Dr. EBTISAM AL ALAWI P.O. Box 12, Manama, Kingdom of, Mobile: +973 39655678 ealawi@health.gov.bh Ebtisam@the-eyecenter.com Fax:+97317741707 Professional Experience Pediatric Ophthalmology and Anterior Segment Consultant September 1992 - present Department of Ophthalmology Salmaniya Medical Complex Assistant professor Chairperson September 2000 - present Coordinator for Ophthalmology Medical College, Gulf University, December 2010- present Research Committee Deputy Chief of Medical Staff October 2003 - November 2004 Chairperson Tertiary Care Committee March 2002 - October 2003 Chairperson February 2000-2002 Education &Training Coordinator March 1994 - January 2000 Senior Registrar January 1992 - June 1992 Subspecialty July1991- December 1991 Pediatric Ophthalmology Birmingham Children Hospital, UK Senior Registrar March 1988-August 1991 West of England Eye Infirmary, UK Registrar September 1985-February 1988
Senior House Officer April 1981-August 1985, April - June 1981 Internal Medicine Department, July - Sept 1981 Pediatric Department, October, December 1981, January 1982- August 1985 Internship March 1980 - February 1981 Cairo University Hospital and Ministry of Health Hospitals, Egypt Qualifications FICO (Hon), 2010 Honorary Fellowship International Council of Ophthalmology FRCS Ed, 1998 Honorary Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Diploma in Health Management, 1996 Royal College of Surgeons Ireland FRCS Glas, 1991 Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons Glasgow MRCOphth, 1990 Membership of Royal College of Ophthalmologist United Kingdom DO.I, 1990 Diploma of Ophthalmology - Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland MBBCh, December 1979 Medical College - Cairo University Professional Activities: Regional Adviser For Middle East And Africa American Academy of Ophthalmology 2010 till today Chairperson of Local Organizing Committee MEACO2015 Coordinator Scientific Committee World Ophthalmology Congress 2012 Vice President National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, National Coordinator for Prevention of Blindness, Deputy Chairperson Examination committee Arab Board of Ophthalmology Coordinator of International Council of Ophthalmology Assessment Exam, Member of International Agency for prevention of blindness(iapa) Child Eye health program Committee Chairperson Telemedicine Committee- Ministry of Health _ Program Leader for Screening of school children for eye defects, Program Leader for Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity, Program Leader for Telemedical Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy Program, Vice President of Disability Committee, Ministry of Health,
Notable Achievements Honored as the First i Female Ophthalmologist by HH Sh. Sebika Al Khalifa ( s First Lady) Win The Best poster award on October 2010 in American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Conference in Chicago Establish the Telmedical Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy in 2001 First president of Ophthalmological Association 2000-2004 Chairperson Organizing Committee MEACO Conference 2009, Chairperson Organizing Committee Pediatric Eye Care Conference 2005, Establish the Telmedical Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy in 2001 Establish The retinopathy Screening program for Retinopathy of prematurity 1994 Translated and published an English book titled Show Me How My Friends Can See into Arabic 2004 Courses Attended: Basic Science Course, Post graduate board of medicine- University of Edinburgh 18 Sept -7 Dec 1984, Edinburgh Ophthalmic FRCS course 6-24 Feb 1989-Institute of ophthalmology, Moorefield Hospital, UK Progress in Pediatric Ophthalmology Course,Dec 1991, Birmingham Update in Pediatric Ophthalmology Course, Oman, 1993 Curriculum and Instructional Design for Medical Educators workshop,, March 1993 Health Planning for effective management Dec 5-14-1993, Instructional Design & Curriculum For medical educator, October 1993, Ministry of Health, Medical & Audiovisual Photography, November 1994,Ministry of Health, Foundation Course in health Management March 1995, Royal College of surgeon of Ireland Research Methods & Microcomputer Literacy for Physicians April 1995, Continuous Quality Improvement Facilitator Training Course,, 24 April- 3 May 1995 Planning in Health Management,, January 1995 Five modules course In Health Management, Royal College of Surgeon of Ireland, May 1995- Feb 1996, Flexible Thinking for Managers, Institute of Banking and Finance, September 23-25, 1996, Learning, Teaching and Assessment in Clinical Clerkship Workshop, Dec1997, College of Medicine,,Arabian Gulf university, Basic Phacoemulsification Course, Moorefield Eye Hospital, July 1998, London
Developing Better quality Multiple Choice test to asses application of Knowledge workshop,college of Medicine and American Board of Medical Education, 20-21 March 1999, Evidence Based Medicine workshop, College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, April 1999, Communication Skills workshop For Educators, Arabian Gulf University 2005, Guidelines and Standard for an Ophthalmologist A curricular outline, June, Cairo 2007 international Council Of ophthalmology, Cairo Research Activity and Publications Ahmed A, Al-Alawi E,. Fatiha B,. Mahmood H,Sylven D; Eye injuries in, Middle East Journal of ophthalmology 1994; 2:3:75-79 Al-Alawi E., Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy, Review The Bulletin of Arab group for study of Diabetes, January 1995; 4(1); 27-29 Al-Alawi E, Cutaneous Leishamaniasis of the eye lid (Case report) Middle East Journal of ophthalmology; 1998; 6; 1; 64-67 Al-Alawi E, Ahmed A., Fatiha B. Causes of Visual Disability At Al-Noor Institute for Blind. Saudi Journal Of Ophthalmology;1998 ; 12; 2 Win the First price in Medical research competition at medical society Al-Alawi E., Integration of Visually Disabled in Normal school, Integration of disabled people in the community ( Arabic), March 1998, Arabian Gulf university Publications Al-Alawi E., Childhood Ocular Myasthenia Masquerade as Third nerve palsy (case report). Journal of Medical Society 1999; 11; 1 Al-Yousif N., Al-Alawi E. The Effect of Diclofenac Sodium on Allergic Conjunctivitis. Journal of Medical Society,1999;11;2 Al-Alawi E., Ahmed., A., Fatiha B., Shaker H,, Diagnostic Agreement Between Primary Care and Ophthalmologist, Middle East journal of Ophthalmology,2001;9;1,21-23. Ahmed A., Al-Alawi E., Fatiha B., Sibai Alba, Population Based Visual Disability and Visual Impairment Survey in, Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology 2002;16,4,279-87 Al-Alawi E., Al Bahrana, Malik., Giant Cell Arteritis case report; medical bulletin., 2003 Al-Alawi E., Al- Mannai F., Penetrating Eye Injury Among Children in, Saudi journal of ophthalmology.2004;18,3,145-48 Al Alawi E, Translation of Show Me How my friend can see book into Arabic 2006 (Copy right Ministry of health) Al Alawi E, Ahmed Ahmed, Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy: The First Telemedical Approach in a Primary Care Setting in ; MEAJO;19 ; 3 ; 295-298 Al-Alawi E., Incidence of Retinopathy of Prematurity, Prospective study ( Send for publication) accepted for publication at MEAJO June 2015 Issue Presented as free paper at WOC, Berlin 2010 Al Alawi E, Murtadha F, Screening School Children for Eye Defect Program (Send for publication)
AlAlawi E, Albayat G, Mukhtar F Indication and Outcome of Penetrating Keratoplasty in Children (send for publication) presented as a poster in international pediatric ophthalmology in Singapore 12 July 2013 AlAlawi E. Al Aradhi H, Alaradhi I, Indication and characteristics of Orbiscan Topography in Children (Send for publication) Poster WOC Japan 2014 AlAlawi E, Sunithia Papachan, Prevalence of Ocular Hypertension after Corneal Photorefractive Surgery, send for publication AlAlawi E, AlBayat G,Shabib R, AlSawad Hajar Unilateral progressive proptosis in a Neonate: A Presentation of Infantile send for publication Clinical Competence and special interest Extensive experience in Pediatric Squint Surgeries, all Pediatric Ocular Surgeries, in Phacoemulsification, Keratoplasty,Glaucoma procedures, as well as Excimer laser refractive surgery Special interest in prevention of blindness and had initiated many programs such as vision screening programs for school children, Screening Retinopathy of Prematurity and Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy, organized many workshop and conferences Speaker Screening Children for detection of Amplyopia, Family Health care Conference, November 1993 Detection of blindness in children, International agency for prevention of blindness - East Mediterranean region, November 1993, Diabetic Retinopathy in,annual Conference of Diabetic association -January 1995, Ocular Manifestation of Hematological disease, Hematology Conference -April 1995, 1-Causes of visual disability At Al-Noor Institute for Blind, Screening, 2-Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy, Pan Arab conference of ophthalmology,1997, Amman Childhood Penetrating Eye Injuries at sixth international Congress of Arab Association of pediatric surgeons, October 1997, Medical application of laser, Laser Workshop - University, March 1998, Integration of Visually Disabled in Normal schools, Integration of Disabled in the community Conference, Gulf university, March 1998, Electrophysiological Studies in Ophthalmology, 5th Preparatory FRCS course for Final FRCS October 1998 1-Management of Retinoblastoma, 2-Screening of school children for Eye defects in, First Arab Ophthalmological society meeting- Dubai November 1998 Diagnostic Agreement Between Primary Care & Ophthalmologist, First Arabian Gulf Medical Associations Conference, 1998 1- Decision making in ocular motility disorders, 2-Visual disability survey in, 5 th Pan Arab Council of Ophthalmologist -Egypt March 1999 Keratoplasty Surgical skills, Phacodynamic, Ophthalmological Surgical workshop in -2002
1- Phacodynamic, 2-Selection Criteria for Phacoemulsification Workshop in -2001 Penetrating Eye Injuries in Children, 6 th Pan Arab Council of Ophthalmologist- Tunisia 2003 Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Project in, Diabetic Conference for GCC Association of Diabetes, 2003 Eye Health status in Vision 2020 workshop WHO Cairo 2003 Screening School Children7 th Assembly of International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, Dubai 2004 Screening Diabetic Retinopathy, Saudia Ophthalmology Society Conference, March 2005, Riyadh 1- Phacodynamic, 2-Tips and Pitfalls in Keratoplasty, Microsurgical Training Course, April 2005, Decision Making in Vertical Deviation, Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology, April 2005, Dubai Screening Of School Children In, Pediatric Eye Care Conference, Dec 2005, 1-Integration of Visually disabled Children in regular school, 2-Visual Disability among Children In the Gulf Region, International Rehabilitation forum, 7 th - 9 th March 2006, Dubai Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Primary Care Setting in, 9 th overseas meeting Royal college of Surgeon of Ireland 13 th -15 th March 2006, Indication for Keratoplasty in, Causes of visual disability, Middle East African Council Conference, April 2007, Dubai Causes of Visual Disability among children Pediatric Low Vision Course 5th, Dec 2007, Screening of Retinopathy of prematurity in, The 5 th Arab Neonatology Forum conference,15-17 Jan 2008- Decision Making in Ocular Motility, Neurophthalmology conference February 2008 1-Women and Ophthalmology In, 2- Arab Board In Ophthalmology overview, Middle East African Council of ophthalmology, 2008 Incidence of Retinopathy of Premutrity In, Berlin June 2010 Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy Family Physician Conference, May 2010, Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy, The First Telemedical Approach in Primary Care Setting in presented as a Poster at American Academy of Ophthalmology Conference, October 2010 Care of Low Vision in, Workshop on Low Vision Rehabilitation Services in EMR, Doha 2012 Speaker Trachoma and Infectious Keratitis in Children international pediatric ophthalmology in Singapore 12 July 2013c
Membership: American academy of Ophthalmology Middle East African Council of Ophthalmology European Society of cataract & refractive surgery American Cataract and Refractive Society Saudi Ophthalmological Society Medical Society - ophthalmological Association