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Education
Academics
Formal Training & degrees
  • 2005-2006

    Fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  • 2002-2006

    Double Fellowship in Cornea/External Diseases, & Refractive Surgery

    (LASIK/Laser & surgical vision correction),
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

  • 1999-2002

    Residency in Ophthalmology

    American University of Beirut Medical Center
    Beirut, Lebanon.

  • 1998-1999

    Surgical Internship

    American University of Beirut Medical Center

    Beirut, Lebanon

  • 1994-1998

    Medical Doctor Degree

    American University of Beirut Medical School(Dean's honor list 1994-1996, Alpha Omega Alpha 1998) 

    Beirut, Lebanon.

  • 1991-1994

    Bachelor Degree of Sciences in Biology with distinction

    American University of Beirut (Dean’s honor list 1991-1994)

  • 1988-1991

    French Baccalaureate in Sciences/Montpellier, France

    Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle, Beirut, Lebanon

  • 1988-1991

    Lebanese Baccalaureate in Sciences, Parts I and II

    Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle

  • 1998

    كولوكيوم الطبّ الشرعي

    إمتحان الحصول على إجازة ممارسة الطبّ العام

    نقابة أطباء لبنان

Clinical & Research Clerkships
  • April-May 2001

    Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services. Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland. Preceptor: Terrence O’Brien, M.D.

  • Nov-Dec 1998

    Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Preceptor: Dimitri T. Azar, M.D.

  • Jul-Aug 1997

    Vincent Memorial Gynecology Services. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts. Preceptor: Keith Isaacson, M.D.

  • Jun-Jul 1997

    General Surgery Service, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Preceptor: William Beauregard, M.D.

  • Feb-Mar 2000

    Cornea, External Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Schepens Eye Research Institute. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Preceptor: Dimitri T. Azar, M.D.

  • 2000-2015

    Founder, Editor-in-Chiefof Eyeweb.org (temporarily shut down for major restructuring). "http://www.eyeweb.org” was a non-profit website dedicated to ophthalmic knowledge. It targeted ophthalmologists, primary care physicians, medical students, as well as patients through dedicated sections that span an online atlas of ophthalmology, case presentations, patient information, journal watch, and an online manual for medical students. 

    The “online atlas of Ophthalmology” was the second database-searchable online ophthalmology atlas to exist online (June 2000), after New York Eye & Ear’s atlas.

  • 2005-2014

    Founder, Co-Editor, & Webmaster of Ocularpathology.com. "http://www.ocularpathology.com" was a fully searchable online ophthalmic pathology atlas. It targeted residents and practicing ophthalmologists.

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