Project Description

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA:

1- name:  Saad Abdullah Waheeb.

2- addresses:

P.O. Box 83, Jeddah 21411 Saudi Arabia, Tel :0996-505616249 (mobile),

King Abdulaziz university hospital 0996-640-1000 ext. 11832.

E-mail : saadwaheeb@hotmail.com

Telephone: 02-6401000 ext. 18349 office KAUH.

-Current appointments:

  1. A) Head section of ophthalmology at king Feisal specialist hospital and research Centre, Jeddah (general organization) since 2003.
  2. B) Deputy program director university of Jeddah
  3. C) Associate. professor. of ophthalmology king Abdul-Aziz university,

College of medicine. (applied for early retirement as of June 2014)

D)Head section ophthalmology, international medical center, Jeddah march/ 2005- march/2009.

Qualifications:

  • Certified subspecialty fellowship in diseases and surgery of the vitreous and retina. June/00 to July/01 at the university of Toronto , Canada.
  • FRCS© fellow of the royal college of physician and surgeons of Canada, passed the exam in June /00, university of Toronto.
  • Four –year core residency program in ophthalmology at the university of Toronto, Canada June 1996 –July 2000.
  • 1 year as a demonstrator at ophthalmology Department king Abdul-Aziz university hospital Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Rotatory internship 1 year king Abdul-Aziz university hospital 1992-1993, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • MBBCH 1992-1993. Excellent with honor degree 1992 faculty of medicine, king Abdul-Aziz university, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

2001 University of Toronto fellowship certification in Vitreo-retinal surgery.

2000 Fellowship of the royal college physicians and surgeons of Canada.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate professor of ophthalmology, king Abdul-Aziz university, faculty of medicine.

Senior consultant king Abdul-Aziz university hospital.

Professional experience and committee appointments:

  1. Examiner at the Saudi commission for health specialties –Ophthalmology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  2. prof. of ophthalmology king Abdul-Aziz university hospital Jeddah 2001 till now.
  3. Ophthalmologist en-chief King Feisal specialist hospital and research center Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2003 till now.
  4. Ophthalmology head section (part-time) at the international medical center Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2005 till 2009.
  5. Member of the Saudi council of health specialties 2002-2005.
  6. University coordinator for the ophthalmology residency program in the western region, Saudi Arabia 2002-2005.
  7. Member of the accreditation committee at king Abdul-Aziz university hospital.
  8. Member of the OR committee at the King Abdul-Aziz university hospital 2003 till now.
  9. Saudi ophthalmology society.
  10. European ophthalmology society.

Publications and presentation:

  • Invited speaker at the 14th Kuwait international ophthalmology symposium, march22-26 2012.kuwait city. Surgical update on retina.
  • Incidence of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of Avastin in the clinic. presentation at the world ophthalmology congress (WOC) feb 16-19 ,2012 abudahbi, UAE.
  • Pre-operative intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) injection before diabetic vitrectomy journal of king abdulaziz university, medical sciences JKAU:med. Sci., vol.18 no.3,114 pages( 2011 A.D./1432 A.H) ISSN 1319-1004.
  • Retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care centre: incidence and risk factors, Jeddah, saudi Arabia. poster presentation. 11th euretina congress, may 26-29 2011, London, UK.
  • Invited speaker at the mediterinain retina meeting Istanbul july 2010.
  • Topical anesthesia for cataract patients Saudi ophthalmology meeting march 1 2010 oral presentation, accepted for publication at the oman journal of ophthalmology aug 2010.
  • Invited MEACO guest speaker at the international Oman ophthalmology conference march 15-18, 2010.
  • Saudi medical journal published 2009. Our traumatic cataract experience at king abdulaziz university hospital Saudi medical journal 2009; vol. 30 (9). waheeb s, ajlan r
  • Oman ophthalmology journal published in 2009.CNVM in a young girl. Waheeb s, shwil m. Idiopathic choroidal neovascular membrane in a young female
    Saad Abdullah Waheeb, Mahmood Jameel Showail
  • MEACO 26-30 march 2009, Bahrain oral presentation, Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology meeting
  1. Restore IOL our experience in king faisal specialist hospital –Jeddah Saudi Arabia. oral presentation.
  2. Preoperative bevacizumab (avastin) injection for complicated diabetic tractional retinal detachment and diabetic vitreous hemorrhage.oral presentation
  3. ROP our experience at king abdulaziz university hospital, Jeddah, poster.
  • Mediterranean retina meeting, Istanbul, turkey June 13-15,2008 oral presentation “outcome of ocular trauma in king Abdul-Aziz university hospital”.
  • Invited guest speaker at the 9th international ophthalmolog conference vitreoretinal update,Kuwait 20,21 oct. 2007 Kuwait city,  oral presentation international ophthalmology meeting

Update on 23G suturless vitrcomy

  • MEACO 2006 Dubai UAE oral presentation

23G suturless vitrectomy.

  • Ultrasound biomicroscopic analysis of drug induced bilateral angle-closure glaucoma associated with supracilliary choroidal effusion

Waheeb S, Feldman F, Velos P, Pavlin CJ.

Can j ophthalmol.2003 june;38:299-302

  • Tuberculous chorioretinitis

Waheb S, Alsaadi M, Quinn AG, Buncic JR

Can J Opthalmol.2001 oct;36(6):344-6.

  • Active participation with oral presentation at the 3rd and 4th annual pan-Canadian Saudi meeting in Toronto, June -1998, march -1999.
  • Decompression retinopathy following YAG- laser iridotomy waheeb s, birt c,Dixon w

Canadian journal of ophthalmology 2001;36:278-80

  • Rrtinopathy in chronic hepatitis C patients during interferon treatment with ribavirin. Waheeb s ,jain k, Lam l, heathcote j .

British journal of ophthalmology 2001 oct;85(10):1171-3

  • Tuberculous choreioretinities waheeb s ,buncic j Canadian journal of ophthalmology 2001.
  • Book chapter (acute retinal necrosis) E-medicine.
  • Invited guest speaker at the international ophthalmology conference update, Kuwait April 29,30 2019, Kuwait city, as a visiting professor.

Research and scientific activities and meetings:

  • Cairo retina meeting ,jan 2012 cairo, eygpt.
  • Chair the 2nd annual king Abdul-Aziz university ophthalmology department conference (update in ophthalmology trauma) may, 2009.
  • Co-chair to 1st king Abdul-Aziz university ophthalmology advances conference in ophthalmology ,Jeddah Westin hotel may 2008.
  • The first annual vitreo-retinal fellow meeting forum by the vitreous society , Chicago feb.2001.
  • American academy of ophthalmology meeting in Dallas Oct. 2000.
  • Ophthalmology ultrasound course ,university of Ottawa , the Ottawa hospital ,June 1999
  • 2000 BAMC ophthalmology review course ,Texas, san Antonio march 2000.
  • Contact lens society of America meeting ,Toronto Oct 1997.
  • Armed forces institute of pathology , ophthalmic pathology for ophthalmologist ,Washington D.C aug-1997
  • Ophthalmology laser course , university of Toronto , dept. of ophthalmology, Toronto august -1996.

Membership:

  1. Saudi council for health specialties, ophthalmology, No.: 2002-R-S-658-6548.
  2. Saudi ophthalmology society no.1370.
  3. Middle east African council of ophthalmology (MEACO).
  4. European vitro-retinal society (EVERS).
  5. Ophthalmology residency program of western region.

References:

  • Jeffry jay Hurwitz, MD., F.R.C.S.(C)

Ophthalmologist en-chief

Dept. of ophthalmology

University of Toronto, Canada

416-586-4800 ext.8385.

Fax:416-586-5915.

e-mail: jhurwitz@mtsiniai.on.ca.

  • Wai-Ching lam MD, F.R.C.S(C).

Postgraduate program director.

416-978-6294

Fax:416-978-4590

e-mail: waiching.lam@utoronto.ca