Elias F. Jarade
The Dubai Mall Medical Center, UAE
Biography
Dr. Elias is a graduate of Harvard Medical School with 2 certificates of fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery from the Eye Center and Eye Foundation for Research, and The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA and Head of the Cornea and Refractive Surgery department at Beirut Eye Specialist Hospital. Dr. Elias is heavily involved in the practice and research of cornea, cataract, refractive surgery and cornea transplant and has to his record more than 50 peer reviewed scientific papers, chapters and reviews. Also, presenter and invited faculty in the field of cornea and refractive surgery at international meetings. Dr. Elias has been serving as an editorial board member of the Journal of Refractive Surgery, Expert board member of the International Journal of Ophthalmology, Guest editor of the Journal of Ophthalmology (current concept in corneal collagen crosslinking), Lead Guest editor for a special issue of Bio Med Journal, International Advisory Board for the Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology and a County liaison and regional representative of “Tear fil and Ocular Surface Society “TFOS”.
His research interest includes: Refractive surgery, Corneal transplant, ocular surface disease, keratoconus, and retinal degenerative disease. Dr. Elias is leading a registered clinical trial for the treatment of Retinitis Pigmentosa, new treatment modalities of keratoectasia and new glaucoma filtering procedure.