Ophthalmology

Scope of Service

• Cornea and external Eye disease: (Adult and pediatrics)
  • Routine and complex corneal diseases
  • Inflammatory and infectious corneal diseases
  • All kinds of routine and complex corneal surgeries – The state-of-the-art techniques are implemented at SKMC)
  • Corneal emergencies
  • Ocular surface burns and chemical injuries
  • Anterior segment reconstruction (Including ocular surface)
  • Congenital dysgenesis
  • All other corneal and external diseases
• Cataract Surgery: (Adult and pediatrics)
  • All routine and complex cataract surgeries and lens implantation (including multifocal and toric IOLs
• Medical retina and uveitis (Adult and pediatrics) and Vitreoretinal Surgery
  • Diabetic retinal oedema and diseases
  • Posterior retinal and choroidal inflammation
  • Diagnostics for genetic and acquired retinal dystrophies
  • Age related and myopic retinal disease
  • All other medical retinal diseases
• Vitreo retinal Surgeries
  • Routine and complex retinal surgeries, including emergency retinal detachments
  • Epiretinal peeling
  • Advanced Proliferative retinal detachment surgeries
  • All other different types of retinal surgeries
• Oculoplastics, Orbital, Lacrimal and eyelid Surgery (Adult and pediatrics)
  • Orbital and periocular tumours
  • Lacrimal drainage diseases and tumours
  • Routine and complex eyelid reconstruction Congenital, acquired and traumatic)
  • Lacrimal gland diseases
• Pediatrics and Starbismus
  • Routine and complex Strabismus surgeries – this includes adult squint surgeries
  • Pediatric glaucoma surgeries
  • Pediatric emergencies: ROP screening at Corniche Hospital 1 day per week (16-25 babies) / inpatient consultation for pediatric age group to rule our systemic ocular association)
• Ophthalmology residency program
  • Two residents per year (total of 12 residents)
  • Very well structured residency program with 6 gradutes
  • One of them is already a consultant
  • 5 awaiting their consultant license (within the next 5 years)