ACADEMIC &
CLINICAL STATUS
Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
Director,
Refractive Surgery Division
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
EDUCATION
2005-2006 Fellowship
in Ophthalmic Pathology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
2002-2006 Fellowship in Cornea &
Refractive Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
1999-2002 Residency in
Ophthalmology
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon.
1998-1999 Surgical
Internship
American University of Beirut Medical
Center
Beirut, Lebanon.
1994-1998 Medical
Doctor Degree
American University of Beirut Medical School
Conferred upon by charter under the
laws of the State of New York
1991-1994 Bachelor
Degree of Sciences in Biology
American University of Beirut.
Beirut, Lebanon.
1988-1991
French Baccalaureate in Sciences; Montpellier, France.
Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle
Beirut, Lebanon.
1988-1991 Lebanese
Baccalaureate in Sciences, Parts I and II
Collège des Frères, Mont La Salle
Beirut, Lebanon.
CLINICAL & RESEARCH CLERCKSHIPS
Apr-May 2001 Cornea, External
Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services
Wilmer Eye Institute
The Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore, Maryland
Preceptor: Terrence O’Brien,
M.D.
Feb-Mar 2000 Cornea, External
Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Schepens Eye Research Institute.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Preceptor: Dimitri T. Azar, M.D.
Nov-Dec 1999 Cornea, External
Diseases, and Refractive Surgery Services
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Schepens Eye Research Institute.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MassachusettS
Preceptor: Dimitri T. Azar, M.D.
July-Aug 1997
Vincent Memorial Gynecology Services
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School.
Boston, Massachusetts
Preceptor: Keith Isaacson, M.D.
Jun-Jul 1997 Department
of General Surgery
Colorectal Surgery Services
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, Michigan
Preceptor: William Beauregard, M.D.
HONORS
& AWARDS
Alpha Omega Alpha
1998
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
www.alphaomegaalpha.org
American University of Beirut Chapter
Dean’s Honor List
1994-1996
Faculty of Medicine
American University of Beirut
Distinction Honor
1994
Bachelor Degree of Sciences in
Biology
American University of Beirut
Dean’s Honor List
1991-1994
Department of Biology
American University of Beirut
Distinction Honor
1991
Lebanese Baccalaureate in
Sciences
CERTIFICATIONS
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VISX S4 excimer laser
2003
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LADAR 4000 excimer laser
2003
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Hansotome® microkeratome
2003
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AlphaCor® artificial cornea
2003
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INTACS® corneal implants
2003
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VISX CustomVue
2004
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INTRALASE® femtosecond laser
2004
Restor multifocal
lens implantation 2005
ICL implantation 2005
- Wavelight Allegretto excimer laser
2006
- Artisan lens implantation
2007
SOCIETIES
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical
Society
www.alphaomegaalpha.org
American Academy of
Ophthalmology
www.aao.org
American Society of Cataract &
Refractive Surgery
www.ascrs.org
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
www.iovs.org
European Society of Cataract &
Refractive Surgery
www.escrs.org
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Peer
Reviewer
“Ophthalmology”
journal
The official journal of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Peer Reviewer 2006-Current
American
Journal of Ophthalmology
Peer Reviewer 2007
Journal of
Refractive Surgery
Peer Reviewer 2005-Current
Journal of
Cataract & Refractive Surgery
The official journal of the
American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Peer Reviewer 2007-Current
Journal of
Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus
Peer Reviewer 2005-Current
“Ophthalmic &
Physiological Optics” Journal
Peer Reviewer 2007-Current
“Eye & Contact
Lens” Journal
Peer Reviewer 2005-Current
Medical Science
Monitor
Peer Reviewer 2005-Current
Panelist:
served as official panelist on
the following sessions:
-Keratorefractive
Surgery/Astigmatism and aberrations.. American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). Chicago, IL, April 2008
-Refractive
Surgery/Wavefront technology paper session.
American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). San Diego, CA May 2007.
-Refractive
Surgery/Wavefront technology paper session. American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Francisco, CA,
March 2006
-Keratoconus diagnosis and treatment paper
session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
Washington DC, Apr 2005.
-Cataract & Refractive Surgery:
socioeconomics paper session,
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
Washington DC, Apr 2005.
-Refractive/Wavefront paper session,
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Diego, CA, May 2004.
Lebanese
Medical Licensing Examination
Official
Examiner
2007
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Published Manuscripts
–
All Pubmed/Medline
Indexed
1.
Shady T. Awwad, Nancy Alvarez-Chedzoy,
H Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Quality of life after wavefront-guided
LASIK. Eye and Contact Lens. 2009 May;35(3):128-32
2.
Shady T. Awwad, Patrick S. Kelley, R
Wayne Bowman, H Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Corneal refractive
power estimation and intraocular lens calculation after hyperopic LASIK.
Ophthalmology 2009. Mar;116(3):393-400
3.
Shady T. Awwad,
Dorotheea Warmerdam, Danny Lee, R Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh,
James P. McCulley. Changes in ocular higher order aberrations with
accommodation in wavefront-guided LASIK myopic candidates. J Refract
Surg. 2009 Feb;25(2):171-2.
4.
Shady T. Awwad. Formula
for determining corneal refractive power. J Cataract Refract Surg.
2009 Feb;35(2):212.
5.
Shady T. Awwad, Christian Manasseh, R. Wayne Bowman, Vinod Mootha,
Steven M. Verity, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley.
IOL Power
Calculation after Myopic LASIK: Estimating the Corneal Refractive Power.
J Cataract Refract Surg
. 2008 Jul;34(7): 1070-6
6.
Stefanie Knapp, Shady T. Awwad,
Claudine Ghali, James P. McCulley.
Comparative Study of
Ocular Lower And Higher Order Aberrations Measurements By The
Fourier-driven WaveScan And The Zernike-driven LADARWave Hartmann-Shack
Aberrometers. J Refract Surg. 2009 Feb;25(2):201-9.
7.
Shady T. Awwad, Mario A. Di Pascuale, R Nick Hogan, S Lance Forstot,
James P. McCulley, H Dwight Cavanagh. Avellino Corneal Dystrophy
worsening after LASIK: further clinicophathologic observation and
proposed pathogenesis. American Journal of Ophthalmology.
2008;145(4):656-61
8.
Shady T. Awwad, Paul Sanchez, Angela Sanchez, James P. McCulley, H
Dwight Cavanagh.
A Preliminary In Vivo Assessment of Higher-Order Aberrations Induced by
a Silicone Hydrogel Monofocal Contact Lens. Eye Contact Lens.
2008 Jan;34(1):2-5.
9.
Shady T. Awwad,
Dorotheea Warmerdanm, R. Wayne Bowman, Suri Dwarakanathan, Steven S.
Verity, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Contrast Sensitivity &
Higher Order Aberrations In Eyes Implanted With AcrySof IQ SN60WF And
AcrySof SN60AT Intraocular Lenses. J Refract Surg. 2008
Jun;24(6):619-25.
10.
Shady T. Awwad, Suri
Dwarakanathan, R Wayne Bowman, H Dwight Cavanagh, Steven M Verity, Vinod
V Mootha, James P. McCulley. Intraocular lens power calculation
after radial keratotomy: estimating the refractive corneal power. J
Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Jun;33(6):1045-50.
11.
Shady T. Awwad. Quality of vision,
Essential Optics For the Cataract and Refractive Surgery: Book Review.
Am J Ophthalmol 2007. Jun 143(6):1073
12.
Shady T. Awwad, James Lehmann, H.
Dwight Cavanagh, James P.McCulley, R. Wayne Bowman. A Comparison of
Higher Order Aberrations in Eyes Implanted with Acrysof IQ SN60WF and
Acrysof SN60AT Intraocular Lens. Euro J Ophthalmol. 2007;(17).
May-Jun;17(3):320-6.
13.
Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, H.
Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Wavefront-Guided Laser In Situ
Keratomileusis for Myopia Using the LADAR CustomCornea and the VISX
CustomVue. J Refract Surg. 2007 Jan;23(1):26-37
14.
Shady T. Awwad, W Matt
Petroll, James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh.Updates in
Acanthamoeba
Keratitis. Eye & Contact Lens 2007 Jan;33(1):1-8
15.
Shady T. Awwad, Michelle Heilman, R Nick
Hogan, Dipak Parmar, W Matt Petroll, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley,
H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Severe reactive ischemic posterior
segment inflammation in acanthamoeba keratitis: a new potentially
blinding syndrome.
Ophthalmology. 2007 Feb; 114(2):313-322
16.
Shady T. Awwad. Coma,
Trefoil, and Double-Angle Polar Plots.
J Cataract Refract Surg.
2006
Nov;32(11) 1898
17.
Shady T. Awwad.
Wavefront-guided ablation: evidence for efficacy compared to traditional
ablation. Am J Ophthalmol
2006
Jun;141(6):1169.
18.
Shady T. Awwad, James P. McCulley.
Wavefront-Guided LASIK: Current Developments and Results. Int
Ophthalmol Clin.2006;46(3):27-38
19.
Shady T. Awwad, Dany M. Najjar,
Arlette Aouad, Randa Haddad. An Unusual Case of Unilaterally Presenting
Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis.
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus.
2006 May-Jun;43(3):179-80.
20.
Shady T. Awwad, H. Ming X Wang, H.
Dwight Cavanagh. Letter to the editor.
Eye & Contact Lens
2006 May;32(3):157
21.
Dipak N Parmar, Shady T. Awwad, W
Matthew Petroll, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Tandem Scanning Confocal Corneal Microscopy In The Diagnosis Of
Suspected Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Ophthalmology 2006
Apr;113(4):538-47.
22.
Dany M. Najjar, Shady T. Awwad,
Wadih Zein, Walid Haddad. Ultraviolet Keratitis and Endothelitis.
Med Sci Monit.
2006 Apr 25;12(5):MT23-25
23.
Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El-Kateb,
James P. McCulley. Comparative Higher Order Aberration Capture Of The
LADARWave And VISX WaveScan Aberrometers At Varying Pupillary Sizes And
After Pharmacological Dilation And Cycloplegia.
J Cataract Refract Surg.
2006 Feb;32(2):203-14.
24.
Dipak N. Parmar, Hassan Alizadeh,
Shady T. Awwad, Sudha Neelam, H. Dwight Cavanagh, R. Wayne Bowman, James
P. McCulley. Ocular Surface Restoration Using Non-Surgical
Transplantation Of Tissue-Cultured Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells.
Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 Feb;141(2):299-307.
25.
Shady T. Awwad, Dipak N. Parmar,
Michelle Heilman, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Results Of Penetrating Keratoplasty For Visual Rehabilitation After
Acanthamoeba Keratitis.
Am J Ophthalmol.
2005 Dec;140(6):1080-1084.
26.
Shady T. Awwad, Kelly K. Haithcock,
Deniz Oral, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. A
Comparison of Induced Astigmatism In Conventional And Wavefront-Guided
Myopic Laser In Situ Keratomileusis Using LADARVision 4000 And VISX S4
Platforms.
J Refract Surg.
2005 Nov-Dec;21(6):S792-8.
27.
Riad N. Ma’luf, Shady T.
Awwad. Mucous membrane graft versus Gunderson conjunctival flap for
fitting a scleral shell over a sensitive cornea.
Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg.
2005 Sep;21(5):356-8.
28.
Deniz Oral, Shady T. Awwad, Michael
Seward, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Hyperopic Laser In Situ Keratomileusis in Eyes with Previous Radial
Keratotomy.
J Cataract Refract Surg
2005 Aug;31(8):1561-68.
29.
Ahmad M. Mansour, Shady T. Awwad,
Dany M. Najjar.
Sibai AN,
Sibai AM,
Medawar WA,
Hamade IH,
Haddad RS,
Kassak KM,
Obeid MY.
Anterior
ischaemic optic neuropathy after coronary artery bypass graft: the role
of anaemia in diabetics. Eye 2005 July;8.
30.
Thurayya Arayssi,
Homeidan F,
Imad Uthman, Shady T. Awwad,
Kamel
Mroue, Wissam Mansour, Ziad F. Bashshur. The efficacy of a single dose
of infliximab in the treatment of Behcet's disease uveitis. Clin Exp
Rheumatol. 2005 May-Jun;23(3):427.
31.
Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R.
Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Wavefront-guided
Laser Keratomileusis With the Alcon CustomCornea and the VISX CustomVue:
Three-Month Results. J Refract Surg 2004 Sep-Oct;20:S606-S613.
32.
Shady T. Awwad, Walid Haddad, Ming
X. Wang, Dipak Parmar, Darrel Conger, H. Dwight Cavanagh. Corneal
Intrastromal Gatifloxacin Crystal Deposits After Penetrating
Keratoplasty. Eye & Contact Lens 2004;30(3):169-172
33.
Shady T. Awwad, Riad N.
Ma’luf, Baha’ Noureddin. Upper Eyelid Retraction After Glaucoma
Filtering Surgery and Topical Application of Mitomycin C.
Ophthal Plast Reconstr
Surg
2004 Mar;20(2):144-9
34.
Dany M.
Najjar, Shady T. Awwad.
Cataract Surgery Risk
Score for Residents and Beginning Surgeons. J Cataract Refract Surg.
2003 Oct;29(10):2036-7.
35.
Dany M.
Najjar, Shady T. Awwad.
Cataract Checklist for
High Volume Surgeons.
J Cataract Refract Surg.
2003 May;29(5):1046.
36.
Olivier Prisant, Averardo Hernandez,
Thanh Hoang-Xuan, Cynthia Proano, Shady T. Awwad, Dimitri T. Azar.
Vector Summation of Anterior and Posterior Corneal Topographical
Astigmatism as a Predictor of Refractive Astigmatism.
J Cataract Refract Surg.
2002 Sep;28(9):1636-43.
37.
Terrence P. O’Brien,
Shady T. Awwad. Phakic Intraocular Lenses and Refractory Lensectomy for
Myopia. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2002 Aug;13(4):264-70.
38.
Ma'luf RN, Hamush NG, Awwad ST,
Noureddin BN.
Mitomycin C as adjunct
therapy in correcting punctal stenosis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg.
2002 Jul;18(4):285-8.
39.
Awwad JT, ElHajj M, Usta I,
Nassar A, Awwad ST,
Khalil A. A unilateral twin extrauterine pregnancy occurring in a
solitary fallopian tube: therapeutic choices. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol.
2002;29(1):67-8.
40.
Awwad JT, Farra CG,
Awwad ST, Bu-Habib RM, Abdallah MA, Usta IM. The conventional doses of
human chorionic gonadotropins may not always be sufficient to induce
ovulation in all women: a reappraisal. Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol.
2001;28(4):240-2.
41.
Awwad JT, Sayegh RA, Tao XJ, Hassan
T, Awwad ST, Isaacson K. The SCID Mouse: an experimental model for
endometriosis. Hum Reprod. 14(12):3107-11, 1999.
Published Chapters
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Shady T. Awwad, Riad Ma’luf, Nicolas Hamush.
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis. Emedicine/WebMD Online Publications (www.emedicine.com)
Instructional Course Presentations
1. Shady T. Awwad. Refractive multifocal IOLs and IOL calculations in presbyopic
IOLs. In James
P. McCulley, Shady T. Awwad, Jose Vargas. Pearls in incorporating multifocal
IOLs into your clinical practice. European Society of Cataract &
Refractive Surgery (ESCRS), Berlin, Germany, September 2008
Paper Presentations
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Marvin Hsiao, Shady T. Awwad, R Wayne Bowman,
James P. McCulley.The
effectiveness of Pentacam in improving intraocular lens power calculation for
post-LASIK eyes.
American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
Chicago, IL. April 2008.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mario Di
Pascuale, James P. McCulley. Comparative
Outcomes with three different laser platforms for myopic LASIK
keratorefractive correction. European Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery (ESCRS). Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007.
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Shady T. Awwad, Dorotheea Warmerdam, R. Wayne
Bowman, Steven Verity, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley.
Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Double-K Adjusted IOL Formulas in
IOL Calculation After Keratorefractive Surgery.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Diego, CA. April 2007.
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, James P.
McCulley. Contrast Sensitivity and Ocular Aberrations In Eyes Implanted with
Acrysof IQ SN60WF and Acrysof Natural SN60AT Intraocular Lenses.
Europeean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS).
London, UK. September 2006.
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Shady T. Awwad, Stefanie Knapp, James P.
McCulley. Comparative Study of Ocular Lower And Higher Order Aberrations
Measurements By the Fourier-driven WaveScan And The Zernicke-driven LADARWave
Hartmann-Shack Aberrometers. Europeean Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ESCRS). London, UK. September 2006.
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Shady T Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, Steven M
Verity, H. D Cavanagh , James P McCulley. Comparison of Available Post-LASIK
Corneal Power Calculation Methods Using Keratometric Backcalculation and
Description of New Formulas.
American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Francisco, CA. March 2006.
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Shady T Awwad ; R. Wayne Bowman ; H. D Cavanagh
; James P McCulley. Induced Astigmatism in Conventional and Wavefront-Guided
Myopic LASIK LADARVision 4000 Versus the S4 Platform.
American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Francisco, CA. March 2006.
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James P. McCulley, Mario DiPascuale, Shady T.
Awwad. Video Challenging Cases in Phacoemulsification. World Congress of
Ophthalmology. Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 2006
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Shady T. Awwad, Dorotheea Warmerdam, Dipak N
Parmar, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Changes In
Higher Order Aberrations With Accomodation In Wavefront-Guided Laser In Situ
Keratomileusis Myopic Candidates.
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Refractive Subspecialty Day/International
Society of Refractive Surgery.
Chicago October 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, Michelle Heilman, Dipak N
Parmar, R. Wayne Bowman, H. James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Acanthamoeba Keratitis Induced Retinal Ischemia. Ocular Microbiology and
Immunology Group (OMIG). Chicago 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad. Intraocular Lens Calculations.
UT Southwestern RESTOR Course. Dallas,Texas, 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight
Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Wavefront-guided LASIK Results With Automatic
Versus Manual Centration in Wavefront Capture On The LADARWave System.Texas
Ophthalmologic Association (TOA), Grand Prairie, Texas, May 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, Dipak Parmar, Patrick Kelly,
R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Using The
Topographic Modeling System To Determine Post-LASIK Keratometric Value.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
Washington DC, Apr 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, Kelly Komaromy, Deniz Oral, R.
Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley. A
Comparison Of Surgically Induced Astigmatism in Wavefront-guided and
Conventional Laser In Situ Keratomileusis. American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). Washington DC, Apr
2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. A Comparative Study of LADAR
CustomCornea and VISX CustomVue LASIK results.
American Academy of Ophthalmology.
New Orleans 2004.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. From Aberration capture to
treatment results: a comparative analysis of VISX CustomVue and LADAR
CustomCornea platforms. American
Academy of Ophthalmology: The Turkish American Ophthalmology Society (TAOS).
New Orleans 2004.
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Dipak Parmar, Hassan Alizadeh , Shady T. Awwad,
R. Wayne Bowman, Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. In vitro cultured
amniotic cell transplantation for non-healing epithelial defects.
Federated Cornea Societies (Castroviejo Cornea Society). New Orleans
2004.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. The Visual Results of
LADARVision CutsomCornea LASIK. American Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery. San Diego, 2004.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. The Validity Of The Peripheral
Wavefront Capture Zone Within 0.25 mm Of The Pupillary Border. American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. San Diego, 2004.
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Dipak Parmar, Shady T. Awwad, Michelle Heilman,
Jess T. Whitson, H. Dwight Cavanagh. Blindness from Acanthamoeba.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. San Diego, 2004.
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Mohamed El Kateb, Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Comparative Higher Order
Aberration Capture Of The VISX WaveScan And LADARWave Aberrometers.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. San Diego, 2004.
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Mohamed El Kateb, Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Effects of Mydriasis And
Cycloplegia On The Higher Order Aberration Pattern And Degree Of Capture Using
VISX WaveScan And LADARWave Aberrometers. American Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery. San Diego, 2004.
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James P. McCulley, Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El
Kateb, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh.
Quantitative Visual Outcomes of Initial LADARVision
CustomCornea LASIK eyes. International Society of
Refractive Surgery & American Academy of
Ophthalmology (ISRS/AAO) joint
meeting. Anaheim, California November 2003.
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Shady T. Awwad. Office Promotion: Website
Authoring and Publishing for Ophthalmologists. Transfer of Skills Course.
Pan African Arab Congress of Ophthalmology (PAACO), Beirut,
April 2001.
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Awwad JT, Awwad ST, and Karam K. Gonadotropin
ovarian stimulation following pituitary desensitization and corticosteroid
suppression therapy in women with idiopathic spontaneous premature ovarian
failure. European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
Goteberg, Sweden. June 21-24, 1998.
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Shady T. Awwad,
Armand Krikorian, Rabih Chaer, George Ferzli.
Profile Study of Street Children of Greater
Beirut. World Rehabilitation Fund.
Beirut, November 1995
Posters
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, Mario Di
Pascuale, Suri Dwarakanathan, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Higher Order Aberrations and Contrast Sensitivity in Eyes with
AcrySof IQ SN60WF and AcrySof Natural IOLs.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery (ASCRS).
San Diego, CA. April 2007.
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, Mario Di
Pascuale, Suri Dwarakanathan, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley.
Comparison of Contrast Sensitivity and Ocular Aberrations in Eyes With Acrysof
IQ SN60WF and SN60AT IOLs.
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Las Vegas 2006
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, Suri
Dwarakanathan, Dany Lee, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley.
Contrast Sensitivity and Ocular Aberrations in
Eyes with the Aspheric AcrySof IQ SN60AT and the Spheric Acrysof SN60AT.
American Academy of Ophthalmology,
Refractive Subspecialty Day/International Society of Refractive Surgery (AAO/ISRS).
Las Vegas 2006
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight
Cavanagh, Steve M. Verity, James P. McCulley. Optimizing Corneal Power
Calculation After Myopic Keratorefractive Surgery.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 2006
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Mario Dipascuale, Igor Butovich, Joel Aronovicz,
Eduardo Uchiyama, Shady T. Awwad, H. Dwight Cavanagh, R. Wayne Bowman, James
P. McCulley. Digital Sequential Lipid Tear Film Interferometry
Characterization and Corneal Topography Regularity Surface Indices Assessment
in Normal Subjects. Association
for Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, May 2006
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Stefanie Knapp, Shady T. Awwad, James P
McCulley. Wavefront Aberration Measurements by Fourrier-Driven WaveScan and
Zernicke-Driven LADARWave Hartmann-Shack Aberrometers.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Francisco, CA. March 2006.
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James Lehmann, Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne
Bowman, James P. McCulley.
Comparison of Ocular Higher-Order Aberrations Between Eyes With Acrysof SN60AT
and SN60WF Lenses. American
Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Chicago 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight
Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Wavefront-Driven Laser In Situ Keratomileus
Using the LADARVision CustomCornea Platform: Refractive Results of
Myopic/Astigmatic Eyes. European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
(ESCRS). Lisbone 2005.
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Shady T. Awwad, James P. McCulley. The Use
of Automatic Centration in Wavefront Capture On The LADARWave Platform.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO). Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Apr 2005
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Dipak Parmar, Patrick Ladage, Shady T. Awwad,
James P. McCulley, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh. Corneal Epithelial
Homeostasis Following Laser In Situ Keratomileusis. Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO). Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
Apr 2005
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Shady T. Awwad, Dipak Parmar, Michelle Heilman,
R. Wayne Bowman, James P. McCulley, Dwight Cavanagh. Results Of Penetrating
Keratoplasty In Quiet Eyes After Acanthamoeba Keratitis. World Cornea
Congress. Washington DC, Apr 2005
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Dipak Parmar, Shady T. Awwad, R. Wayne Bowman,
James P. McCulley, H. Dwight Cavanagh. Role of Confocal Microscopy in the
Definitive Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. American Academy of
Ophthalmology. New Orleans, Oct 2004.
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Shady T. Awwad, Walid Haddad, Ming X. Wang,
Dipak Parmar, Darrel Conger, H. Dwight Cavanagh. Corneal Intrastromal
Gatifloxacin Crystal Deposits After Penetrating Keratoplasty. American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. San Diego, May 2004.
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Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El Kateb, R. Wayne
Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. LADARVision CustomCornea LASIK
for Myopic/Astigmatic Eyes: Quantitative And Qualitative Results.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO). Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, Apr 2004
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Russel Van Norman, Shady T. Awwad, Mohamed El
Kateb, R. Wayne Bowman, H. Dwight Cavanagh, James P. McCulley. Comparing the
Wave Captures of the VISX WaveScan and the LADARWave Aberrometers Using
Adjusted and Actual Capture. Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthlamology (ARVO). Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Apr 2004
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Shady T. Awwad, Riad Ma’luf, Baha Noureddin.
Upper Lid Retraction after trabeculectomy. American Academy of
Ophthalmology (AAO). Anaheim, California November 2003.
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Shady T. Awwad, Dany M. Najjar, Wadih Zein,
Walid Haddad. Assessing Corneal Endothelial Status after Ultraviolet (UV)
Radiation Exposure in Patients with UV Keratitis. Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthlamology (ARVO). Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
May 2003.
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Arayssi T, Hamra R, Awwad ST, Kazma I,
Humaidan F, Uthman I, Bashshur Z. Treatment of Refractory Vitritis in Behcet
Disease with Infliximab. American College of Rheumatology. New
Orleans, October 2002.
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Shady T. Awwad, Ahmad M. Mansour , Dany M.
Najjar. Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy After Coronary Bypass Surgery.
American Academy of Ophthalmology. New Orleans, November 2001.
Video Presentations
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Mario A. Di Pascuale ; Shady T Awwad ; Dwight H
Cavanagh ; Wayne R Bowman ; James P McCulley. Clinical and Surgical Pearls for
Use of the ReSTOR IOL. American
Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
San Francisco, CA. March 2006.
Ophthalmological Companies & Websites
EyeSoftware, Inc
(since 2002)
www.eyesoftware.net
Founder and Owner
Eyesoftware.net specializes in the development
of Ophthalmology tools running on the Palm®
operating system. Programs cover IOL calculations, laser settings, pediatric and
strabismus, contact lenses calculations, refractive surgery, and others.
Eyesoftware.net sales operate through Palmgear.com and Handango.com among
others, and through its own website.
Products include:
Strabismus Calculator 1.0: shareware
Ophthalmic Laser Companion 1.1: shareware
IOL Calculator light: freeware
IOL Calculator Pro: in progress
Eyeweb.org
(Since 2000)
www.eyeweb.org
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
“http://www.eyeweb.org” is a
non-profit website dedicated to ophthalmic knowledge. It targets
ophthalmologists, primary care physicians, medical students, as well as patients
through dedicated sections that span an online atlas of ophthalmology, case
presentations, patient information, journal watch, and an online manual for
medical students. The “online atlas of Ophthalmology” is the second
database-searchable online ophthalmology atlas to exist online (June 2000),
after New York Eye & Ear’s atlas.
Ocularpathology.com
Founder & Editor
http://www.ocularpathology.com is
a fully searchable online ophthalmic pathology atlas.
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE & SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
The Netscape/AOL web directory
www.dmoz.org
Open Directory Project
Editor of the Ophthalmology
directory (organizations, societies, and resources)
Since August 2001
Christian Life Community (CLC-CVX)
Active member:
1987-1997
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Secretary- Medical Social Club/ Child Care. 1995-1996
World Rehabilitation Fund Meeting, November 1995,
Beirut.
Meeting Organizer and Workshop Moderator- Status
of Street Children of Greater Beirut. 1995
Hobbies
Kitesurfing, Windsurfing, Skiing, Hiking, Tennis, Painting, and Chess.