International Speakers

Ahmed Abdelrahman

Professor of Ophthalmology, Consultant Glaucoma surgeon

Cairo University
Egypt

Dr. Ahmed Mostafa Abdelrahman, MD, FRCSED, is

1- A professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Glaucoma Surgeon, Cairo University.
2- The founder of the Egyptian Society for Continuous Ophthalmic Education (EGSCOE)
3- Owner of the Giza specialized Eye center, a tertiary glaucoma care facility.
4- Head of the glaucoma service, Kasr Al Aini School of Medicine.
5- Winner of the international scholar award, 2021, and the second-place prize of Global Contest Videos 2022, AAO on his innovative video: Tripple-tunnel AGV Tube Placement.
6- Secretary General of the middle East African Glaucoma Society (MEAGS).
7- A steering committee member (EPOMEC, UAE).

Ahmed Al Maskari

Consultant cornea cataract and refractive surgeon

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital
Oman

Ahmed Al-Maskari is a consultant cornea cataract and refractive surgeon at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman.

Ahmed Assaf

Professor of Ophthalmology

Ain Shams University – Watany Eye Hospital

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

Alaa Bou Ghannam

Medical Doctor, Specialist

American University of Beirut Medical Center
Lebanon

I am a full-time faculty at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and a visiting specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City. I am specialized in in paediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus, and neuro-ophthalmology.
I finished my ophthalmology residency in 2015 at AUBMC. Afterwards, I pursued a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus from Children’s National Health System in Washington DC (2016) and another in neuro-ophthalmology from The University of Colorado (2017).
I have over five years of regional/international experience in pediatric ophthalmology, adult strabismus, and neuro-ophthalmology in countries including Lebanon, UAE and USA..

Alyaqdhan Al-Ghafri

Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon

Al- Nahdha Hospital
Muscat, Oman

Dr Alyaqdhan Al-Ghafri is an Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon from Oman. He received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, completed his ophthalmology residency at the Oman Medical Specialty Board, followed by Oculoplastics Fellowship at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He currently practices at Al-Nahdha Hospital and Oman International Hospital in Muscat.

Amulya Sahu

Secretary, President of Bombay ophthalmic association

Chairman Sahu eye hospital
india

Born in a village in Odisha,
Became president in the Silver jubilee year of SCB. Medical college Cuttack, Odisha
Migrated to Mumbai.
Did his MS for grant medical college Mumbai and DOMS from college of physicians and surgeons Mumbai
Became secretary and, president of Bombay ophthalmic association (BOA),
Formed ISMICS in 2005 which has got chapters in all states of India and 17 countries abroad
Conducted live surgeries , wet-lab in Malaysia, Thailand , Indonesia, Philippines, south Africa , china and many others countries
He has been chief chair person in 4 world conference on msics

Amy Gallant Sullivan

Executive Director

Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society
Italy

Founder of ESSIRI Labs, Amy Gallant Sullivan is also Executive Director and Co-Creator of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), a global foundation committed to the education, research and advancement of next-generation vision through the cross-pollination of biotech, life sciences and tech. Amy also created the global Dry Eye Diva® movement, expanding awareness about how cosmetics impact the ocular surface. When not educating the world on eye health, Amy, as co-founder of the Italian&International Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, promotes the perpetuation and preservation of the arts, particularly through multi-sensory exhibits for the visually impaired.

Anil Shan

Director

Suryakanta Eye Hospital Near Nagar Palika
India

Dr Anil Murlidhar Shah.
QUALIFICATION: M S. {OPHTHALMOLOGY}

Suryakanta Eye Hospital Near Nagar Palika
Nandurbar 425 412
MS BJMC PUNE 1985
AWARDS from Maharashtra Ophthalmic society
1 Development of Snare for MSICS
2 Development of large Foldable IOL for MSICS
3 Development of modified Intracystic implement forDCR.
BOOKS PUBLISHED
1 Manual Phaco (MSICS) BEST OUT OF WASTE
2 Master’s Guide for MSICS
3 Oculoplasty made Easy
SURGICAL DEMONSTRATION AND FREE PAPERS
NATIONALLY -Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai.
INTERNATIONALLY — Egypt, Sweden.
Preferred method of MSICS Snare Bisection and Trisection.
Webinar Odisha & Karnataka Ophthalmic society
Thanks

Arshad Khanani

Managing Partner and Director of Clinical Research

Sierra Eye Associates – Reno, NV
USA

Dr. Khanani, is a Managing Partner, Director of Clinical Research, and
Director of Fellowship at Sierra Eye Associates and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.
He has served as a principal investigator
for over 100 clinical trials.
Dr. Khanani is an elected member of the Macula Society, Retina Society and has received
numerous awards of distinction.
He has received the Senior Honor Award from the American Society of Retina Specialists
(ASRS)

Ava Hossain

Director, Chief Consultant

OSB Eye Hospital
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor Ava Hossain is Director cum Chief Consultant at OSB Eye Hospital, Dhaka Her significant contributions towards preventing blindness in Bangladesh and Asia Pacific Region are widely recognized. She has vast experience and expertise in the fields of Cataract, Glaucoma, Vitreo-Retina, and Ocular Trauma.

She is the President Elect of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO).

She is the Past President of SAARC Academy of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) and Founding President of Bangladesh Community Ophthalmological Society (BCOS).

Boris Malyugin

Deputy Director General (R&D, Edu)

S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Institution in Moscow
Russia

He is a world-renowned authority and expert in the field of anterior segment surgery.
Dr. Malyugin established himself at the forefront of advanced cataract surgery by pioneering numerous techniques and technologies.
He is well known for his development of the Malyugin Ring to be used in small pupil cataract surgery.
Dr. Malyugin is having multiple international awards and was invited to participate with named and keynote lectures and live surgery sessions at the major national and international conventions.

Christopher Tinley

Associate Professor, Paediatric Ophthalmology

Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Cape Town
South Africa

double fellowship-trained ophthalmologist, who was Head of Paediatric Ophthalmology at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town until 2021. This unit is a flagship for Paediatric Ophthalmology on the African continent.
He is attuned to the importance of clinical governance, ensures evidence-based departmental policy development, and maintains an international standard quality of care.
He has produced 25 peer-reviewed publications, with a Scopus h-index of 8.
He is president of the South African Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and as such advocates for the subspecialty on both national and international platforms.

Christopher-Liu

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon,

Sussex Eye Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton
UK

BN2 5BF (Appointed 1996).  Special interest in Cornea and Anterior Segment.

Honorary Clinical Professor, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton.

Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.  Honorary Visiting Senior Consultant, Aarhus University Eye Clinic, Denmark.  Honorary Clinical Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong.  Honorary Clinical Professor, Alexandria University, Egypt.

Undergraduate Ophthalmology Lead (till 2021), Corneal Donation Lead, Research Lead in Ophthalmology (till 2017), Clinical Director of the Head and Neck Directorate (till 2016), MAC Chair (till 2014), Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Honorary Treasurer and Trustee (2020 – 2025), Council Member (2013 – 2019), Royal College of Ophthalmologists.  CQC Specialist Adviser (2022 – ).  Past Honorary Secretary, United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.  Past President, British Society for Refractive Surgery.  Past President, Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association.  Past President, Southern Ophthalmological Society.  Past President, Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society (2020 and 2021).

Appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for Services to Ophthalmology (2018 New Year Honours List)

David A Sullivan

Chair, Board of Directors, TFOS

Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA

David A. Sullivan, MS, PhD, conducted research for 38 years at Harvard Medical School that focused on the interrelationships between sex, sex steroids and dry eye disease, as well as on the role of lubricin on the ocular surface. He has authored over 260 scientific articles and developed potential dry eye therapies. He is a Founder, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), a non-profit organization, which was created to advance the research, literacy, and educational aspects of the scientific field of the tear film and ocular surface throughout the world.

Diego Strianese

Director of Continuous Medical Education Department

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital – KKESH

Director of Continuous Medical Education Department
Head of the Orbital Unit
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital – KKESH
Professor of Ophthalmology (highest rank obtained in December 2019) – Italian professorship ranking

Dina Baddar

Consultant ophthalmologist of medical retina and uveitis.

MSc and PhD Cairo University
Egypt

She graduated from Cairo University where she earned her MSc and PhD.
After pursuing a mentorship opportunity at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA.
She has established the uveitis service in Watany Eye Hospital in Egypt.
She is also the firts female board member of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society

Essam Ruagh

 Consultant Ophthalmologist, Vitreoretinal & Cataract surgeon

Magrabi eye center
Qatar

MB BCh, ICO, FRCOphth
Lead clinician for Vitreoretinal service in Magrabi eye center Qatar
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Vitreoretinal & Cataract surgeon
Location: Doha/Qatar

Ester Carreño

Consultant ophthalmologist

Medicine and Surgery University of Valladolid
Spain

trained in Ophthalmology in the University Clinic Hospital of Valladolid, Spain.
I Completed a Master degree in Ocular Immunology by the University of Valladolid (University Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology – IOBA, Spain) and 2 Medical retina and Uveitis fellowships at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Bristol Eye Hospital.
I obtained a PhD by the University of Valladolid, Spain with the title “Inflammatory biomarkers in Uveitis”.
I worked as a Uveitis specialist at Bristol Eye Hospital.
Currently, I am at the University Hospital Fundación Jimenez Díaz.

Filomena Ribeiro

Head of ophthalmology Department

Hospital da Luz Lisboa
Portugal

Head of ophthalmology Department at Hospital da Luz Lisboa
Prof at University of Lisbon
ESCRS President Elect
JCRO Editor

Flavio Rezende

Associate Professor

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Montreal (UdeM)
Canada

I lead the surgical translational research team at the Centre Universitaire d’Ophtalmologie, Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital , Montreal, Canada.
Main focuses: Surgical management of complex vitreoretinal diseases, academic teaching, and surgical translational research.
-Vitreoretinal surgeon: I have been developing and improving complex surgical techniques to manage vitreoretinal diseases.
-Academics: Vitreoretinal Fellowship program director, UdeM (2013-2018).
-Researcher: Developed ambulatory surgical techniques to obtain vitreous biopsies, providing material for our lab that led to molecules in ongoing clinical trials.
Last 3 years, I have served as Clinical Director at CUO-HMR.

Fouad El Sayyad

Cornea, Refractive and Anterior Segment Consultant

Cairo University
Egypt

Dr. Fouad received his medical degree from Cairo University, after which he pursued a 3 year clinical research fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, in both Glaucoma and Cornea.
He then completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida; followed by a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2018.
His clinical and research interests include ocular imaging, keratoconus and infectious keratitis, and has over 20 international publications in the field of cornea and glaucoma.

Francesco Carones

Medical Director and Physician CEO

Advalia Vision, Milan
Italy

Associate Editor of the Journal of Refractive surgery.
MD is involved in refractive surgery since 1989, when he started pioneering the use of excimer laser.
He participated at several clinical trials, including the first human study on hyperopia correction using erodible masks.
He explored the application of mitomycin C after laser surgery.
Currently he is clinical investigator for major surgical companies.
As for cataract surgery, he was the first to implant a toric multifocal IOL.
He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Refractive surgery.

Hala Elhilali

Professor of Ophthalmology, Vice-President of Egyptian Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Cairo University
Egypt

International Strabismus Association Council member
Special Interest: Pediatric Cataract and Glaucoma, Pediatric and Adult Strabismus, Retinopathy of Prematurity

Hany Hamza

Professor of Eye Surgery at Faculty of Medicine

Cairo University
Egypt

Dr. Hamza specializes in the diagnosis and management of medical and surgical vitreoretinal diseases.
His practice focuses on all aspects of surgical retina but also includes treatment of intraocular tumors using ruthenium radioactive plaques as well as retinopathy of prematurity as well as ocular trauma.
He is currently Vice President and board member of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal society .

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 Sami Alrabia

Senior ophthalmology 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

Hossam Ziada

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Al-Azhar University
Egypt

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Head of Cornea & Refractive Unit
Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
President of Egypt-Chapter of ISMSICS
Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Surgeon
Awarded the The International Hero award ,, and 3 gold medal awards ,,

Jagannath Boramani

Director, Executive Chairman

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 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.

Jean Marie Giraud

Chief of Ophthalmology department

Val de Grace
France

I am in ophthalmology in Paris since 2000. Used to work and learn about glaucoma with Pr Renard in Hopital du Val de Grace and with Pr Baudouin in Hopital des Quinze-Vingts.
Since 2015, I became chief of Ophthalmology department in Val de Grace , later the department move in new Begin Hospital where I had opportunity to create au glaucoma center.

Jérôme Villanova

Director of research & development

Villanova Ocularists
France

I’m a computer science engineer and manage an r&d team entitled to improve the quality, design, production, aesthetics of ocular and facial prosthesis.

Jorge L Alio

Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Founder Vissum Miranza Alicante

Miguel Hernandez University and Vissum Miranza Alicante
Spain

Prof. Dr Jorge L Alio, Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology since 1986, Alicante University and Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain. Founder and Scientific Director of Vissum, Grupo Miranza. Author or editor of 99 books, 410 chapters, 710 articles in peer review indexed journals and 39 patents. Hirsch (h) factor 2022: 70 (Scopus). LXIII chair of the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis, member of the American Ophthalmological Society and member of the Board of the ESCRS.

Josepha Villanova

Ocularist

Villanova Ocularists
France

I have been an ocularist for 5 years in a family business that exists for 60 years, with several points of consultation in France

Khaled Ibrahim Ayesh

Consultant Ophthalmologist

Eye Specality hospital
Jordan

Dr Ayesh is a consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon a phaco and a corneal surgeon with special interest in keratoconus and Corneal cross linking.
He obtained his FRCS certificate from the Royal college of Surgeon of Glasgow in 2008.
He is the director of Dar Al hikma eye clinic and also working at the eye Specality hospital in Amman-Jordan

Konrad Schargel

Fellowship in Anterior segment, retina, and glaucoma hospital

universitario de San Juan de Alicante
Spain

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

Krishna Prasad Kudlu

Medical Director

Prasad Netralaya Super Speciality Eye Hospitals
India

Medical Director ,Prasad Netralaya Super Speciality Eye Hospitals group.
President Elect ,Karnataka Ophthalmic Society
Member Scientific Committee ,AIOS
Former Chairman For Vision Committee, Government Of Karnataka 6yrs.
Awarded the highest civilian award ‘Karnataka Rajyotsava Award’.
Awarded the “Nadoja” title by Hampi University
Invited faculty for many international and national conferences .
Involved in Refractive surgery & cataract surgery training .
Given many orations in National and state conferences

Liza Nael Alhajaj

Comprehensive ophthalmology specialist

Jordanian ministry of health
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Comprehensive ophthalmology specialist currently working in the Jordanian ministry of health with interest in medical retina

Mahmoud Soliman

Professor of Ophthalmology, President of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society

Cairo university
Egypt

President of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society
Co-founder of Dar Al Oyoun Eye Hospital
A leading institution in the field of Eyecare in Egypt

Mais Alkilany

Comprehenaive ophthalmologist

Clinical instructor
Jordan

Comprehenaive ophthalmologist and clinical instructor, with interest in complex anterior segment surgeries.Founder of Young Ophthalmologists of Jordan and General secretary of MEACO-Young Ophthalmologists

Michael Lee

Professor of Ophthalmology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
USA

Dr. Michael Lee completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University followed by medical school and ophthalmology residency at the University of Pennsylvania.
During his neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School, he received a Distinguished Teaching and Service Award.
On four different occasions, he has received the Best Teaching Faculty Award at the University of Minnesota.
He has served on the board of directors of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society and the editorial boards of 5 journals.
He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications, 17 book chapters, and recently published his first book.

Mohamed Tawfik

Vitreoretinal consultant

Memorial institute of ophthalmic research
Egypt

Vitreoretinal consultant at memorial institute of ophthalmic research , egypt

Mostafa Nabih

M.D is an Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, former Chairman of Ophthalmology Department

Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Egypt

Dr. Nabih completed his M.D. and his undergraduate studies at Cairo University. He is also a Vitreoretinal Research Fellow for University of Illinois and Louisiana State University USA. He is a board member of International Eye Hospital, Vice President at Afro-Asian Congress of Ophthalmology, and Former President of Egyptian Vitreo-retinal Society (EGVRS).Dr. Nabih’s special professional interests lie in the area of : Vitreoretinal surgery, Cataract surgery and Combined surgery. He participated in 200 + scientific meetings.

Naresh Joshi

Consultant oculoplastic surgeon practices

London, UK

He is a founder member, and ex-president of the British Ophthalmic Plastic Surgical Society (BOPSS). He heads the BOPSS and the RCOphth. aesthetics subcommittee. He is the UK representative on the ESOPRS executive

He has an interest in reconstructive ophthalmic plastic surgery in craniofacial anomalies. He is the co-founder of the Craniofacial Ophthalmic Plastic Service (COPS), at Chelsea and Westminster hospital, widely recognised for its holistic paediatric, and adult facial surgery.

Nawal Amar

Ophtalmologist, Occuloplastician

Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital
Paris, France

Since 2009 Consultant in oculoplastics, Department of Ophthalmology, Quinze-Vingts National Ophthalmology Hospital, Paris, France.

Oculoplastic surgery: traumathology, carcinology and plastic surgery (ptosis, eyelid retraction, entropion, ectropion, blepharoplasty, basedow eye disease).

Toxine botulic injection, feelers.

Private practice since 2009 Clinique Geoffroy saint hilaire.

Reconstructive eye surgery is my area of expertise.

Member of the oculoplastic French Society since 2007.
Expert Review for the Journal Français d’Ophtalmologie since 2006.
Member of the French Society of Ophthalmology.
Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

Nilutparna Das

Senior consultant

Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya
Assam, India

Dr. (Mrs.)Nilutparna Deori Das (MBBS, DO, DNB) is currently working as a Senior Consultant in the department of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology at Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Assam, India.

Oliver Findl

Professor of Ophthalmology and chairs the Department of Ophthalmology

Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.

He founded and heads the Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS).

Residency and an anterior segment surgery fellowship at the Medical University of Vienna, was followed as a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

He has authored over 350 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and is currently the president of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) as well as the treasurer of the Austrian Ophthalmological Society.

Pawan Puneet Malhotra

Vitreoretina and Cataract Consultant

SGHS Eye and Multispeciality Trust hospital
India

Dr Pawan Puneet Malhotra is a Vitreoretina and Cataract surgeon from India. He pursued Ophthalmology from ‘PGIMER, Chandigarh’ followed by Fellowship in Vitreoretina Surgery and consultant in SSNC,MP. Presently, working as Sr. Consultant in SGHS hospital in Chandigarh for 6 years. His areas of expertise is Complex cataract and Macular surgeries. He’s among the few surgeons who pioneered Autologous Retina grafts in North-India for which his work was recognized as best case series by NZOS in 2019. He has more than 20,000 cataract and 4500 Retina surgeries to his credit. He has been invited faculty to many national conferences.

Priyanka Boramani

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Specialist

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

Assistant professor of ophthalmology, Cataract and refractive surgeon

Cairo University
egypt

Cataract and refractive surgeon based in cairo
Intested in complicated cases and anyerior 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

Ravindra S. Meda

Chairman & Medical Director

Karthik Netralaya Institute of Ophthalmology private limited
India

An Eye surgeon trained at AIIMS, Sankara Netralaya and University of Rochester, with fellowships in Cataract, Cornea and VR. Has developed several surgical techniques & instruments, esp on Machineless Cataract surgery. He is the Chairman and Medical Director of Karthik Netralaya, Bangalore, and is passionate about teaching and sharing. Has conducted numerous Charity surgical eye camps in rural India.

Richard Packard

Consultant ophthalmologist

Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor England

Richard Packard was a consultant at the Prince Charles Eye Unit in Windsor England from 1982-2016.
He started using phacoemulsification in 1979 and in that year inserted the world’s first folded soft IOL during a rabbit study.
In 1990 he implanted the world’s very first Acrysof IOL.
He has lectured and operated in 61 countries on all aspects of cataract surgery and written many peer reviewed papers and book chapters.
He was Binkhorst Lecture at ESCRS in 2015, honoured guest of ASCRS in 2018, Choyce Medal Lecturer at UKISCRS in 2021 amongst many honours.

Sherif Embabi

MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology

Ain Shams University

Retina fellowship at Duke eye Center 1995-1996

Professor of Ophthalmology Ain Shams University

Vitreoretinal Consultant Watany Eye Hospital

primary interest in diabetic retinopathy , high myopia , ART and trauma Cairo , Egypt

Siham Lazreg

MD, Cornea and Ocular surface consultant

Algeria, France and North Africa

Sihem Lazreg is a pioneer in ocular surface , she is cornea and ocular surface consultant in Algeria , France and north Africa,
executive board member in the French society of ophthalmology and TFOS dews2 ambassador
she is author of many papers and books in ocular surface

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

Stefano Barabino

Professor of Ophthalmology

Italy

Stefano Barabino, M.D., Ph.D., is Head of the Ocular Surface & Dry Eye Center at the Sacco Hospital, Milan University, Italy. As specialist in dry eye, ocular surface diseases, and contactology, he has published more than 200 scientific articles in International scientific journals. He is an active member of several European and International professional societies, President of the Italian Society of Ocular Surface, board member of numerous scientific journals.
Dr. Barabino has been an active member of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) since its inception in 2000 and founding member of the European Dry Eye Society (EUDES).

Takayuki Akahoshi

M.D./Chairman Emeritus

Akihabara Cataract Clinic/Nihonbashi Cataract Clinic

Inventor of “Phaco Prechop” technique which realized the 1.8mm incision cataract surgery.

All required instruments were designed by himself.
At the age of 65, he routinely operates over 60 cataract cases/day, more than 9,000 /year.
He has traveled to 68 countries for live surgeries and lectures.
The 10th Kelman Award, in celebration of the 50 years’ anniversary of phaco surgery, was given to him in 2017 in Greece.
The award is given to the distinguished ophthalmologists, for their contribution to the field of cataract surgery in honor of the pioneer ophthalmologist Charles Kelman.

Tarek Shaarawy

Head of the Glaucoma unit, and the Glaucoma surgery research group

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.

Victoria Villanova

Professor of Ophthalmology

France

Vishali Gupta

Accomplished vitreo-retina and uvea expert

President of Uveitis Society
India

has delivered more than 980 invited lectures at various international and national meetings.
She has 318 publications in peer-reviewed pubmed indexed journals; has edited six books and contributed 72 book chapters in textbooks.
She is secretary of international uveitis study group, and member of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Club Jules Gonin and The Macula Society.
She is currently the president of Uveitis Society of India.
She has received several named awards and also holds a US patent for multiplex PCR.

Wael Soliman

PhD, Professor of ophthalmology

University of Assiut
Egypt

I have 40 international publications plus 4 book chapters.
I also finshed a PhD in ophthalmology at Copenhagen University ( Denmark).
I am serving now as an associated editor of acta ophthalmologica journal.
I am the editor in chief of Egyptian retina journal.
I received the Egyptian government encouragement prize in the medical field and the First degree Egyptian presidency excellence medal.
I am working now as the secretary General of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society (EGVRS).

Yazan Gammoh

Associate Professor of Optometry specializing in low vision and myopia management,

Ahliyya Amman University
Jordan

Dr. Yazan Gammoh is an Associate Professor of Optometry specializing in low vision and myopia management, and the chair of education committee at the World Council of Optometry.

Ziad Khoueir

Associate Director of the Glaucoma Department

Beirut Eye and ENT Specialist Hospital
Lebanon

He completed his glaucoma training by obtaining postdoctoral fellowships from the Glaucoma Institute in Paris and subsequently from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston.
He is currently the associate director of the Glaucoma division at BESH-Hospital and a visiting consultant at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in Dubai. He’s a research collaborator at the Mayo Clinic Ophthalmology department. He’s a clinical instructor and lecturer at the Saint-Joseph University 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.