• VR consultant and Medical Director Magrabi Health in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Clinical assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
• Member of the board of the Saudi Retina Association.
• Trained in a King Khaled Specialist Hospital Vitreoretinal fellowship program in partnership with Johns Hopkins University.

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:

• January 2014 to current: Professor at Ain Shams University, Cairo
• February 2020 to current: Owner of Assaf Clinic For Eye And Lasik Cairo, Nasr City
• January 2010 to Current: Phaco-refractive Consultant and Shareholder at Al-Watany Eye Hospital Cairo, Heliopolis
• April 2007 to January 2014: Assistant Professor at Ain Shams University Cairo, Abbassia
• April 2002 to April 2007: Lecturer of Ophthalmology at Ain Shams University Cairo, Abbassia
• March 1998 to April 2002: Assistant Lecturer of Ophthalmology at Ain Shams University Cairo, Abbassia
• February 1997 to March 1998: Registrar of Ophthalmology , Ain Shams University Cairo, Abbassia
• June 1994 to February 1997: Resident of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University Cairo, Abbassia

Teaching activities:

• Developed and implemented curriculum using academic learning strategies and educational pedagogy
• Taught 300+ undergraduate classes per year in ophthalmology department, Ain Shams University.
• Supervised 50+ master and doctorate degrees thesis in Ophthalmology from 2002 till now.

Affiliations:

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd)
• Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• Member of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
• Member of International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
• Member of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)
• Member of the council of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
• Board Member of Egyptian Society of Ocular Implants and Refractive Surgery (ESOIRS)

Certifications:

• Achievement Award – American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017 (AAO)
• Recognition Award -International Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2017 (ISRS)
• International Ophthalmologist Recognition Award – American Academy of Ophthalmology 2019 (AAO)

Publications:

• Eleven peer-reviewed publications in Eye, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (JCRS) and others. and several articles in Ocular Surgery News (OSN), Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today (CRST), and Eurotimes journals.
• Reviewer at Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS)

Surgical Skills:

• Complicated cataract surgery with different techniques of
  IOL fixation without capsular support (a total of 250+ of Yamane, Glued, and Iirissuture IOL fixation procedures).
• Premiums IOLs including presbyopia-correcting and toric IOLs (400+ per year)
• Phaco-emulsification; 1200+ per year, 30% of which include premium IOLs (presbyopia correcting and toric IOLs)
• Lasik, PRK, and femtosmile; 450+ per year.
• Femtosecond laser technology in refractive and cataract surgery (800+ since 2014).
• Topography-guided laser ablation in virgin cornea (Contoura) and early keratoconus and post lasik ectasia (800+ per year).

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:

• PhysIOL
• Zeiss
• J&J

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.

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 221 eye hospitals in 11 countries.

Andrew G. Lee is the Herb and Jean Lyman Centennial Chair in Ophthalmology and is the Founding Chairman of the Blanton Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. He is Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and an adjunct professor of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine; Texas A and M College of Medicine; University of Iowa and the University of Buffalo; and Clinical Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas and the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

He is a graduate of the University of Virginia (UVA) undergraduate and UVA School of Medicine. He was an ophthalmology resident and chief resident at Baylor College of Medicine and a clinical neuro-ophthalmology fellow and Fight for Sight postdoctoral research fellow at the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Lee has served in numerous leadership roles at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and has received the AAO Achievement Award, Senior Achievement Award, Secretariat Award (three times), and Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a past President, a past Chairman of the Board, and Senior VP for Advocacy of the North American Neuro-ophthalmology Society.

Dr. Lee has received the teaching award 15 times at 7 different academic institutions including the Osler Excellence in Teaching Award, the Baylor College of Medicine Dan B. Jones Teaching Award, University of Iowa Charles Phelps Award, the Texas A and M Mid Career Education award, the HMH Presidential Excellence in Education, and the Houston Methodist Hospital Sherilynn Gordon Memorial Leadership Award.

Dr. Lee has been the invited speaker at over 400 national and international medical meetings; has written over 600 peer-reviewed publications and 14 full textbooks; and has given 15 named lectures. His h-index is 68 and his i-10 is 367 with over 18,000 citations. He has been named one of top 30 ophthalmologists in the United States by Newsweek magazine and is the only neuro-ophthalmologist on the list.

He lives in Houston, Texas with his wife, Hilary; his two daughters (Rachael and Virginia), and his two cats (Lola and Miss Kitty).

Dr. André Maia is a Brazilian ophthalmologist specializing in clinical and surgical retina. He earned his M.D. and completed his ophthalmology residency at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), where he also obtained a Ph.D. in Medicine (Ophthalmology) in 2003, with a thesis on retinal vein catheterization for the treatment of venous occlusions. He pursued a Retina fellowship at McGill University in Canada, under the supervision of Drs. David Chow and Michael Kapusta. Dr. Maia is currently the medical director of Retina Clinic in São Paulo and leads a specialized team focused on the diagnosis and management of complex retinal diseases. He has been an active contributor to scientific research and education in ophthalmology and has presented at multiple national and international congresses. He is fluent in Portuguese and English, and has working knowledge of Spanish and French. His expertise bridges advanced surgical techniques and evidence-based clinical practice.

Dr. AlQahtani earned his bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences in Riyadh with first honor degree. After he completed the Ophthalmology Residency training program and obaiting Saudi Board in Ophthalmology, he went to Canada for 2-years fellowship. He completed his Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery fellowship at the University of Ottawa where he was intensively trained on advanced corneal transplants, complex anterior segment surgeries, ocular surface tumors as well as modern refractive surgery

Dr Barbara Parolini was born in Verona, Italy, on April 17th, 1968.

She is an ophthalmic surgeon who exercises her practice, mainly in Italy, since 1997. She graduated in Italy from Medical School with laude in 1993 and obtained the diploma in Ophthalmology in 1997.

She has undertaken a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF (San Francisco, USA) and at UMDNJ (Newark, USA), on retinal pigment epithelium transplantation in 1994-1995 and 1997-1998.

She has been Director of Clinical Studies for FDA for the Medjet Company, in Edison USA, in 1997-1998.

She works as consultant in foreign countries.

Her expertise are:

• High myopia
• Complex cases of submacular surgery
• Eye reconstruction after trauma
• Intraoperative OCT
• Widefield imaging
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Paediatric vitreoretinal surgery

She has operated about 15000 cases

She has published

• 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts
• 10 Book Chapters in Ophthalmology books
• One Ebook on Vitreoretinal Techniques (released in 2018) for surgical training.

She is teacher at:

• Bremen EVRS VitreoRetinal School
• Thessaloniky VitreoRetinal School
• Ankara EVRS VitreoRetinal School
• Esaso School

She has performed live surgery in Italy and abroad. Of note, at:

• Frankfurt Retina Meeting
• Portuguese VR Society
• EVRS 2022
• Floretina 2019, 2023, 2024
• Bridge Retina Meeting 2024
• Cairo Retina Meeting 2025

She serves as Reviewer of the following peer reviewed-journals:

• Graefe’s Archives of Ophthalmology
• Retina Journal
• European Journal of Ophthalmology
• Acta Ophthalmologica
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• British Journal of Ophthalmology
• Ophthalmologica
• British Medical Journal of Ophthalmology
• American Journal of Ophthalmology

Approved at the exam of the Italian Ministry as University Associate Professor

Organiser of 3 international meetings, Retinitaly in 2015, 2016, 2017

Since 2016, VicePresident of the European VitreoRetina Society

Since 2020 Board member or Retina World Congress and leading the RWC- Global Research Group

She obtained a patent of a model of macular buckle and a kit for episcleral surgery.

Member of the following societies: GIVRE, SOI, AIMO, AAO, ASRS, EVRS

16 June 2023 Awarded with the DOC Retina Science Award

Professor 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 the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Digital Health Special Interest Group. He is an ESCRS Council and EU Cornea board member.

He and his wife, Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Maria Teresa Casasus Borrell, live in North London with regular visits from their 3 daughters, Saskia, Sofia and Silvia. Outside work, He is a keen football fan and sailor.

Professional activities include:

• NHS practice specialising in cataract and corneal surgery
• Private practice specialising in refractive surgery (laser vision correction, ICL implantation, RLE, restoring near vision)
• Regular presentations at international research meetings, press, radio and television comment on developments in corneal transplantation, cataract and refractive surgery
• Peer review for international medical journals and research grant funding bodies
• Specialist advice for NICE and MHRA

Current research interests include:

• Applications of Deep Learning to anterior segment eye disease
• Enhancing treatment accuracy in laser vision correction
• Laser assisted corneal transplantation
• Early intervention and visual rehabilitation in keratoconus

Eye surgeon specializing inVitreoretinal Surgery, with over 35 years of experience. He currently works at the Miranza Group Institute of Ocular Microsurgery (IMO) in Barcelona and at Miranza Andorra. He is a founding member of the IMO and has worked at institutions such as the General  Hospital Valle Hebrón and the General Hospital of Catalonia. He is an expert in pathologies such as high myopia, retinal detachment, severe ocular trauma, and diabetic retinopathy. He introduced innovative techniques such as Macular Translocation and Macular Buckling to Spain. He is an associate professor on the Master’s Degree in Retina and Vitreous at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a part-time lecturer on retina modules at the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO).

Occupational field Full Professor of Ophthalmology and Chairman of Eye Clinic – Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Health – University of Trieste, Italy Italian Medical Licence n. 3399 Work experience Date Position held Main activities and responsibilities Date October 2019 onwards Full Professor of Ophthalmology – Eye Clinic – University of Trieste – Italy Anterior and posterior segment surgeon. 1st November 2011 onwards Position held Chairman of University Eye Clinic – Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Health – University of Trieste, Italy and Professor of Ophthalmology 2/11 – Curriculum vitae di Tognetto Daniele Europass: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu © European Union, 2002-2010 24082010 Main activities and responsibilities Anterior and posterior segment surgeon (surgery from 1st Jan 1992 to present): More than 20.000 surgical procedures. (Cataract, retina, cornea and glaucoma surgery). Director of the Eye Clinic. Tutor for surgeons in training. Head of Ophthalmology Course in the Degree Course in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Trieste Head of Residency Program in Ophthalmology at the University of Trieste.

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.

Born in Paris, in 1957

Medical studies in Paris. Residency (Ophthalmology) in Toulouse. Fellowship (PO&S) in Toulouse and Nantes (Pr Quere). Private practice in Toulouse and consultant surgeon in Toulouse Universitary Hospital from 1992, exclusively surgical pediatric ophthalmology and strabismology. Teacher in Toulouse Orthoptic school, and French Universitary Diploma of Strabology and Pediatric ophthalmology.

Active member of French Society of Ophthalmology. Co-author of both Pediatric ophthalmology (2017) and Strabismology (2013) annual books of the society.

Former vice president of French association of PO&S. (AFSOP) and of European Strabismological Association.

Member of AAPOS, ISA, and WSPOS. Member of IPOSC for AFSOP representation. Local organiser of the last ESA/ISA meeting in my hometown, Toulouse in 2024.

Field of works and publications since 1990: Deprivation amblyopia, Infantile cataracts, Infantile Strabismus, strabismus surgery in general, and more precisely in Infantile strabismus, Botulinum Toxin, in high Myopia, Oblique muscle surgery. Recent works on global scoring of IXT and surgery of exotropia with combined recess and resect on same muscle.

… and still time for hobbies that I share with my 3 boys, 5 grand-children and my friends: music, mountain climbing, sailing, hiking.

Cabinet Dr Kamoun located at the Maghreb Medical Center, Specialist in ophthalmology and former intern at Tunis hospitals and the Adolphe Rothschild ophthalmological foundation in Paris.

Dr Kamoun contributes constructively to technological advances by carrying out several innovations in the field of ophthalmology and by actively participating in various national and international congresses.

His office is open to Tunisian and foreign patients for an optimal welcome and care in the image of Tunisia and Tunisian competence.

Mr. Hussein Almuhtaseb is a Senior Ophthalmology Consultant, Cataract and Vitreoretinal Surgeon. Mr. Almuhtaseb earned his degree in Medicine and Surgery in 2006. He obtained his CCT in Ophthalmology at the Catalan Institute of Retina in Barcelona-Spain in 2013.

Mr. Almuhtaseb was awarded the FEBO (Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology) in 2013, in Paris, France. At the Barraquer University Institute-Autonomous University of Barcelona, he completed a Master degree in “Pathologies and Surgery of the Macula, Vitreous and Retina.

• Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Glaucoma Center, Swiss Visio, Montchoisi Clinic, Lausanne
• Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Colorado, Denver.

Dr Mansouri is the Executive Vice President of the World Glaucoma Association.

He is also the Chief Medical Officer of iStar Medical, Belgium and Implandata GmbH, Germany. Dr Mansouri is the co-founder and President of the Swiss Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Dr Mansouri is a glaucoma specialist and a clinician-scientist. His academic accomplishments include over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles with an h-index of 63 (google scholar).

Since 2020, he has been continually ranked as one of the Top 20 Glaucoma Specialists in the world (Expertscape.com). He is on the editorial boards of the “Journal of Glaucoma” and the “Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia”, is an associate editor of “Acta Ophthalmologica”, and is a contributing editor to the “International Glaucoma Review”. He is co-editor of the textbook “The Science of Glaucoma Management” and co-author of 12 textbook chapters.

In 2012, Dr Mansouri was the first ophthalmologist to give a TEDx talk, with the aim of improving glaucoma awareness.

Dr Mansouri’s clinical and scientific expertise has resulted in him being selected by the journal “The Ophthalmologist” as a Top 100 Ophthalmologist in the world (Power List 2024). Previously, he had been ranked twice in the top 40 under 40 power list by the journal “The Ophthalmologist”. He has also been chosen as a top ophthalmic innovator by the journal CRST Europe (Nov 2022). He has been featured on BBC World (“Secrets of the Superagers/Senses”).

He directs an active fellowship program which trains candidates from all continents and is a host to ICO fellows from developing countries.

Dr Mansouri has been the recipient of several international awards, including the prestigious Boberg-Ans from the Danish Ophthalmological Society, the MGS Alcon International Lecture, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award and AAO International Scholar Award, among others.

Dr. Kaweh Mansouri is a pioneer and expert in the use of intraocular pressure monitoring technology and a pioneer in MIGS. His research activities are focused on advancing 24-h IOP monitoring, as well as the development of new technologies in the field of glaucoma imaging and surgery.

A Lecturer of ophthalmology in Fayoum University. Anterior segment consultant in International Eye Hospitals Egypt.

Anterior segment consultant in Magrabi Hospitals of Egypt from April 2005- December 2006.

Specialist of Ophthalmology in Research Institute of Ophthalmology from May 1995 – August 2004.

Member of American and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Experience of doing more than 2000 cornea surgery, 20000 cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) and more than 5000 LASIK surgery.

Intensive experience in working with Alcon phacoemulsification machines especially the Infiniti machine.

Active member in the board of Egyptian cataract and refractive surgery society.

Organizing the courses for learning and passing skills to others regarding the anterior segment surgeries.

Consultant to Alcon company in Egypt and middle east. Educating doctors regarding phacoemulsification machines and surgical techniques. And researcher for the development of phacoemulsification machines for Alcon phacomachines.

Sharing experience in more than 25 live surgeries in phacoemulsication in Egypt and middle east countries.

Luís Abegão Pinto is the Head of the Glaucoma Clinic of the Department of Ophthalmology of Portugal’s largest Hospital (Hospital Santa Maria). He serves as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon University, Portugal. His main areas of interest are Glaucoma Surgery, Artificial Intelligence and screening.

He serves in the Executive Board of the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) since 2018 and he is currently the EGS Vice President. Moreover, he is co-chair of the EGS TaskForce on Glaucoma Surgery, co-editing the new “Guides on Innovations in Glaucoma Surgery”

He has authored or co-authored 105 indexed, peer-reviewed papers in Glaucoma. He is actively engaged in a number of scientific ophthalmological societies, including the EGS and EVER, having chaired or co-chaired a number of courses in international Ophthalmology societies’ meetings.

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 also 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.

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 Pavillion in Edingburgh for one year. He obtained his Masters Degree from Cairo University in 1996 , His FRCS degree from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edingburgh in 1998 ,and his Doctorate degree in 1999.Dr Hosny was Elected as Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 2022.Dr Hosny has numerous international publications including coauthoring in David Ben Ezra’s book “ Ocular inflammation”, Professor Cristobal’s book “ Management of Astigmatism” as an official textbook of the Spanish Society of Ophthalmology and Professor Mazotta’s “ Corneal Crosdlinking”.Dr Hosny is a regular presenter at the ASCRS and the ESCRS meetings over the past 20 years.He served for more than 14 years as panelist and co-Chair person in sessions at the annual meeting of the ASCRS.Dr Hosny serves as an
Elected board member in the Egyptian Society of Ophthalmology and The Egyptian Society of Ocular Implants and Refractive Surgery . He is currently the Vice President of The International Keratoconus Society and the Vice President of the Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Society. He serves among the editorial board member of the International Journal of Keratoconus and Corneal Ectatic Diseases. He is an Examiner at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists fellowship Exams as Well as the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Certificate for Laser and Refractive Surgery Exam as well as the Arab Board of Ophthalmology.
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.

Professor & Head of Ophthalmology Department, Alexandria University, Egypt
Elected board member of The Egyptian Society of Ophthalmology (EOS)
TFOS (Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society) Global Ambassador
President of The Egyptian Society of Keratoconus & Cornea Transplant (ESKC&CT)
Vice President of The International Keratoconus Society (IKS)
Vice President of The Dry Eye & Ocular Surface Society (DEOSS)
Board member of the Egyptian Society of Ocular Implants and Refractive Surgery (ESOIRS), the Egyptian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (EgSCRS) & the Egyptian Refractive Club (ERC)
Winner of many honors and awards from the Egyptian and regional Societies of Refractive Surgery.
International Global Advisory Board Member of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today (CRSTE)
Author of more than 60 Original Articles and Book Chapters in the Field of Refractive Surgery.

Work Experience

• Current Position Director Cornea Clinic, Senior Consultant, Eye Department, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, INDIA
• Visiting Consultant, Lanka Hospitals, Colombo, Sri Lanka Al Bahar Hospitals, Kuwait

Previously

• Consultant Ophthalmologist & Cornea Specialist at Sankara Nethralaya Chennai – (1998 to 2005)
• Consultant Ophthalmologist at Apollo Hospitals, Colombo, Srilanka (2002-2003)

Awards And Achievements

Achievement Awards:

• Achievement award at AAO (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Achievement award at APAO (Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Gold Medal from Intraocular Implant& Refractive Society of India
• Gold Medal from SICSSO, Italy
• Gold Medal from SITRAC, Italy
• Oration award at numerous meetings all across in India

Actively involved in teaching & training

• Instruction courses at various international & national meetings, fellowship programs, & training courses in Cornea over the past 17 years

Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya is the Network Director – Technology Innovation 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.

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, Netherlandson 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.

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.

Dr. Shatha Hussein Alfreihi is a distinguished pediatric ophthalmologist from Saudi Arabia, currently serving as the Deputy Chairman of the Department of Pediatric Surgery at King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital in Riyadh. With extensive training, including fellowships from prestigious institutions like George Washington University and UCLA, Dr. Alfreihi holds board certifications in ophthalmology and has made significant contributions to her field through 12 publications and numerous presentations. An active member of several professional societies, she also participates in academic activities, including journal clubs and research committees. Recognized for her exceptional performance with multiple awards, Dr. Alfreihi embodies the ultimate commitment to advancing pediatric ophthalmology.

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.

• Chairman Managing Director, Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital – The first  Eye hospital in India to get the NABH quality accreditation.
• He is currently the Secretary of the International Intraocular Club(IIIC) and Treasurer of the APACRS
• His main interests are Cataract (Phacoemulsification) and Refractive surgery. He has been in the forefront of newer technologies for Phacoemulsification and Refractive Surgeries.
• He has overn 100 publications in International peer reviewed journals on Refractive Surgery & has performed over 200 live surgical demonstrations in various conferences and has presented  many papers  in national and international conferences.

Honorary Doctorates Fellowships:

1. Dr Sri Ganesh has been honored as a Board Certified and awarded the designation of Fellow in the WCRS of the World college of Refractive Surguery & Visual Sciences in regcognition for knowledge achievement, expertise and commitment to the advancements of the speciality of Refractive Surgery on 24th of January 2023.
2. Awarded Honorary FRCS(Glasg) by the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow on November 23, 2018.
3. Honorary Doctorate ‘Doctor of Science’ has been conferred on Dr. Sri Ganesh by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences for his contribution to society in the field of Ophthalmology on 26th March 2014 during the 16th Annual Convocation of RGUHS at the NIMHANS Convention Centre.

• Col . RANGACHARI AWARD for Overall Best Free Paper in AIOC 2016, Kolkata”.  Title: [FP694] – Combined Femtosecond Intras- tromal Lenticule Implantation (FILI) +KXL- A New Modality for Keratoconus.
• Dr. Sri Ganesh honored with AUSCRS GOLD MEDAL ORATION AWARD from Dr. Graham Barrett at AUSCRS 2017, Hamilton Island, Australia held on 2nd August – 5th August 2017.
• Dr. Sri Ganesh conferred the prestigious Micheal Kritzinger award by the international society for Refractive Surgery at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago 2022 for my contributions to the field of refractive surgery.

Tamer Mahmoud, MD, PhD is a professor of Ophthalmology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and the director of the vitreoretinal fellowship at Associated Retinal Consultants. He moved from North Carolina in 2017 where he was the program director of the vitreoretinal surgery fellowship at the Duke University Eye center and a tenured associate professor at Duke. He has developed many surgical techniques over the years with his fellows including the use of subretinal air to displace submacular hemorrhage in 2013 and developed and performed the first human autologous retinal transplantation in 2015. He also introduced chandelier buckles to the United States and in 2017, developed the ILM retracting door technique for macular holes. The nano subretinal gateway device was developed in 2019 to access the subretinal space without PPV to displace subretinal hemorrhage, but also for injection of gene therapy, drugs, removal of PFO and tumor biopsy. In 2022, the concept of using the epiretinal membrane to close large macular holes was introduced in cases of combined large holes with membranes. In 2023, he developed and performed the first combined amniotic and autologous retinal transplant for large refractory myopic macular holes with some atrophy. For the last few years, Dr. Mahmoud has focused on running global studies to treat macular holes by working with surgeons around the world to develop guidelines to treat challenging holes using many techniques that have been developed over the years.

Dr. Mahmoud graduated Valedictorian from Ainshams University, finished his internship, residency and vitreoretinal fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Club Jules Gonin, the Macula Society, the Retina Society, The Vitbuckle society, and the United States Masters Swimming Association. He is a reviewer for many Ophthalmology journals and a principal investigator on many clinical trials sponsored by the industry and the National Eye Institute. He has been invited as a guest speaker all over the world. Dr. Mahmoud is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is licensed in the states of California, Michigan, and North Carolina.

Dr. Mahmoud received the Edward K. Isbey, Jr., M.D. Resident Award for “Excellence in Clinical Care, Ethics, and Research” from the Duke Eye Center, the Retina Research Foundation/”Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence” award from ARVO, the “Senior Honor Award” and the “Presidential Honor Award” from the American Society of Retina Specialists, the “Achievement Award” from the AAO, the prestigious Robert A. Machemer research award from the Duke Eye Center, the “Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award” from the Kresge Eye Institute and the “Golden Globe Award” for residents’ education from the Duke Eye Center.

Dr. Mahmoud has been on the list of Best Doctors in America since 2009 and Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Ophthalmology. He was the director of the Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship at the Kresge Eye Institute in Michigan before moving back to Duke in 2011 to join the retina faculty. Wayne State University-Kresge Eye Institute established the “Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD endowed fellowship research award” in 2012. This award is bestowed yearly to the fellow presenting the best paper.

Dr. Mahmoud is a founder of the Duke Surgical Rounds Courses launched at national and international conferences in 2013, and co-founder of the Duke fellows advanced vitreous surgery course (fAVS). He served on the national Therapeutic Safety Committee (TSC) for monitoring of drugs and devices and founded the North Carolina Retina Club (NCRC) in 2012 to allow interaction and collaboration between retina specialists in the state of North Carolina.

Founder, CataractCoach.com
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Academic Appointment:

• Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
• Former Chief of Ophthalmology, Olive View UCLA Medical Center
• Most awarded ophthalmic surgical teaching professor in the history of UCLA (5x)

Honors:

• Dozens of visiting professorships and keynote lectures in the USA and around the world
• Named 1 of the top 25 ophthalmic leaders of the past 25 years by Ophthalmology Management
• Ranked as the #1 ophthalmologist in California and #2 in the USA (out of 10,000) by Newsweek

Moreover, Dr. Uday Devgan is the winner of the Ibn A Haytham Medal Award in the 10th EPOMEC 2023.

Dr. Oshima graduated from Osaka University Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Osaka University Hospital under the mentorship of the late Dr. Yasuo Tano. After serving for over a decade as an Associate Professor at Osaka University, he is now the Founder and Director of the Seiyukai Medical Corporation, which operates three specialized centers for vitreoretinal and cataract surgery in Osaka, Japan. Collectively, these centers perform more than 5,000 surgical cases annually.

Dr. Oshima is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing the 27-gauge vitrectomy system, which has significantly advanced minimally invasive retinal surgery. He is a prolific author of scientific papers published in leading journals such as Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology (AJO), and British Journal of Ophthalmology (BJO).

A sought-after speaker, Dr. Oshima has delivered numerous invited lectures across Asia, Europe, and the United States, and has performed live surgical demonstrations at major international meetings including the Frankfurt Retina Meeting, Floretina, and the Cairo Retina Meeting.

He serves on the Editorial Board of Retina Today and holds memberships in several prestigious ophthalmologic societies, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and currently serves as the Liaison for International Affairs for the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS).

In recognition of his contributions to the field, Dr. Oshima has received numerous honors, including:

• Achievement Award, AAO (2010)
• Honor Award, ASRS (2014)
• Achievement Award, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2018)
• Senior Achievement Award, AAO (2023)
• Induction into the Retina Hall of Fame, Class of 2020/2021

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.