Guest Speakers
Remzi Avci, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Ophthalmology
Retina Eye Hospital
Bursa, Turkey
Turkey
Ernesto Bali, MD
Head of Department of Ophthalmology
Head of Vitreoretinal Division
Chirec Hospitals
Brussels, Belgium
Belgium
Ahmed Magdy Bedda, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Egypt
Francesco Boscia, MD
Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
University of Sassari
Bari, Italy
Italy
Marc de Smet, MD
Retina and Inflammation division
MicroInvasive Ocular Surgery Center (MIOS sa), Lausanne, Switzerland
Switzerland
Giampaolo Gini, MD
Consultant Vitreo Retinal Surgeon for the British NHS at University Hospitals Sussex
President of European Vitreo Retinal Society
UK
Felipe Dhawahir-Scala, MD
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Director of the Acute Ophthalmic Services
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
United Kingdom
UK
Ehab EL Rayes, MD PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Ophthalmology
Institute of Ophthalmology.
Vitreoretinal Consultant, The Retina Eye Center
Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
Giuseppe Fasolino, MD
Academic, Surgical clinical sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
UZB Physician, Ophthalmology - Eye surgery
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium
Sébastien Guigou, MD
MGM Rétinologues Associés
France
Stratos Gotzaridis, MD
My Retina Athens Eye Center
Athens, Greece
Greece
Hany Hamza, MD
Professor and Retina surgeon at Cairo University Egypt.
Chairman of Scientific Committee of Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society
Trained as a resident and fellow at Cairo University Hospital
Fellow at the Retina service at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins 1999
Clinical interests: Surgical retina as well as Intraocular tumors.
Chairman of Scientific Committee of Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society
Egypt
Ryo Kubota, MD, PhD
Representative Executive Officer, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Acucela Inc.
USA/Japan
Paolo Lanzetta, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Chairman
Department of Medicine - Ophthalmology
University of Udine
Scientific Director of the European Institute of Ocular Microsurgery (IEMO) in Udine, Italy
Italy
Ferenc Kuhn, MD
President
International Society of Ocular Trauma
Birmingham, Alabama
Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vice President for Clinical Research
Helen Keller Foundation
Birmingham, Alabama
USA
Yannick Le Mer, MD
Fondation Ophtalmologique
Medical school in Paris (Unversité René Descartes)
Residency and Fellowship in Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris
Assistant professor in Centre Hospitalier National d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris
France
Robert MacLaren, MD
Robert E MacLaren DPhil FRCS FRCOphth FACS FMedSci
Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford
UK
Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD, PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Associated Retinal Consultants
Royal Oak, Michigan
USA
Carlos Mateo, MD
Institute of Ocular Microsurgery, Barcelona, Spain
Associate professor of Ophtahlmology (Autonoma University of Barcelona)
Spain
Magdy Moussa, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology &vitreoretinal consultant, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Director of the medical retina unit and Chief of digital imaging and laser unit, Ophthalmology department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Egypt
Hasan Mortda, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology - Vitreoretinal Consultant, Cairo University
Egypt
Marco Mura, MD
​Professor
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ferrara, Italy
Chief of the Retina Division at the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA.
KSA / Italy
Athanasios Nikolakopoulos, MD
President
Mediterretina Society Club
Director
Thessaloniki Vitreoretinal School
Thessorasi Head Retina Surgeon
ESASO Faculty Member
ESASO Board Member
Thessaloniki, Greece
Greece
Kourous Rezaei, MD
Associate Professor
Director of Vitreoretinal Fellowship
Illinois Retina Associates, S.C.
Rush University Medical Center
USA
Christopher D. Riemann, MD
-Partner Physician, Eye Care Partners
-Volunteer Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Department of Ophthalmology
-Volunteer Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
-Director, Vitreoretinal Fellowship & Member, Clinical Governance Board,
Cincinnati Eye Institute
-Ophthalmology Section Leader, Bethesda North Hospital.
-Member, Board of Trustees,
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
USA
Khalid Sabti, MD, FRCS
MD, FRCSC CEO & Partner, Kuwait Specialized Eye Center, Kuwait City
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MBChB, University of Glasgow, UK.
Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada ( FRCSC )
Fellowship in Vitreous & Retina from McGill University, Canada
Kuwait
Ahmed Sallam, MD
Ph.D., FRCOphth
Professor of Uveitis and Retina at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, USA. He is the Resident Program Director for the Ophthalmology Department. Dr. Sallam authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and has special interest in big data studies and surgical bench marking.
USA
Sherif Sheta, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology – Vitreoretinal Consultant, Cairo University – Chairman of Dar El Oyoun Eye Hospitals & Centers Chairman of Dareloyoun eye hospitals & centers. Professor of Ophthalmology – Chief of retina service-Cairo University.
Egypt
Mahmoud Soliman, MD
Mahmoud M. Soliman, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
David Pelayes
Professor of Ophthalmology at the Maimónides University and also at the University of Buenos Aires
Director of post-graduate studies on vitreous and retina
Director of post-graduate studies in ocular oncology at the School of Medicine, at the University of Buenos Aires
Director of the specialization in Ophthalmology at Maimónides University
Argentina
Abdullah Qahtani, MD
MD, DES, DISSO&FEBO.
Head section of ophthalmology in KAMC.
Assistant professor surgical retina, Uveitis and Ocular Oncologist.
King Saud University for health science-Jeddah
Chair of retina in RED SEA Symposium
Saudi retina society representative in retina World Congress.
KSA