YOGA Founders
Ahmed Bardan
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.
Mazen M Sinjab
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Consultant Cornea, Anterior Segment, and Refractive Surgery
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, DHCC, Dubai
Founder and President of Sinjab Academic Consultancy FZE, UAE
Chief Co-Founder and General Secretary of the International Keratoconus Society
President of the MEACO Cataract and Refractive Surgery Society (MEACRS)
Board examiner Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh FRCSEd
Board examiner Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London FRCOphth
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Shady Suffo
MD, FEBO
Somar Hasan
Associate Professor, MD, FEBO
Abdallah Ellabban
MD, FRCS, PhD
Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Hull, UK
Mustafa Hammad
MB, BCh, BAO
ST1 Ophthalmology, UK
Stella Hristova
MD, MMSC
Ophthalmology Trainee, UK
Mohamed Ashraf Elmasry
MSc, PhD, FRCOphth
Instructor of Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School, USA
Omar AbuQamar
MD, MMSc
Surgical retina fellow Boston, USA
Ahmed Shalaby Bardan
MSc PhD FRCOphth CertLRS
Consultant Ophthalmologist Leeds Teaching Hospitals, UK
