Present: Medical Director Muscat Eye Laser Center

• 1999-2002 Ophthalmologist consultant -Chief Refractive Surgery, El Maghraby Eye & Ear Center Muscat Sultanate of Oman
• 1998- 1999 Ophthalmologist consultant and refractive Surgeon Aljabor Laser Technology Doha State of Qatar
• 1997-1998 Ophthalmologist Consultant and Refractive Surgeon Aruba Laser Vision Dutch Caribbean
• 1995-1998 Ophthalmologist Director Refractive Surgery Department Clinica de Oftalmologia de Cali Colombia
• 1990-1994 Ophthalmologist Cornea and Refractive Surgery Centro Oftalmologico Colombiano Dr Luis Ruiz. Bogota Colombia

• Conducting refractive surgery courses in Latin America since 1991
• Conducting courses on excimer laser surgery in Latin America, North America, Asia and Middle East since 1993 to present.

• Clinical Investigator Bausch&Lomb 1995 to 1999
• Clinical Investigator Nidek 1999 to ‏‏2002
• Actual: Clinical Investigator Schwind Eye -Tech Solutions

• Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
• Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS).
• Member of the Colombian Ophthalmologic Society (SCO).
• Member and International advisor of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS).
• Member of the American Research Visual and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
• Member of the Oman Medical Association (OMA) and member and Reviewer for Oman Ophthalmic Society (OOS).
• Reviewer for Journal of Refractive Surgery.
• Reviewer for Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences.
• Reviewer for International Journal of Ophthalmology.
• Member of editorial board, Ocular Surgery News, Latin American Edition

Refractive corneal surgery
Excimer laser surgery

• New Improvements in the Excimer Laser Technology for the Correction of Myopia Highlights of Ophthalmology Vol. 41, No. 5, 2013
• Screening for Subclinical Keratoconus Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2013
• ICR Implantation Plus LASEK and Accelerated CXL Refractive Surgery Feature Story, April 2013
• Hyperopia Treatments (Surgeons discuss their preferred approaches to treating hyperopia) Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today Europe January 2013
• Use of a Support Vector Machine for Keratoconus and Subclinical Keratoconus Detection by Topographic and Tomographic Data Ophthalmology November 2012
• Treatment Strategies and clinical outcomes of Aspheric Surgery for astigmatism using Schwind AMARIS Platform Advances in Ophthalmology 2012
• Validating an Aberration-Neutral ablation profile Journal of Emmetropia October to December 2011
• Three-month clinical outcomes with static and dynamic cyclotorsion correction using the SCHWIND AMARIS Cornea, September 2011
• Hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism correction with the SCHWIND ESIRIS Journal of Emmetropia July to September 2011
• Use of a six-dimensional eye tracker in corneal laser refractive surgery with SCHWIND AMARIS total tech laser. Journal of Refractive Surgery August 2011 Vol. 27 No. 8
• Six-month clinical outcomes of customized treatments minimized for depth and time in laser corneal refractive surgery Cornea August 2011
• Comparison of LASEK and LASIK With Thin and Ultrathin Flaps After Excimer Laser Ablation With the SCHWIND Aspheric Ablation Profile Journal of Refractive Surgery Jan 2011 Vol. 27 No.1 48 – 38
• Six-month clinical outcomes after hyperopic correction with the SCHWIND AMARIS Total-Tech Laser Journal of Optometry – 2010; 3 (4): 198 – 205
• Laser corneal refractive surgery in the twenty-first century: a review of the impact of refractive surgery on high-order aberrations (and vice versa) Journal of Modern Optics, Vol.57, No.12, July 2010
• Intrastromal Corneal Ring Segments and Femtosecond Laser Technology for Customized Keratoconus Treatment Highlights of Ophthalmology – Vol 38. No 3
• Keraring implantation Followed by Surface Ablation Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today – Europe March 2010
• LASIK for Myopia and Astigmatism Using the SCHWIND AMARIS Excimer Laser: An International Multicenter Trial Journal of Refractive Surgery Feb 2010 Vol 26 No. 2
• Decision Assistant Wizard to Standardize Optimal Outcomes in Excimer Laser Refractive Corneal Surgery Journal of Refractive Surgery – Published online Feb 2010 (will appear in the December 2010 issue)
• Bilateral Symmetry before and Six Months after Aberration –Free Correction with the SCHWIND AMARIS Total Tech Laser: Clinical Outcomes Journal of Optometry Jan-March 2010 doi: 10.3921.2010.20
• Six month clinical outcomes in LASIK for high myopia with aspheric <<aberration neutral>> ablations using the AMARIS laser system Journal of Emmetropia, 2010
• Clinical Outcomes of LASIK for Myopia Using the SCHWIND Platform With Ocular Wavefront Customized Ablation Journal of Refractive Surgery Dec 2009 Vol 25 No. 12
• LASIK for Myopia with Aspheric “Aberration Neutral” Ablations using the ESIRIS Laser System Journal of Refractive Surgery Nov 2009 Vol 26 No. 11
• Excimer laser correction of moderate to high astigmatism with a non-wavefront-guided aberration-free ablation profile: six-month results Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Oct 2009 Vol 35 No.10
• Central Ablation Depth and Postoperative Refraction in Excimer Laser Myopic Correction Measured With Ultrasound, Scheimpflug, and Optical Coherence Pachymetry Journal of Refractive Surgery August 2009 Vol 25 No 8
• Clinical outcomes of corneal wavefront customized ablation strategies with SCHWIND CAM in LASIK Treatments Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics Volume 29, Issue 5, July 7 2009. Pages 487-496
• Clinical Pearls for Success in Femto-LASIK Refractive Surgery CRST (Cataract & Refractive Surgery) Europe February 2009
• The Schwind AMARIS Total-Tech Laser as An All Rounder in Refractive Surgery Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 16, No.1 Jan – March 2009
• Collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light in keratoconus: One-year results Oman Journal of Ophthalmology Vol 2 No. 1 2009
• Clinical Outcomes of Corneal Vertex Versus Central Pupil References with Aberration-Free Ablation Strategies and LASIK IOVS (investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science) Volume 49 No.7 July2008
• Three-month Clinical Outcomes with Aberration-Free Ablations in LASEK Treatments using the AMARIS Laser System Highlights of Ophthalmology Volume 36 Number 4 2008 Series
• The SCHWIND Carriazo-Pendular Microkeratome Techniques in Ophthalmology, 2007
• Convex applanation of Microkeratome creates thin, precise, safe flaps Ocular Surgery News (Europe/Asia Pacific Edition) Feb.2007, Vol.18, No. 2.
• Thin-flap LASIK safe and predictable Ophthalmology Times Jan 1 2007
• Carriazo-Pendular Microkeratome creates thin, precise flaps Ocular Surgery News 2006 Vol. 24, No.20
• Corneal vs. Ocular Wavefront customized ablation clinical outcomes Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery (JCRS) 2006
• Corneal Vertex vs. Pupil centre reference on wavefront LASIK treatment Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery (JCRS) 2006
• Clinical outcomes with aspherical aberration free ablations in LASIK using Esiris Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS) 2006
• Wavefront Technology using the Schwind platform
  Ocular Surgery News, 2003
• Supervision, myth or reality Ocular Surgery News, 2002
• Nidek MK 2000 microkeratome clinical evaluation Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS), 2002
• Supervision: Dream or reality Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS), 2001
• Laser in situ Keratomileusis for hyperopia and hyperopic astigmatism Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS), 1999 Jul-Aug

• HYPEROPIC LASIK, Chapter Twenty Four LASIK – Surgical Techniques and Complications
• THE PLANOSCAN-LASIK TECHNIQUE, Chapter 16 LASIK
• Hyperopic LASIK with the Chiron Technolas Excimer Laser, Chapter 26 The Art of LASIK Second Edition
• Automated Lamellar Keratoplasty (ALK) and Laser in Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK), Chapter 9       Refractive Surgery – Current Techniques and Management

• Honorable mention for Poster in the Keratorefractive Category: “Cyclotorsion Registration Before Flap Cut and After Flap Lift”   – ASCRS, San Francisco, April 2013
• Excellence Award for Contributions and Achievements in the Health Care – Al Mara Excellence Awards 2012 (The Woman) Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
• Gold Medal Awarded for Contributions made to Ophthalmology and Refractive Surgery – EyeAdvance 2010, Mumbai, India, August 2010.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting, Boston, USA, April 2010.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting, Chicago, USA, April 2008.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, San Diego, USA, May 2004.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award, 2003.
• Nominated Candidate for ISRS Board of Director, (1996, 1997, 1998).
• International Advisor, International Society of Refractive Surgery.
• Bulletin Board Coordinator, International Society of Refractive Surgery, 1997.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, San Diego, USA. 1998.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Boston, USA, April 1997.
• Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Seattle, USA, May 1996.
• Best Paper of Session, International Meeting on Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Brazilian Society of Refractive Surgery, Bello Horizonte, Brazil, April 1996.
• Board Director ISRS, Candidate for LatinAmerica, 1997-2000.
• Board Director, Eye Bank, Bogotá Colombia.
• Best Paper, 1st International Cornea and Refractive Surgery Symposium, Rapid City, South Dakota USA. July 26, 1995.

May 2014

Oman Ophthalmic Society, Muscat, Oman

• Evaluation & Planning Workshop for Eye Health Care and Ophthalmic Services – Presentation: “Clinic Audit of Patients and Facilities at MELC”

April 2014

ASCRS, Boston, USA

• Presenation: SESSION 1-K: KERATOREFRACTIVE Surgical Techniques and Technology:“ Clinical Outcomes of Z-LASIK for Myopia and Ocular Wavefront Customized Ablations“
• The Keraring User Meeting: Presentation: “Our Approach to Keratoconus Management“
• SCHWIND Booth Presentation “SCHWIND AMARIS 1050RS + 7D”
• Poster Presentation: “Aberration-free LASIK with Excimer Laser”

December 2013

Oman Ophthalmic Society – The International Ophthalmology Conference, Muscat, Oman

• Presentation: Session 3: Refractive Surgery: “Laser Corneal Refractive Surgery: Where we are now & Where are we Going”

October 2013

ESCRS, Amsterdam

• Posters presentation: “Aberration-Free Laser in-situ Keratomileusis with the SCHWIND AMARIS 1050RS”
• Poster presentation: “Comparison of static cyclotorsion before flap cut, after flap cut and after flap lift on the same eye using the SCHWIND AMARIS”
• Schwind Booth Session “My first experience with SCHWIND AMARIS 1050RS”

May 2013

Evaluation & Planning Workshop for Eye Healthcare, Ministry of Health, Oman

• Presbyopic Laser Assisted Correction – Excimer Laser and Femtosecond Laser Inlays – Presenter

April

Kamra Users Meeting, US

• Case Presentation
• Driving Patient Awareness and Conversion – Panel Discussion: Marketing Lessons Learned – Panelist

ASCRS, San Francisco –

• Outcomes in Presbyopic Correction With Mixed Bi-Aspheric Multifocal and Micro-Monovision Approach – Presenter
• Poster Award “Cyclotorsion Registration Before Flap Cut and After Flap Lift” selected as the honorable mention poster in the Keratorefractive Category.
• Schwind Booth Session – Ocular Wavefront – Presenter

March 2013

6th Traditional VSY Key Opinion Leaders & Users Meeting, Dubai, UAE – ‘Developments in Refractive Surgery: Schwind Amaris & Presbymax” – Presenter

January 2013

Schwind Users Meeting, Telfs, Austria –

• PresbyMax Seminar – Moderator
• “LASIK / LASEK Xtra“ – Presenter
• Panelist

September 2012

XXX Congress of the ESCRS Milan, Italy

• SCHWIND MEETING: Experts for ExpertsEUROTIMES Satellite Education Programme Lunchtime Symposium “First Clinical Experience with SCHWIND SIRAMA”
• KERARING GLOBAL USER GROUP MEETING “Total Keratoconus Solution 2012”. “Update on predictive factors for successfuloutcome in keraring implantation”

April 2012

ASCRS Symposium and Congress – Chicago

• Panelist – Title: Keratorefractive Lasik Complications
• Paper Session – Title: Case Study with 1 Year Follow-up of Keratoconic patient with Corneal Grafting after Pachymetry-Assisted Laser Ablation

February 2012

World Ophthalmic Congress – Abu Dhabi

• Free Paper Session: Refractive Surgery – Title: Successful Predictive Factors in the Treatment of Keratoconus using Keraring
• Free Paper Session: Title: Rolling and Z Movements Measured with the 6D Eye-Tracker of the SCHWIND AMARIS Total-Tech Laser
• Free Paper Session: External Eye Disease, Cornea, Eye Banking. Title: Validation of The Efficacy of Transephithelial-cross-linking compared with Traditional-cross-linking Method
• Chairperson – Session: Free paper: Refractive surgery

Year 2011

November 2011

FEMTO LDV – Users Meeting

• Presentation Title: Lamellar Applications with the FEMTO LDV: Intracorneal Rings

October 2011

AAO – Orlando, Orange County Convention Center

• Presentation Title: Importance of 6D Eye Tracking Refractive Surgery

September 2011

ESCRS Congress – Vienna Austria

• Presentation Title: Ablation volume and postoperative refraction in excimer laser myopic correction measured with scheimpflug imaging
• Presentation Title: Rolling and Z movements measured with the 6D eye-tracker of the Schwind Amaris total-tech laser

May 2011

Schwind Users Meeting – Beijin, China

• Presentation Title: 4 years experience with Schwind Amaris
• Panelist

May 2011

2nd ISRS / Magrabi – Muscat, Oman

• Presentation Title: Excimer & Femto Refractive Surgery – where are we Going?

March 2011

ASCRS – San Diego, USA

• 1-A Supplementary – PANELIST
• Presentation Title: Myopic High Speed Excimer Laser Ablations in LASIK Surface Treatments: Six-Month Results
• Presentation Title: Ablation Volume and Postoperative Refraction in Excimer Laser Myopic Correction Measured with Scheimpflug Imaging

February 2011

3rd Al Hokama Scientific Meeting Innovations in Femtosecond Laser

• Presentation Title: Nanojoule Femtosecond Laser: Technical Specifications and Advantages
• Presentation Title: Different Applications of Femtosecond Laser

November 2010

Con Fluence – Refractive Meet 2010 – Banglore, India

• International Faculty
• Live surgery

October 2010

AAO – Chicago, USA

• Subspecialty Day – Refractive Surgery 2010
• Seeing is Believing: Vision 2010 Session IV: Excimer Laser Surgery:
  Where Are We Going?
  “The Future of the Schwind System”

September 2010

ESCRS – Paris, France

• Expert Meeting
• When do I choose for INTACS, when for Kerarings
• Ziemer Refractive Lunch Symposium
• FEMTO LDV and GALILEI: Excellent Clinical Practice for Keratoconus Treatment
• Schwind Lunch Symposium
• First experiences with the further developments of SCHWIND AMARIS
• Keraring Global User Group Annual Meeting
• Predictive Factors of Success in Keratoconus Treatment with Keraring
• Free Paper Session: Refractive Surgery New Techniques Session: 218- Nine-month experience in Ocular-Wavefront-guided customized with the SCHWIND AMARIS Total-Tech Laser 6D Eye-Tracker: Clinical Outcomes.

August 2010

EyeAdvance – Mumbai, India The VIIIth International Congress on Advances in Ophthalmology

• Stretching the Limits of Excimer Laser Surgery: Wavefront Myths and Reality
• Six-month Experience in Customized Advanced Cyclotorsion Correction (ACC)
• Bilateral Symmetry after Refractive Surgery
• Clinical Experience of using Intracorneal Rings with the Femto LDV

April 2010

ASCRS – Boston

• Ziemer Refractive Symposium: FEMTO LDV and GALILEI Title: Intracorneal Rings with the FEMTO LDV: Excellent Clinical Practice for Keratoconus Treatment
• Session: 4-G – ASCRS Paper Title: Six-Month Experience in Ocular Wavefront-Guided Customized LASIK with the Active Eye Tracker: Clinical Outcomes
• Panelist Position Session Title: 2-C Keratorefractive Wavefront

January 2010

12th SCHWIND User Meeting 2010

• Moderator: How to perform PALK Video of PALK Hands on possibility for SIRIUS and PALK-CAM
• Free paper session: Bilateral symmetry after refractive surgery
• Workshop: Complicated cases Three examples following the decision wizard
• Free paper session: LASIK: when, how, why? LASIK vs LASEK Six-month experience in customized Advanced Cyclotorsion Correction (ACC)
• Workshop: Treatment selection for AMARIS Stretching the limits of excimer laser surgery: Wavefront myths and reality

November 2009

SIGHT Conference – Dubai UAE

September 2009

ESCRS – Barcelona Spain

• Ziemer Satellite Symposium: Ziemer Refractive Symposium: FEMTO LDV and GALILEI in the State-of-the-Art Refractive Practice
• Three month experience in customised advanced cyclotorsion correction (ACC) with the SCHWIND AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
• Free Paper Session: Refractive lens exchange / Laser refractive surgery
• Three month experience in customized advanced cyclotorsion correction (ACC) with the SCHWIND AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
• Keraring Forum 2009 Keraring with eh LDV Femtosecond laser: surgical technique and clinical experience (6 months results)

July 2009

Satelite Symposium – Federov’s Readings, Moscow Russia Femtosecond Laser Femto LDV (Ziemer LDV) State-of-art and unique technology for refractive and corneal surgery

• Expierence of the intrastromal rings implantation using Femto LDV

May 2009

Fifth International Arab Ophthalmic Association Jointly with the Ninth Jordanian Ophtholmolgical Conference – Jordan

• New Technology in Refractive Surgery: Aberration – free Hyperopia thin flaps Wave front guided treatment myths and reality
• Recent Trends in Cross Linking in the Management of Ectatic Corneal Disorders
• Keratoconus Treatment with Intracorneal Rings Using Ziemer Femtosecond Laser
• Controversies in Refractive Surgery – Panel Discussion – PANELIST
• Procedures Choice in the Management of Difficult Refractive Cases LASIK – When, How, Why

April 2009

ASCRS – San Francisco

• 4-D KERATOREFRACTIVE LASIK Issues – Panelist
• Schwind “Meet the Expert” Booth
• 3-K: KERATOREFRACTIVE Iris Recognition, Astigmatism and Nomograms
• Three-Month Experience in Customized Advanced Cyclotorsion Correction with the Amaris Total-Tech Laser: Clinical Outcomes
• Ziemer FEMTO REFRACTIVE Symposium Intra-Corneal Ring Implantation for Keratoconus Treatment using the Ziemer

March 2009

MEACO Congress –Bahrain

• Surface & Sub-Bowman Ablation High astigmatism treatments with the Schwind AMARIS system
• Schwind Lunch Symposium – Leading Technology in Refractive
• Wavefront-guided corrections: Myths and Reality
• Frontiers in Refractive Surgery Schwind AMARIS Excimer Laser
• Advanced Ablation Profiles Advanced Cyclotorsion compensation with the Schwind AMARIS system

February 2009

ESCRS – Rome, Italy

• Stretching the Limits of Excimer Laser Surgery Wavefront: Myths and reality
• Keratoconus treatment with intracorneal rings using the Ziemer femtosecond laser LDV for tunnel cutting. First experience and preliminary results.
• Ziemer Refractive Lunch Symposium Intra-Corneal Ring Implantation for Keratoconus treatment using Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Surgical Laser. Clinical Results

September 2008

ESCRS – Berlin

• Comparison of LASEK and LASIK with thin flap and ultrathin flap after excimer ablation with “aberration free” aspheric ablation profile
• Six month experience high astigmatism correction with the Schwind AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
• SCHWIND Lunch Symposium Leading Technology in Refractive Surgery Results of high Myopia Treatments with the SCHWIND AMARIS
• SCHWIND – “Meet The Expert” Booth Representative for SCHWIND Eye Tech Solutions
• Ziemer Symposium on Femtolaser Surgery Lecture Program – Corneal Rings with the Femto LDV

April 2008

ASCRS –Chicago, USA

• Corneal Ectasia and Keratoconus Etiology, Classification, and Updated Treatment Techniques (Course)
  KERATOREFRACTIVE Enhancements (Panelist)
• Six month experience with the Schwind Amaris Total-Tech Laser:Clinical Outcomes in Multicenter Experience with LASIK Treatments (Discussion)
• Optimized Zernike Terms Selection in Customized Treatments for Laser Corneal Refractive Surgery: 3 months Experience with LASIK Treatments (Author)

February 2008

ESCRS –Barcelona, Spain

• 6 month Experience with the Schwind AMARIS Total-Tech Laser: Clinical Outcomes-Multicentric Experience with LASIK Treatments (Free Paper)

September 2007

ESCRS – Stockholm, Sweden

• Moderating the live surgery at Globen Clinic
• SCHWIND AMARIS – The Total Tech Laser Defining a New Excimer Laser Generation.
• Refractive Surgery New Techniques. Pachymetric evaluation of ablation profiles using 3 Different Techniques. (Co-Author)

April/May 2007

ASCRS –SAN DIEGO

• Advances In Diagnosis And Treatment of Keratoconus and Post-LASIK Ectasia”
• Contrast Sensitivity and HOA After Aberration-Free
• Custom Ablation Manager in LASIK and LASEK Treatments Course/Session #2-1
• AlphaCor Surgeon Certification Training
• Conservative Treatment of Keratoconus by Induced. (Co-Author)
• Riboflavin-UVA Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking course

February 2007

OMAN OPHTHALMIC SOCIETY –Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

• Modern Diagnosis and treatment of Keratoconus Cataract and Refractive Surgery Session
• LASIK, When? Why? And How? Cataract and Refractive Surgery Session
• Corneal Topography and Tomography Instruction Course on Cornea

September 2006

XXIV Congress of the ESCRS –London

• Free Paper Session Refractive Surgery New Techniques/Instruments.
• Corneal Wavefront Treatment vs. Ocular Wavefront Treatments in ORK-CAM: Clinical Results-Six-month experience in LASIK treatments.
• “The Future of Refractive Surgery” Symposium Topic: Cariazo Pendular: Multicenter Study
• Pupil centre vs. Corneal apex reference selection in ORK-CAM Aspheric Profiles: Clinical Results-Six-month experience in LASIK treatments

July 2006

International Convention Center, National Taiwan University Hospital –TAIPEI

• New Technologies Presbyopia correction

March 2006

ASCRS ASPA Symposium and Congress –San Francisco

• Pupil Center Versus Corneal Apex Reference Selection in ORK-CAM Aspheric Profiles: Clinical Results
  LASIK on Distorted and Abberated Corneas (Faculty) Modern Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment for Keratoconus and Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia

February 2006

World Ophthalmology Congress –Brazil

• Refractive Surgery – LASIK/LASEK How, When and Why?

September 2005

XXIII ESCRS Congress –Lisbon, Portuagal

• Refractive Surgery New Techniques/Instruments Clinical outcomes with the aspherical ORK-CAM (optimized refractive keratectomy – custom ablation manager) ablation six-month experience in LASIK treatments.

April 2005

ASCRS Washington

• Safety and Precision of LASIK using the Carriazo Pendular Microkeratome
• First Experience with the ORK CAM Software

April 2005

VIII Congress PAACO and the XII UAE Ophthalmic Conference –Dubai

May 2004

ASCRS ASOA Symposium and Congress –San Diego

• Optimized Refractive Keratectomy Using the Schwind Aberrometer and Esiris Excimer Laser for LASIK.
• Safe, Thin Flaps in LASIK Treatments Using the Carriazo Pendular Microkeratome.

September 2003

XXI Congress of the ESCRS –Munich

Attended

June 2002

International Symposium –Nuremberg

• Live Surgery – ORK (Optimized Refractive Keratectomy) Optimized refractive keratectomy (ORK) treatments with the Schwind ESIRIS excimer laser – first clinical experiences
• Custom LASIK, Part I: Fundamentals of Wavefront Analysis and Wavefront-Guided Ablation (Faculty)
• Custom LASIK, Part II: Clinical Comparison of Wavefront-Guided Ablation Systems (Faculty)

April 2001

PAACO & LOS Congress –Beirut, Lebanon

• ISRS GLORY Fast Track to LASIK – One Day Seminar & Wet Lab
• Preoperative Evaluation in LASIK (Tutor)
• LASIK ODDYSEY 1 – Symposium: Supervision – Dream or Reality (presenter)
• Customized Ablation OPD Scan using Nidek Data (presenter)
• REFRACTIVE ODDYSEY II – Symposium: LASIK with Nidek Microkeratome MK 2000 (presenter)
• Panel Discussion – Wave Front Custom Ablation Nidek (panelist)
• LASIK, Technique and Results Using the Nidek Platform (Free paper)

October 2000

AAO, 10th Annual Meeting, Dallas, USA

• Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome (Lab Course Instructor)

October 2000

ISRS –Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium

• Glory Certification (Sub-committee)

October 1999

ISRS – Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium –Orlando, Florida, USA

• International Council Member for Qatar
• Patient Selection and Preparation for Refractive Surgery – (Course Director/Presenter)
• Glory Didactic Course – Cutting Edge LASIK: How to, What’s New, Why You? (Course Moderator/Presenter)
• Cutting edge LASIK – How to LASIK! – Abstract (Presenting Author)

October 1999

AAO – PAAO – Annual Meeting and Congress –Orlando, Florida, USA

• Refractive Surgery, Free Paper – Treatment of Irregular Astigmatism by Customized LASIK Based on Corneal Topography (Co-Author)
• Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome ( Didactic Course Instructor)
• Subspecialty Day – Refractive Surgery – Reshaping the Future (Faculty)
• LASIK Complications and their management (Panelist)

November 1998

ISRS – 20th anniversary Pre-Academy Conference & Exhibition

• International Advisor Skills Transfer (Chair)
• Course – ISRS LASIK Didactic Course (Faculty)
• Course – The Business of Refractive Surgery (Faculty)
• Hyperopia/Presbyopia Management And Multifocal Technology (Moderator)
• LASIK for Presbyopia Treatment (Presenter)

November 1998

AAO Annual Meeting –New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

• Free Paper Comprehensive Ophthalmology – Topographically Guided LASIK to Treat Corneal Irregularities (Co-Author)
• Course – Management of Irregular Astigmatism following Excimer Laser Surgery of the Cornea (Associate Instructor)
• Course – Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome (Associate Instructor)

November 1998

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

• CONTINUING EYE EDUCATION PROGRAM
• Topoassist and LASIK on Astigmatism Correction
• Complications Management (Case Presentations and Solutions)

April 1998

ASCRS Symposium/ASOA Congress –San Diego, California, USA

• Refractive, Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (Panelist)
• Low-Contrast Acuity After Hyperopic-Astigmatic LASIK: Effect of Optical Zone Size (Presenter)
• Course – LASIK I Advanced Techniques in Myopic and Hyperopic LASIK, Results and International Trends (Faculty)
• Course – LASIK After the First 1000 (Faculty)

March 1998

The Asia Pacific Society of Cornea And Refractive Surgery – Inaugural Scientific Meeting, Singapore.

• Refractive Cornea Surgery Symposium II: Topography Assisted LASIK (Presenter)

October 1997

AAO Annual meeting –San Francisco, California

• Refractive Surgery, Lab Course – Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome (Instructor)

October 1997

ISRS-Pre AAO Conference & Exhibition –San Francisco California USA

• Skills Transfer (Chair)
• Bulletin Board (Subcommittee)
• Optical Aberrations & Topography in Refractive Surgery – Relation between Excimer Ablation corneal
• Topography and Visual Outcome (Presenter)
• ISRS LASIK DIDACTIC COURSE – “How to Lasik in the US” (Course Director)
• ISRS LASIK COURSE – (Course Director)
• ISRS LASIK COURSE – Excimer Laser Workshop (Course Director)
• Abstract – Contrast Sensitivity after Hyperopic-Astigmatic LASIK (Author/Presenter)

June 1997

ISRS, World Refractive Surgery Symposium – Orlando, Florida, USA

• Skills Transfer (Chair)
• LASIK RESULTS, Session (Moderator)
• ISRS LASIK COURSE (Faculty)
• LASIK: PRESENT AND FUTURE (Course Director)

May 1997

ISRS, OSN, AIF AND SIOR JOINT MEET: Symposium on Small Incision Cataract and Refractive surgery –Rome, Italy

• Faculty
• Abstract – PlanoScan-LASIK: Technique and Results

April 1997

ASCRS/ASOA Symposium & Congress – Boston, Massachusetts

• Refractive – Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, One-Year Follow Up of Myopic Correction Using LASIK/PlanoScan (Presenter)
• Refractive – Excimer Lasers, Excimer Lasers, Session – One-year Follow Up of Hyperopia Treatments (Presenter)
• Course – LASIK I: Advanced Technique, Results and International Trends (Faculty)
• Course – LASIK II: Complications, Management and New International Directions (Faculty)
• Course – Advanced LASIK (Faculty)
• Excimer Lasers, Session – Topographic-Assisted PRK (Presenter)

October 1996

AAO, Centennial Annual MEETING – Chicago, Illinois

• Refractive Surgery – LASIK Lab Course,

July 1996

ISRS Mid-Summer Symposium & Scientific Exhibition – Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

• Complications of PRK (Panelist)
• LASIK I, Session – Long-Term Follow Up of Single Versus Multizone LASIK (Presenter)
• Excimer PRK Techniques – LASIK on Astigmatic Correction (Presenter)
• Course, ALK/MLK/LASIK Workshop (Faculty)
• Course, ALK and LASIK Complications: Avoidance and Management (Faculty)
• Abstract – LASIK on Astigmatic Correction (Author/Presenter)

June 1996

ASCRS Symposium & ASOA Congress – Seattle, Washington, USA

• Refractive – PlanoScan Method in LASIK for Toric Myopia and Hyperopia (Presenter)
  Course – LASIK: Step by Step (Faculty)

April 1996

III International Congress on Cataract and Refractive Surgery/I Brazilian Congress on Ophthalmic Administration –Belo Horizonte, Brasil

• Excimer Laser – LASIK, Symposium – LASIK on Myopia and Hyperopia (PlanoScan) (Presenter)
• Astigmatism – Symposium – LASIK on Astigmatism (Negative and Positive Cylinder Correction) (Presenter)

October 1995

AAO Annual Meeting – Atlanta, Georgia, USA ISRS Pre-AAO Conference & Exhibition –Atlanta, Georgia, USA

• ALK/LASIK Session – LASIK:Single Zone Versus Multizone, Author/Presenter
• Abstract – LASIK:Single Zone Versus Multizone, Author/Presenter

July 1995

ISRS Mid-Summer Symposium and Exhibition –Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

• ALK/MLK/LASIK, Scientific Session – Excimer laser In Situ Keratomileusis For Myopia And Astigmatism: Clinical Results (One-Year Follow-Up)
• Abstract – Excimer Laser In Situ Keratomileusis For Myopia And Astigmatism: Clinical Results (One-Year Follow-Up)

April 1995

ASCRS/ASOA Symposium & Congress –San Diego, California, USA

• Course, Lamellar Refractive Surgery: LASIK (Faculty)