Today, the establishment of the Middle East Corneal Society was also announced, and the Executive Director of King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital, Dr. Abdulelah bin Abbad Al-Tuwairqi, was chosen as its president, in appreciation of the hospital’s global stature in the field of ophthalmology and surgery in the region, in addition to what it enjoys. It has distinguished medical and research cadres.
The founders of the Middle East Society, who are professors of ophthalmology and surgery in the world, aim to develop corneal medicine and surgery and communicate with similar societies in the United States of America, Asia, and Latin America, and merge them under one society.
Dr. Abdul-Ilah Al-Tuwairqi explained that the presidency of this association will contribute to raising the Kingdom''s position globally, and show its medical, educational and research progress in ophthalmology, indicating that this coincides with the start of the work of the stem cell laboratory, which was launched last Saturday in the hospital.
Dr. Al-Tuwairqi was nominated based on a vote by a number of ophthalmology professors, including: Dr. Jennifer Eliseef, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Center for Tissue Engineering at the Wilmer Institute at Johns Hopkins Medical University in the United States of America, Dr. Jose Gomez, Director of the Anterior Segment Department at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, and Dr. Fender Sanjuan, Director of the Center for Reconstruction of the Ocular Surface, Hyderabad, India, and Dr. Daniel Socorsti, Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
