Welcome Letter

On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to welcome you to the Cairo Retina Meeting (CRM 2025) on January 15-17, 2025 held in Hilton Grand Nile Tower Hotel . In this edition, the CRM hosts national, regional, and international world experts in the field of vitreoretinal diseases and surgery to share top-notch experience and skills and the latest updates in our field. In addition, the CRM 2025 program features 2 days of live surgery during Retina live 2025 , during which the attendees will have at their fingertips a live broadcast of carefully selected surgical techniques performed by the world’s renowned vitreoretinal surgeons. Once again, the CRM presents instruction courses, round-table discussions for surgical techniques, retinal diagnostics, and the latest in industry products. In CRM 2025, attendees will have the opportunity to compete for the award-winning Best-Case Presentation and Best Video. We look forward to welcoming you to the Cairo Retina Meeting 2025 and enjoying the scientific program and social events.

 

 

Founder of the CRM

Ehab El Rayes, MD, PhD, FASRS

Scientific Committee 

Alaa Fathy, MD  

Kourous Rezaei, MD

Stanislao Rizzo, MD

Omar Mohamed Ali, MD

Mahmoud Leila ,MD

 

 

Cairo Retina Meeting

15 -17 January 2025

Hilton Grand Nile Tower Hotel

Cairo, Egypt

 

 

 

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Preliminary Program

Faculty as of October 2024

Stratos Gotzaridis,MD Greece

My Retina Athens Eye Center, Athens

Stanislao Rizzo , MD Italy

Fondazione Policlinico A Gemelli, IRCCS Catholic University, Rome

Francesco Faraldi, MD Italy

Ophthalmology Department, AO Ordine Mauriziano, Turin

Remzi Avci , MD Turkey

Retina Eye Hospital, Bursa

Peter Stalmans , MD Belgium

Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals (UZ Leuven)

Kourous Rezaei , MD USA

Rush University, Chicago, Illinois Retina Associates, Chicago

Makoto Inoue , MD Japan

Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo

Siegfried Priglinger,MD Germany

Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich

Ernesto Bali, MD, Belgium

Ophthalmology Department, Delta Hospital, Brussels

Peter Szurman,MD Germany

Sulzbach Eye Clinic, Sulzbach

 

Christopher Riemann,MD USA

Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio

Yusuke Oshima,MD, Japan

Seiyukai Medical Corporation, Osaka ,Oshima Eye Clinic Group

Kazuaki Kadonosono,MD Japan

Department of Ophthalmology & Microtechnology, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine

 

Wai-Ching-Lam , MD Canada
Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia, Head and Medical Director of Vancouver General Hospital, and UBC Hospital
– “Management of retinal arterial occlusion: Shattered that Obstruction!”
Mario Romano , MD Italy

Ophthalmology Department, Hunimed University, Rozzano, Milan

 

Carlos Mateo,MD Spain

Vitreoretinal Consultant, Institute of Micro-ocular Surgery (Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular – IMO), Barcelona

 

Michael Kapusta,MD Canada

Vitreoretinal Service, McGill University, Montreal

Zofia Nawrocka , MD Poland

professor of ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Clinic ‘Jasne Blonia’ Lodz, Poland

 

Mauricio Maia, MD Brazil

Ophthalmology Department, University of São Paulo

 

Manish Nagpal ,MD India

Retina Foundation Eye Hospital, Gujarat

Sundaram Natarajan, MD India

Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai

 

Reginald J. Sanders , USA

Chief Retina Service, Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, USA

Francesco Boscia, MD Italy

Ophthalmology Department, Sassari University, Sassari

Mitrofanis Pavlidis ,MD Germany

University of Münster, Münster

Şengül Özdek , MD Turkey

Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara

Kazuhito Yoneda,MD Japan

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto

Shunsuke Osawa,MD Japan

Ophthalmology Department, Okanami General Hospital, Mie

Daniele Tognetto ,MD Italy

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste

Fabio Patelli,MD Italy

Vitreoretinal Department, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan

Grazia Pertile ,MD Italy

Director of the Department of Ophthalmology, RCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital Negrar, Italy

Jeroni Nadal, MD Spain

Oftalvist Group, Barcelona

Robert MacLaren , MD UK

Ophthalmology Department, University of Oxford, Oxford

Barbara Parolini, MD Italy

Eye care Clinic, Verona

Hassan Al Dhibi ,MD KSA

King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh

Abdullah S Al Qahtani,MD KSA

Ophthalmology Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh

Hussain A Khaqan ,MD Pakistan

Ophthalmology Department, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

Vivek Dave ,MD India

Anant Bajaj Retina Institute, LV Prasad Eye Institute , India

 

Kenneth Fong,MD Malaysia

Oasis Eye Specialists , Malaysia

Gavin Tan,MD Singapore

Eye ACP, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore National Eye Centre 

 

Referano Agustiawan,MD Indonesia

JEC Eye Hospitals & Clinics, Indonesia 

Min Kim,MD South Korea

Gangnam Severance Hospital ,Seoul, Korea 

Marie Joan Loy,MD Philippines

St. Luke’s Medical Center,Philippines 

 

 

Duangnate Rojanaporn,MD Thailand

Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University ,Thailand 

Andrii Serhiienko, MD Ukrania

Professor, Founder of Professor Sergienko’s Ophthalmic Clinic.

Shcherbakova Valery,MD Ukraine

Ophthalmologist, Laser Department, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy

Ihor Novytskyi ,MD Ukraine

Professor, Lviv National Medical University. Head of Lviv City Medical Eye Microsurgery Centre

Paolo Lanzetta, MD Italy

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine

Tommaso Rossi,MD Italy

Ophthalmology Unit, San Martino Hospital IRCCS, Genova

Korol Andrii ,MD Ukraine

Head of Laser Department, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy.

Umanets Mykola ,MD Ukraine

Head of Vitreous and Retinal Pathology Department, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy

Szilárd Kiss ,MD USA

Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York

Khalid Al Sabti ,MD Kuwait

Kuwait Specialized Eye Center, Kuwait City

Faisal Fayyad ,MD Jordan

Jordanian Hospital, Amman

Nicola Ghazi, MD UAE

Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi

Saad Waheeb ,MD KSA

Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah

Ibraheem El Ghrably,MD UAE

Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi

Ogugua Okonkwo,MD Nigeria

Eye Foundation Retina Institute & Eye Foundation Hospital, Lagos

Mohit Dogra , MD India

Associate Professor, Vitreoretina and Uveitis Service

Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India

Vaibhav Sethi , MD India

Vitreo Retinal Consultant & Uveitis Specialist, Indian representative to European VitreoRetinal Society (EVRS)

Shishir Verghese ,MD India
Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Amita Eye Care, Tiruvalla, Kerala, India
Zoya Rozanova , MD Ukraine

Ophthalmologist, Vitreous and Retinal Pathology Department, Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy

Mudit Tyagi , MD India
Consultant and Head of Retina Services
Smt.Kanuri Santhamma Center for Vitreoretinal Diseases
Anant Bajaj Retina Institute
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, INDIA
Divakant Misra ,MD India

Director , Swarnjyoti Eye Hospital

André Maia , MD Brazil

Ophthalmology Department, Federal University of São Paulo

David Wong , MD Canada

Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Ophthalmology-in -Chief, St Michael Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Yahya Alzahrani, MD KSA

King Fahad Medical city , Riyadh 

Arif Samad , MD Canada

Associate Professor, Continue Professional Development Director, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Adel Al Akeely , MD KSA

Magrabi Eye Hospital, Riyadh

Michele Coppola , MD Italy

Ophthalmology Department of IRCCS San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy

Chang-Hao Yang , MD Taiwan

Department of Ophthalmology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City

Cheng-Kuo Cheng , MD Taiwan

Department of Ophthalmology, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei City

Ahmed El Khashab , MD UAE

Vitreoretial unit, Eye consultants center, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai

Mohamed Al Hazzazi, MD KSA

Assistant professor, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh

Yoshihiro Yonekawa, MD USA

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia

San-Ni Chen, MD Taiwan

Ophthalmology Department, China Medical University, Taiwan

Peng-Tai Tien, MD Taiwan
School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan
 Eye Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan , China Medical, University Hospital, Taiwan

Corporate speakers

Rodrigo Gomez Nunez , Germany

 Biomedical Engineering degree

Michael Cardamone, USA

International Vitreoretinal Business ,Development Head

Sylvain Durance , Italy

Global Training Manager Equipment

Florian Kayser, Germany

Surgical International, Marketing Manager Surgical Microscope, Connectivity and Diagnostic

Special sessions with

 

 

 

Sponsors

Accreditation

This Program is Accredited 41 hours by  AACME ” American Academy of Continuing Medical EducationThis Program is Accredited 41hours by AACME “American Academy of Continuing Medical Education”

Meeting Details

  • Days : 3 days
  • Time : 41 Hours
  • Location : Hilton Grand Nile Tower Hotel , Cairo, Egypt