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Fields of Interest: Corneal Diseases and Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery.
Curriculum Vitae
Summery:
I have been graduated in the Faculty of Medicine Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt in 1990, completed my basic Medical and Surgical Training as an Internship Physician in Al-Azhar University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt (1990 – 1991),and got Master degree in Ophthalmology (1994).
Having finished my basic specialist training in Ophthalmology from 1991 – 1994, I worked as an Assistant Lecturer of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospitals of Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; from November1994 till April 2000.
I have been working as an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow of Ophthalmology (from 2001 to 2003) at the Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. while studying towards PhD. degree in Ophthalmology.
I have been awarded PhD degree in Ophthalmology from the Univesity of Nottingham on the 10th of June 2004.
Currently I am working as a Lecturer of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospitals of Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Education:
PhD degree in Ophthalmology: June 2004, University of Nottingham,UK.
FRCOphth.: November 2002, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK.
Basic Science Assessment in Ophthalmology: May 2001, International Council of Ophthalmology,
UK.
Master of Ophthalmology: June 1994, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
MBBCh: Feb. 1990, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo,
Egypt.
Honours& Prizes:
Ø Best outgoing student; Faculty of medicine, Al-Azhar University (1990).
Ø Excellent practice for less than 15 years experience; from the Egyptian Medical Council (1991).
Ø Excellent practice for less than 15 years experience; from the Egyptian Medical Council (2000).
Memberships:
Ø Egyptian Society of Ophthalmology since 1992.
Ø Europian Society of Cataract and Refracive Surgery since 2001.
Ø American Academy of Ophthalmology since 2003.
Important publications
Browning AC, Shah S, Dua HS, Maharajan SV, Gray T, Bragheeth MA Alcohol debridement of the corneal epithelium in PRK and LASEK: an electron microscopic study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003 Feb;44(2):510-3. Abstract
Bragheeth MA, Dua HS Corneal sensation after myopic and hyperopic LASIK: clinical and confocal microscopic study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005 May;89(5):580-5. Abstract
Bragheeth MA, Dua HS Effect of refractive and topographic astigmatic axis on LASIK correction of myopic astigmatism. J Refract Surg. 2005 May-Jun;21(3):269-75. Abstract
Bragheeth MA, Fares U, Dua HS Re-treatment after laser in situ keratomileusis for correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;92(11):1506-10. Epub 2008 Aug 29. Abstract