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Abbas Al-Hawasi is a senior ophthalmologist with over 22 years of experience in clinical work, research and academic teaching. Through his expertise in eye diseases, he has combined patient care, education and research to develop and improve ophthalmological treatment methods.
Academic and teaching experience:
Examiner at the European Board of Ophthalmology since 2016.
Lecturer at the SK course Retina 2014–2022.
Lecturer at optician training courses (both undergraduate and master’s level) and specialist training for nurses.
Lectured at the medical training course between 2013–2018.
Research and clinical work:
As an active researcher and clinically active physician, he has participated in and contributed to a number of research projects in ophthalmology. His thesis focused on optical coherence tomography (OCT) and its applications to analyze both physiological and pathological changes in the eye and brain. His work has contributed to a deeper understanding of how OCT can be used in diagnostics and treatment.
With his expertise in OCT, he is a clinical specialist in the field and a sought-after speaker at national and international conferences. He continues to be a driving force in research, teaching and clinical work to improve diagnostics and treatment strategies in ophthalmology.
Helena Prior Filipe MD, MMEd, FSACME, FAMEE, CPC (HC), FEACL is a Doctor in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and an Ophthalmologist by the Instituto Dr. Gama Pinto and the Portuguese Medical Association. She practices as a Consultant of Ophthalmology in the Department of Ocular Surface and Cornea at Hospital of Egas Moniz, West Lisbon Hospitals Center, Portuguese (NHS) where she is currently responsible for the Unit of Cornea and TissuesTransplantation. She is a researcher at the Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM). Helena has developed a particular interest in Ocular Surface and Cornea, Cataract Surgery, and Ultrasound Examination. She has published in peer-reviewed ophthalmology journals. After taking her master’s degree in medical education (summa cum laude) from the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, Helena became involved in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with a particular interest in underserved communities and online education, expanding the fields of simulation-based training, communities of practice and mentorship. Helena has been serving in leadership positions, at several international and global professional organizations within their educational projects. She has engaged in building with other international expert educators, online and onsite ophthalmology training, and faculty education programs. She has published in peer-reviewed journals of healthcare professions education. Helena has post-graduations in Continuing Professional Development from the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) and the University of Toronto and received the designation of Certified Professional in Continuing Professional Development (Healthcare) by the Leadership Team of the Coalition on Physician Learning and Practice Improvement. She is a Fellow of AMEE, a Fellow of SACME, and a Fellow of the European Academy of Clinical Leadership.
Tunde Peto is Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at QUB, Clinical Lead of the Northern Ireland Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Screening Programme and a Consultant Ophthalmologist in Medical Retina. She specialises in chronic blinding diseases, ophthalmic image analysis, epidemiology and statistics and is internationally renowned for setting up and managing diabetic retinopathy screening and training programmes. As Head of the Belfast Ophthalmic Reading Centre and Director of The Central Administrative Research Facility (CARF), a unique facility coordinating the grading of ophthalmic images collected for clinical research studies, Professor Peto has expertise in overseeing a wide range of studies, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and population-based studies. Professor Tunde Peto trained in Hungary and Australia and spent 15 years at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London before taking up her current position in Belfast. She was recently named among the UK’s most influential researchers who study diabetes complications.
Steffen Hamann MD, PHD, FEBO, FRCOPHTH
Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark, Visiting Professor, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, FranceSteffen. Hamann’s research interests center around compressive, inflammatory, and ischemic diseases of
the afferent visual pathways. In particular, the focus is on the pathology of elevated intracranial pressure
states, ischemic and inflammatory optic neuropathies, and optic disc drusen. In addition, his group is
aiming at advancing the use of retinal and optic nerve imaging modalities, especially OCT, and incorporating
artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, to detect, identify, and predict neurological disease based on ocular
imaging. He has published more than 140 peer-reviewed, scientific papers. Dr. Hamann is head of the
Visual Pathways Research Center (VIPER). In 2015 Dr. Hamann founded the international Optic Disc Drusen
Studies (ODDS) Consortium of which he is Chair. The consortium consists of highly dedicated optic nerve
researchers from 15 different countries and 4 continents. Dr. Hamann is also chairman for neuro-
ophthalmology of the European Reference Networks for Rare Eye Diseases.
Gabriella De Salvo is a consultant ophthalmologist at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust since 2013 and a senior lecturer at the University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. Dr De Salvo trained in ophthalmology in Italy where she won two scholarships to further study at the Wills Eye Hospital in the USA and at the University Hospital in Vienna, Austria. She obtained a fellowship in medical retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom. Dr De Salvo specialises in the diagnosis and management of medical retinal diseases. As an active researcher, she is involved in numerous clinical trials, is retina section editor in peer reviewed journals such as ’Eye’ and ’British Medical Journal Open Ophthalmology’, and is a recognised reviewer for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). She is an active member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the European Retina Society (Euretina) and the Italian Society of Ophthalmic Sciences (SISO). She is a recipient of a research and clinical grant from the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research and of a few clinical excellence awards.
Markus Karlsson began his medical career at the Ophthalmology Clinic at Linköping University Hospital, where he was appointed Senior Consultant in 2013. During 2016–2017, he served as the Medical Director at the ophthalmology clinic in Eksjö, followed by a position as Senior Consultant at A6 Eye Clinic in Jönköping. In 2020, he established Tranås Eye Clinic, which has been part of Bergman Clinics’ ophthalmology network since 2023.
Dr. Karlsson is also an adjunct lecturer at Linköping University and frequently lectures on glaucoma at ophthalmology clinics both in Sweden and internationally.
Education
Dr. Karlsson completed his medical training at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University. He completed both his internship (AT) and ophthalmology specialist training at the Ophthalmology Clinic at Linköping University Hospital.
Alongside his specialist training, Dr. Karlsson pursued a Ph.D. at the Department of Medical and Health Sciences (IKE) at Linköping University. In 2014, he defended his dissertation, titled:
”Oxidative stress-related damage of retinal pigment epithelial cells – possible protective properties of autophagocytosed iron-binding proteins.”
Associations and Memberships
Swedish Medical Association
Board member, Swedish Glaucoma Association
Representative in the National Glaucoma Working Group
Member of the European Glaucoma Society
Neda Haj Hosseini A senior lecturer and associate professor in Biomedical engineering at the Department of Medical Technology (IMT) at Linköping University-Sweden. Her research focus is the development of innovative engineering methods with focus on optical methods and image analysis for cancer diagnostics and treatment.