She received training in optometry and primary eye care clinics at An-Najah University Hospital, Musallam Specialty Hospital, and many optical centers. She has gained skills in conducting comprehensive eye examinations on patients of all ages from her work history and participation in vision screenings. She had the opportunity to present her project research at the Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) Eighth Annual Conference, which allowed her to participate in various LPHA-funded workshops on conducting scientific research. The abstract of her research was published at the LANCET online Journal. In 2017 she worked as research and teaching assistant at An-Najah University, through this opportunity, she has gained tremendous hands-on experience in direct patient care and clinical research. In addition, she was the primary research assistant for a research collaboration between An-Najah University and the Swiss Tropical Public Health Institute. In 2020 she started working at St. John Eye Hospital Group where she was gained experience in refractive errors management and refractive surgeries. Walaa now is the head of the refractive surgery department of Nablus Specialty Hospital. She is an active participant in local and regional conferences and has previously presented lectures and workshops in several local and regional conferences. Walaa’s research interests include keratoconus, corneal donation, refractive surgery, and dry eyes.

Waleed Abou samra

Professor and Director of Mansoura Ophthalmic center

Mansoura University
Egypt

– Professor of ophthalmology, Mansoura university
– Director of the Mansoura Ophthalmology Center
– Head of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit
– Editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Journal of ophthalmology
– Fellow of New York Eye and Ear infirmary, USA
– Fellow of the World Council of ophthalmology
– Member of many international societies of ophthalmology
– Active sharing in many international conferences
– He has many research papers in international journals in the field of ophthalmology

Wondu alemayehu

Trachoma Technical Adviser & General Manager, Berhan Public Health & Eye Care Consultancy

Global & Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Wondu Alemayehu was trained as a general medical practitioner, specialized in Ophthalmology (at Halie Silassie I University then at Addis Ababa University (AAU)), then MPH and a certificate in Preventive/Community Ophthalmology (at the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA). Wondu Served as faculty member, Assistant and then promoted to Associate Prof., in the Department of Ophthalmology, of the Medical Faculty of AAU for over 15 years and participated in teaching, service delivery and research. He conducted research in eye health/trachoma and published, as an author and/or co-author, in reputed peer reviewed medical journals. Subsequently, Wondu worked as a Country Director of Project ORBIS International, Inc.–Ethiopia. In this capacity, he was instrumental in playing a pivotal leadership role in the development of viable eye health program in Ethiopia. This included advocacy for eye health, strengthening of tertiary academic eye health institutions and as part of rural eye health program, the implementation of the complete SAFE strategy for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem. Other critical components of the country program were building the first viable Eye Bank in sub-Saharan Africa and building medical equipment management capacity as well as research in eye health.
Currently, Wondu is working as a Global Trachoma Technical Adviser to The Fred Hollows Foundation and General Manager and Consultant Ophthalmologist, at Berhan Public Health & Eye Care Consultancy Plc.
During his professional career, Wondu received various awards and certificates including: International Agency for Prevention of Blindness’s (IAPB) 2004 regional achievement award; Certificates of appreciation by the Ophthalmological Society of Ethiopia (OSE) and Ethiopian Optometry Association (EOA). Other certificates of achievement include: The ICTC MacCallan Medal for outstanding achievement in trachoma implementation, 25 September 2014; The L’OCCITANE Foundation’s Sight Award for research, 2016; the “Bego Sew” nominee award in the field of Science, September 03, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; The Diploma of Laureate by the Abyssinia Award on October 29, 2017. Award in recognition of the development of the Eye Bank of Ethiopia October 04, 2018.
Wondu is a member of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness and National Trachoma Task Force; Ethiopian Medical Association and American Academy of Ophthalmology. In addition, he is serving as Chair of the Technical Working Group for the 2nd National Eye Health Survey of Ethiopia; the Post-operative trachomatous trichiasis (PTT) management guideline development team, and The Policy -Advocacy Committee of the OSE of which he was the 1st Secretary. Furthermore, Wondu works as Ethiopia Principal and Co- PI of ongoing research studies in trachoma.

Yara Senan

Optometry lecturer

An-Najah National University,
Palestine

Yara Naser Saleh Senan graduated with Bachelor degree in Optometry from An Najah National University in 2020. Immediately following her graduation, she worked as a research and teaching assistant in Optometry Department at An Najah National University for two years. During this time, she displayed an exceptional aptitude for imparting knowledge and cultivating a spirit of inquiry among her students. Then she got the Master degree in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Research from Glasgow Caledonian University in the United Kingdom. This allowed her to go deeply into the her field and fostered a global perspective on eye care. Her time in the UK not only resulted in getting advanced knowledge but also provided her with the invaluable opportunity to engage with colleagues from different countries and cultures which helped her to learn about other cultures and exchanged her knowledge and experiences with her colleagues. Currently she is as an Optometry Lecturer in the Optometry Department at An Najah National University. Her academic knowledge, combined with her real-world experience, helps her to provide insightful guidance and knowledge to her students.

Yehia Salah Mostafa

Professor and chairman of ophthalmology department

Cairo university
Egypt

CEO OF eyeCare center -cairo
Cataract, cornea and refractive surgeon
Author of the book: phacoemulsification : Step by step guide 2007& 2021.
Fellow of kinik Dardane – Germany
Started phacoemulsification in 1993 and has given hundreds of courses in that topic all over the world
Member of EOS, ESOIRS, EGSCRS, ESCRS, MEACO,ESKCT