Road to Optimizing Corneal Refractive Surgery Results

Refractive Course9:00 – 10:30Hall 3 (Mamouniah) Road to Optimizing Corneal Refractive Surgery Results Moderator Moderator Engy Mostafa, Egypt 9:00 – 9:15 Ocular surface disorders and refractive surgery Islam Saad El Saman, Egypt 9:15 – 9:30 General considerations for refractive surgery Shahira Rashad, Egypt 9:30 – 9:45 What is beyond laser ablation? Hossam Ziada, Egypt 9:45…

Corneal Crosslinking Updates in 2026

Refractive Course9:30 – 11:00Hall 2 (Montazah 3,4) Corneal Crosslinking Updates in 2026 Moderator Moderator Hany Helaly, Egypt 9:30 – 9:45 A new milestone in KC management .. my early experience Zakaria Hassanin, Egypt 9:45 – 9:55 CXL in thin corneas Ihab M. Othman, Egypt 9:55 – 10:05 PACK-CXL for infectious keratitis Ramy Awad Elbassiouny, Egypt…

Basics of KLEx Surgery:
Principles and Surgical Techniques

Refractive Course10:30 – 12:00Hall 2 (Montazah 3,4) Basics of KLEx Surgery:Principles and Surgical Techniques Moderator Moderator Ayman Abdelrahman, Egypt 10:30 – 10:40 Facing your first FemtoSMILE challenges.. Amr Al-Amin, Egypt 10:40 – 10:50 Different KELx TTT with different machines Moataz Wessam, Egypt 10:50 – 11:00 SMILE vs femto LASIK: Evolution or revolution? Ayman Abdelrahman, Egypt…

Refractive Symposium 1
Lenticule Extraction Today

Refractive Session11:30 – 13:00Hall A (Al Saraya 1) Refractive Symposium 1 Lenticule Extraction Today Chairpersons & Moderator Chairpersons Mohamed Hosny, Egypt Mohamed Shafik, Egypt Osama Ibrahim, Egypt Osamah Hasan Alhasani, Iraq Safwan Al Bayati, UAE Moderator Medhat Shawky, Egypt 11:30 – 11:36 Introduction Medhat Shawky, Egypt 11:36 – 11:50 CLEAR: Outcomes of my last patch…

Refractive Surgery in Abnormal Cornea

Refractive Surgery in Abnormal Cornea Panelist Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Moderator Amr Said, Egypt Session Details 16:00 – 16:15 Your tools in keratoconus management Amr Said, Egypt → 16:15 – 16:30 Breaking barriers: Apporach to lens surgery in irregular astigmatism Sayed Abbas, Egypt → 16:30 – 16:45 Refractive surgery after keraoplasty Ashraf Borai,…

Novel Approach in Management of Keratoconus

Novel Approach in Management of Keratoconus Panelist Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Moderator Mohammed Iqbal Hafez, Egypt Session Details 14:00 – 14:15 Challenges in pediatric keratoconus Ahmed Saeed, Egypt → 14:15 – 14:30 Modern ICRS strategies in keratoconus management. Abdelrahman Elsebaey, Egypt → 14:30 – 14:45 Role of tissue augmentation for managemnt of advanced…

Keynote Lecture: Additive Procedures for Keratoconus in 2025

Keynote Lecture: Additive Procedures for Keratoconus in 2025 Moderator Mohamed Shafik, Egypt Panelist Cosimo Mazotta, Italy Mohamed Hosny, Egypt Mohamed Shafik, Egypt Session Details 16:00 – 16:30 Additive procedures for keratoconus in 2025 Ahmed El Massry, Egypt → Download PDF Previous: Retina Symposium: Retina Across the Middle East: Bridging Borders Back to full program Next:…

Basics of LASIK Surgery

Basics of LASIK Surgery Panelist Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Moderator Mortada Ahmed Abozaid, Egypt Session Details 10:30 – 10:42 Corneal biomechanics and history of Lasik surgery Mortada Ahmed Abozaid, Egypt → 10:42 – 10:54 Corneal topography and tomography Ahmed Anwar, Egypt → 10:54 – 11:06 Selection of patients Ahmed Saeed, Egypt → 11:06…

Understanding Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction Surgery (KLEX)

Understanding Keratorefractive Lenticule Extraction Surgery (KLEX) Panelist Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Ahmed Tawfik Moderator Ahmed Ghoneim, Egypt Jonathan Edward Moore, UK Session Details 14:00 – 14:10 Learning smile? – how to avoid mistakes Jonathan Edward Moore, UK → 14:10 – 14:20 Evidence based guidelines for keratorefractive lenticular extraction surgery Ahmed El Massry, Egypt → 14:20…

Keynote Lecture: ⁠Ray-Tracing Guided Excimer laser Customized Ablations Plus Pachymetry-Guided ACXL Corneal Remodeling in Keratoconuse and post-LASIK Ectasia

Keynote Lecture: ⁠Ray-Tracing Guided Excimer laser Customized Ablations Plus Pachymetry-Guided ACXL Corneal Remodeling in Keratoconuse and post-LASIK Ectasia Chairperson Adel Alei Eldin, Egypt Adel Ellayeh, Egypt Hatem Marey, Egypt Mohamed El-Sada, Egypt Nihal Shakankiri, Egypt Moderator Mohamed Shafik, Egypt Session Details 14:30 – 15:00 Ray-tracing guided excimer laser customized ablations plus pachymetry-guided ACXL corneal remodeling…