Roles

Associate Professor

Employment:

                   Ophthalmology department - Iben- Sina Teaching Hospital

                                      Sirte University - Libya                                                             

September 2000 to July 2003:

                 Manchester Royal Infirmary Eye Hospital. UK                                     

September 2003 to November 2006:

            Medical and surgical Fellowship (Hands on training)  in the 

            vitreoretinal department at the Kasr Al Aini hospital of the

            Cairo University – Egypt  

           Under supervision of the consultant professor Mahmoud M Soliman  

1 November 2006 to 31 Januuary 2007:

          Clinical fellowship in the vitreoretinal diseases and hands on training at

          Dar Elyoun Eye Hospital under the supervision of the consultant

          professor Sherif Sheta. Cairo - Egypt

1 Febrauary 2006 to 31 April 2007:

          Clinical fellowship in the Phacoemulsification and Lasik procedures

          (hands on training ) at Dar Elyoun Eye Hospital under the supervision of  

          the consultant professor Mohamed Hosney . Cairo _ Egypt

1 May 2007 to 31 July 2007:

          Clinical fellow ship in the vitreoretinal department under

          supervision of the consultant Dr. Amer Nayel

              Magrabi Eye Hospital.    Cairo - Egypt

November 2007 up to present:

        Consultant ophthalmologist at Tripoli Eye Teaching Hospital, and 

        Assistant Professor at the Tripoli Medical University - Libya

Conferences :

·       At  the moment  I am participating in study on Prophylaxis of  Postoperative Endopthalmitis Following  Cataract Surgery

·       Attendance and participation in the Arabic African Vitreoretinal Society. Cairo Egypt. 2-4 January  2014

·       Attendance the Libyan Glaucoma Society

Tripoli  Libya. 31 May to 1st Jun 2013

·       Attendance and participation in the Egyptian vitreoretinal socity annually meeting.  9 -11 January 2013. Cairo - Egypt

·       Attendance and participation in the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Socity Teaching School. 24-27 September  2012. Cairo  Egypt

·       Clinical Vitreoretinal fellowship at Magrabi Hospital Cairo

29 Nov 2011 up to 31 January 2012

·       Attendance of the annually meeting of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society 10- 11 January 2012 

·       Incidence of post cataract endopthalmitis at Tripoli Eye Hospital in  the period between 2007-2008 and  the current approach.

The libyan – Spanish Meeting for eye surgery.

      Bengahzi-Libya   5-6 Dec. 2009

·       Pars plana vitrectomy versus combined PPV-scleral buckling procedures for primary rhegmatougeous psedophakic retinal detachment.    International Opthalmology Conference. 

       Berlin 11- 17 July 2010.

·       Management of optic nerve pit. The libyan Opthalmic Society

       17 th Annual meeting.  28-29/5/ 2009  Triploi-Libya

·       Effect of 360 degree prophylactic argon laser for vitrectomized

 eyes before silicone oil removal.

       18 th Annual meeting.  27-28/5/ 2010    Triploi-Libya

·       Case report: leber congenital amaurosis.  Oct  2007

              The Libyan Medical journal

·       African l joint meeting.    Cairo  –   22-26 Nov - 2006     

·       Attendance of European Society of Ophthalmology and Egyptian Ophthalmology Society. Cairo – Egypt      12-14 March 2008

·       Attendance of  European Society of retinal specialists 

Vienna – Austria           22-25 May    2008

·       Attendance of  European Society of retinal specialists 

 Nice – France               14-17 May    2009

·       International Ophthalmology Conference.  Berlin 11- 17 July 2010.

·       Annual Meeting of  Egyptian Ophthalmic Society    2003 – 2010

·       Annual Meeting of  Libyan Ophthalmic Society       2007 – 2010

·       Attending Vitreoretinal Egyptian School First Meeting Jun 2012

·       Attending the Whole  Egyptian VR Society Meeting till 2019

·       Attending 11 RIO Meeting  Cairo.     2016 .. 21-23 Jun

·       Speaker at the 18 the world conference on Optometry, photo refractive keratectomy Sep. 24-25 .. 2018. Dallas USA

·       Speaker at the Qabas Ophthalmic Symposium 1. April.  2018

·       Attending 13 RIO Meeting  Cairo. 23-25 Jun 2019

·       Speaker at the 4th Qassimi Ophthalmic International Conference UAE.  7 -9 March 2019

·       Speaker at the Tunisian Ophthalmic Society April 10–12.  2019

·       Speaker at the MEACO Jordanian Conference.  Sep 5-8 .2019

·       Speaker at the 53 meeting of the Turkish ophthalmic society

    6-10    November 2019

·       Speaker at the Qabase conference 1 July 2021

·       Speaker at the Tripoli international ophthalmic conference. 1-3 November 2021

·       Speaker at URSAPHARM Ophthalmic Symposium. 25 May 2022

·       Speaker at the Rassen Medical Conference. 1 -2 November 2022

·       Speaker at Cairo Retina Meeting 18-2 January 2023

·       Speaker at 2ed Thyroid Disease Symposium. Tripoli 13th May 2023

·       Speaker at 1st Vitreoretinal society meeting TVRS. Tunisia 26 -27 May 2023

·       Speaker at the Libyan Society 15-17 June 2023

·       Attendance of 41 ESCRS Vienna 8-12 September 2023

·       Attendance of 23 Euretina Amsterdam 5-8 October 2023

·       Speaker at Floretina icoor Congress 2023  Rome 2-3 December

·       Spaeker at 17 MEACO-MICO Congress. Muscat Oman 29-1 December 2023

·       Guest Speaker at 2ed Tunisian Vitreoretinal Society meeting. 30jun – 1 July 2024

·       Guest speaker at the world ophthalmology society 28-30 August 2024.

Careers

o   Associate Professor of Ophthalmology.  Tripoli Medical University – Libya

o   Senior Vitreoretinal Consultant Surgeon.  Tripoli Eye Teaching Hospital- Libya

o   Master’s degree Organiser and Head of the Ophthalmology Department of the Libyan Academy

o   Head of the Libya Branch of the African Vitreoretinal Society

o   Vitreoretinal Consultant and shareholder in Arrasen Ophthalmic Centre.

o   Founder of Alruwad Ophthalmic Hospital

o   Member of the European Society of Retina Specialists

o   Member of the European Society of Cornea and refractive Surgery 

Research Interests

1)     Orbital venous-lymphatic malformation: Role of imaging.

Oman J Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep-Dec; 2(3): 141–142.

2)     Spontaneous closure of Traumatic macular hole, case report

Tripoltana  Medical  Journal 2017. Vol 6. No 2.pp.  66-67

3)     Surgical outcome of 23G PPV for Diabetic retinal detachment patients in Tripoli. Al Jameai Cademic Journal. Tripoli University -Spring  2018.

4)     Vitrectomy in the management of posterior segment intraocular foreign bodies. EC Opthalmology. 11 november . 2019. Vol 10. pp. 89- 91

5)     Prophylaxis of Postoperative Acute Endopthalmitis Following Cataract Surgery. Open Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020, 10, 28-32

https://www.scirp.org/journal/ojoph/

6)     Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis. Global Retinoblastoma Study Group.  https://jamanetwork.com/ by a Tel-Aviv University on 02/27/2020

JAMA Oncology  Published on line February 27,2020

7)     Travel burden and clinical presentation of retinoblastoma:  analysis of 1024 patients from 43 African counties and 518 patients from 40 European countries.  Bjophthalmol-2020 – 316613 (2)

8)     Surgical Outcomes of 23Guage  Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Retinal Detachment Patients in Tripoli. International Journal of Advance. Int.  J. Adv. Res. 8(11), 683-693. November  2020

9)     Vitrectomy Versus Combined Vitrectomy-Scleral Buckling for the Treatment of  Pseudophakic and Aphakic Retinal Detachment. World Journal of Ophthalmology & Vision Research. 3(4): 2021. WJOVR. MS.ID.000569. DOI: 10.33552/WJOVR.2021.03.000569 

10) Management of Intraocular Foreign Bodies of Posterior Segment. World journal of Ophthalmology, Vision Research. 4 (3) 2022. WJOVR.MS.ID.000579. DOI

11) The effect of AntiVEGF Treatment on retinopathy of prematurity of Libyan patients.4 (2) 2022 . WJOVR.MS.ID.000582. DOI 10.33552

12) The Global Retinoblastoma Outcome Study: a prospective, cluster-based analysis of 4064 patients from 149 countries. Lancet Glob Health 2022;

      10: e1128–40

13) Spontaneous Resolution of Traumatic Cataract in Cerebral Palsy Libyan Patient (Case Repot). Derna University Journal Medical Science Volume 2, Issue 1 : 147-152, 2023

14)  IOP Change and Persistent IOP Elevation One Year following Pars Plana Vitrectomy. International journal of medical science and health research.  Vol.7, No. 05:2023

External Activities

Surgical Experience:  

·       Phacoemulsification since 2002

·       Pars Plana Vitrectomy since 2003

·       Conventional Scleral Buckling since 2003

·       Retinal Laser Procedures since 1999

·       Squint surgery since 1997

·       Trabeculectomy since 1997

·       Lasik since 2005