DSFH hosted International Refractive Surgery Conference
Discussing the latest vision related topics, 11 international Ophthalmologists including renowned Kingdom specialists will attend the event due to be held at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital.
“Almost 70% of the world's population suffers from eye sight problems”, stated Dr. Mazen Fakeeh, Director General at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital. “The conference will tackle the most recent treatments of the refraction of the eye including farsightedness - nearsightedness - astigmatism and the recent developments in third generation lasers which has become one of the most common solutions in the world to correct eye-sights problems”.
Dr. Magdy Khalaf, consultant and head of Ophthalmology department at Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, said: “With technological advancements and due to their safety, these treatments are now widely used. The conference will address a number of scientific topics such as the decision tree in refractive surgery, third generation lasers, Presbyopia Correction, Customized Lasik, and the use of Lasik in children population.”
The event featured keynote speakers including Professor Ahmed Barada from Al-Azhar University, Professor Osama Ibrahim from Alexandria University, Professor Mahmoud Ismail from the University of Alicante,-Spain, and Professor Khaled Abdul Jalil, a fellow from University of Munich-Germany.
