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After completing his Ophthalmology residency at Alexandria University in Egypt, Ahmed joined Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton, UK, for a fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment diseases.
He was appointed Consultant Ophthalmologist at St. James University Hospital, Leeds, and Honorary Lecturer of Ophthalmology at Leeds University in May 2021. He is an experienced laser and lens refractive surgeon and received CertLRS from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in October 2021.

He earned his PhD in Ophthalmology from Alexandria University in September 2020 and his MSc in Ophthalmology in January 2016, focusing on wavefront-customised refractive correction for complex eyes.
He obtained Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth, 2017) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd, 2016).

Ahmed has published more than 25 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, including three book chapters and a textbook on cataract surgery.

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, which consists of about 30% of his total annual volume of cataract surgery. He started to

implant presbyopia-correcting IOLs since 2002 and has substantial experience in various designs of multifocal, new trifocal, and extended depth of focus IOLs. He has a particular interest in complicated cataract surgery with intra-scleral haptic

fixation (ISHF), together with iris repair and different techniques of pupilloplasty.

He is a Consultant in Cornea, External Eye Disease, and Cataract at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton, and a world-leading expert in osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP). He also serves as an Honorary Clinical Professor and Undergraduate Ophthalmology Lead at Brighton and Sussex University.

He is Past President of the Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association, the British Society of Refractive Surgery, and the Southern Ophthalmological Society. He is the current Honorary Treasurer of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and President of the Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society. He previously served as Honorary Secretary of UKISCRS and as a Council Member and Trustee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

He has held honorary clinical and academic positions in Japan (Kindai University, Osaka), Hong Kong (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Singapore, India, and Alexandria University in Egypt.

A multi-award winner, he was appointed OBE in 2018 for services to ophthalmology.

Consultant ophthalmologist (Anterior segment); cataract, glaucoma, cornea,
and external eye diseases; and Reconstructive surgery.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Al-Azhar University
Head of Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit at Al-Azhar University hospitals
President of Egypt-chapter of the International Society of Manual Small
Incision Cataract Surgeons (SMSICS)
CEO & owner of Ziada eye center (medical, surgical & diagnostic center of
the anterior segment subspecialties)

Dr. Hosny, PhD, FRCS (Ed), is a Professor of Ophthalmology at Cairo University and a leading refractive and anterior segment consultant at Dar El Oyoun Specialized Eye Hospitals in Egypt.
After completing his ophthalmology residency in 1997, he served as a fellow in refractive and anterior segment surgery at the University of Alicante, Spain, conducting doctoral research under Professor Jorge Alio. He later worked as a Registrar of Ophthalmology at Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh.
He earned a Master?s degree from Cairo University in 1996, the FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1998, and his Doctorate in 1999.
Dr. Hosny has numerous international publications, including contributions to David Ben Ezra?s book Ocular Inflammation. He has been a frequent presenter at ASCRS and ESCRS for over a decade and has served as panelist and co-chair at ASCRS annual meetings.

Prof. Dr. Tarek El-Naggar, MD, FRCS, is Head of the Refractive Surgery Unit and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology in the Cornea and Refractive Surgery Department at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), Giza, Egypt. He is also a Consultant in Cataract, Cornea, and Refractive Surgery at the International Eye Hospital in Cairo.

His clinical and research work focuses on refractive surgery outcomes and complication management, keratoconus treatment, corneal biomechanics, and corneal tomography. He published the first worldwide case report of ectasia after a Femtosmile procedure in JCRS, and received the Best Paper in Session Award at ASCRS 2013 in San Francisco, CA.
Dr. El-Naggar serves as a reviewer for several ophthalmology journals, including JCRS and IJO.

PhD in Optometry & Vision Science
MSc in Optometry from the University of Bradford, UK Professor of Optometry and the chairman of optometry department
at Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan
Senior optometrist at Arab East Medical Supply
Consultant for Lions Clubs Jordan for eye health care school eye health
programs
Fellow of IACLE and IACLE Educator of the Year 2017 for Europe, Africa and
Middle East
A Peter Ackland award winner of the year 2020 and Dubai Conferences
Ambassador of the year 2020