Ophthalmology

The Department yearly publishes one hundred scientific and clinical research articles, issues 50 masters and 10 doctorate theses. Courses of ophthalmology for medical, dental and nursing students are offered as well within the faculty’s undergraduate programs. The Department holds scientific channels with several scientific bodies in USA, Europe and Africa, as well as many Arab countries. Department’s faculty staff members share widely in regional and international conferences. The Department also maintains scientific channels with all the ophthalmology departments in government and private universities in Egypt. It shares in local convoy outreaches deployed by the university, and cooperated with the Ministry of Exterior to send 4 staff members headed by the chairman of the Department to Bamaco in Mali and performed 250 surgeries in 4 days. The Department holds an annual scientific congress attended by thousands of regional and international ophthalmologists. In the past two years, it held two international conferences in ophthalmic plastic surgery and corneal surgery.