Formal Training & degrees
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2005-2006
Fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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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
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1994-1998
Medical Doctor Degree
American University of Beirut Medical School(Dean's honor list 1994-1996, Alpha Omega Alpha 1998)
Beirut, Lebanon.
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1991-1994
Bachelor Degree of Sciences in Biology with distinction
American University of Beirut (Dean’s honor list 1991-1994)
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1988-1991
French Baccalaureate in Sciences/Montpellier, France
Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle, Beirut, Lebanon
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1988-1991
Lebanese Baccalaureate in Sciences, Parts I and II
Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle
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1998
كولوكيوم الطبّ الشرعي
إمتحان الحصول على إجازة ممارسة الطبّ العام
نقابة أطباء لبنان
Clinical & Research Clerkships
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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.
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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.
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Jul-Aug 1997
Vincent Memorial Gynecology Services. Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Boston, Massachusetts. Preceptor: Keith Isaacson, M.D.
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Jun-Jul 1997
General Surgery Service, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan. Preceptor: William Beauregard, M.D.
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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.
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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.
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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.
WHAT PATIENTS ARE SAYING
Top-notch professionalism and wonderful patient care from the day I was examined, to the procedure, and throughout the postoperative follow-up
Maya B. Beirut, Lebanon
Thank you for a wonderful far and near vision that was beyond what I had expected
Zahra' K. Beirut
I appreciate the meticulous planning and the time put in every step before, during, and after my procedure
Elie T. Beirut, Lebanon
