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:
- A) Head section of ophthalmology at king Feisal specialist hospital and research Centre, Jeddah (general organization) since 2003.
- B) Deputy program director university of Jeddah
- 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:
- Examiner at the Saudi commission for health specialties –Ophthalmology Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- prof. of ophthalmology king Abdul-Aziz university hospital Jeddah 2001 till now.
- Ophthalmologist en-chief King Feisal specialist hospital and research center Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2003 till now.
- Ophthalmology head section (part-time) at the international medical center Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2005 till 2009.
- Member of the Saudi council of health specialties 2002-2005.
- University coordinator for the ophthalmology residency program in the western region, Saudi Arabia 2002-2005.
- Member of the accreditation committee at king Abdul-Aziz university hospital.
- Member of the OR committee at the King Abdul-Aziz university hospital 2003 till now.
- Saudi ophthalmology society.
- 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
- Restore IOL our experience in king faisal specialist hospital –Jeddah Saudi Arabia. oral presentation.
- Preoperative bevacizumab (avastin) injection for complicated diabetic tractional retinal detachment and diabetic vitreous hemorrhage.oral presentation
- 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:
- Saudi council for health specialties, ophthalmology, No.: 2002-R-S-658-6548.
- Saudi ophthalmology society no.1370.
- Middle east African council of ophthalmology (MEACO).
- European vitro-retinal society (EVERS).
- 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