Ashraf Armia, MD, MSc., FRCS (Glasgow), FACS, FWCRS.
- Consultant Cataract, Cornea, Refractive and Anterior Segment Reconstruction Surgeon
- Founder and Medical Director of AshrafArmiaEyeClinic.
- Founder of AOTOA (Armia's Ophthalmology Training Observer-Ship Academy).
- Founder of GERSO (Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology).
- Co-Founder of World College of Refractive Surgery & Visual Science WCRS-VS, USA.
- Co-Founder of the International Keratoconus Society IKS.
- ISRS Editorial Board Member of Multimedia Library, USA
- Vice President of MEOM (Middle East Ophthalmology Meeting Academy), Dubai, UAE
- Founder of PRESMENA (Presbyopia of Middle East and North Africa Foundation), Dubai, UAE
- Shareholder Of Watany Eye Hospital WEH and Watany Research and Development Centre (WRDC), Cairo, Egypt.
- Lecturer World-Wide Major Ophthalmic & Industry Meetings.
- Industry Advisory Boards and Consultant to Many Companies.
- Publications on PubMed for major journals with high impact factors.
- Reviewer of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery JCRS, BMC Ophthalmology Journal, Journal Of Ophthalmology, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, Journal of Biophotonics, and Medicina.
Publications:
1- Ray-Tracing Transepithelial Excimer Laser Central Corneal Remodeling Plus Pachymetry-Guided Accelerated Corneal Crosslinking for Keratoconus. The Journal of Cornea and External Diseases. September 8, 2023, received for publication February 6, 2023; revision received August 2, 2023; accepted August 5, 2023
2- Crosslinking for progressive Keratoconus: is there room for improvement? EXPERT REVIEW OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Received 7 January 2023, Accepted 21 April 2023, Published online: 03 May 2023
3- Use of Digital Methods to Optimize Visualization during Surgical Gonioscopy. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(8), 2794; Published: 10 April 2023
4- Operative Digital Enhancement of Macular Pigment During Macular Surgery. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(6), 2300; Published: 16 March 2023.
5- MDPI Book Chapter in “Current Challenges and Advances in Cataract Surgery”, ISBN 978-3-0365-6277-3 (Hbk); ISBN 978-3-0365-6278-0 (PDF), https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-0365-6278-0 (registering DOI)
6- Evaluation of Anterior and Posterior Corneal Higher Order Aberrations for the Detection of Keratoconus and Suspect Keratoconus. Tomography 2022, 8, 2864–2875, Received: 5 August 2022 Accepted: 28 November 2022 Published: 2 December 2022.
7- Transepithelial Enhanced Fluence Pulsed Light M Accelerated Crosslinking For Early Progressive Keratoconus With Chemically Enhanced Riboflavin Solution and Air Room Oxygen, J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(14), 5039; published: 27 August 2022.
8- Use of black-and-white filters to optimize visualization in cataract surgery, J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(14), 4056; Published: 13 July 2022
9- Capsulorrexis, estado del arteCapsulorrexis, estado del arte, Review of Ophthalmology En Español · Feb 17, 2022.
10- Facilitating Role of the 3D Viewing System in Tilted Microscope Positions for Cataract Surgery in Patients Unable to Lie Flat, Published: 28 March 2022, J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 1865. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm-11071865.
11- Keratoconus Book (Editor), Current and Future State-of-the-Art publication date Aug 7, 2021 publication description Springer International Publishing.
12- Indications for IOL Exchange, Know the risks and the rewards of this surgical strategy. publication date May 28, 2021 publication description Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today / Europe Journal, CRSTEurope.
13- Long term results of accelerated 9 mW corneal crosslinking for early progressive keratoconus: the Siena Eye-Cross Study 2, J. Eye and Vision 2021 May 1;8(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s40662-021-00240-8.
14- Patients Want a Lens That Will Decrease Their Spectacle Dependence publication date Jan 15, 2021 publication description Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today / Europe Journal, CRSTEurope.
15- FLACS in Congenital Iris Coloboma: A Useful Technique. publication date Aug 25, 2020 publication description International Medical Case Reports Journal are provided here courtesy of Dove Press.
Awards:
o Honored by receiving the Golden Medal from the Indian Chief Minister and the Indian Minister of Health during the Indian Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery IIRSI , July 2019.
o Awarded by selection my video of combined Phaco-Trab to be selected by the editors of the Eyetube for one the best combined videos on December 2021.
o Approved New Terminology In ophthalmology as “Potbelly Dancing Cataract” describing a situation during surgery for a challenging difficult case. Approved By American Society Of Cataract And Refractive Surgery ASCRS and they put in the ASCRS Learning library for teaching. Also was in the library of European Society Of Cataract And Refractive Surgery ESCRS Library (2017).
o Awarded by Best Video award at the 5th Maghrabi International Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE on January 2017.
Companies:
• Cristalens, France (Consultant, KOL)
• SYRHA Technologies, Switzerland (Consultant, KOL)
• Trukera Medical, USA, (Consultant, KOL)
• Rayner, UK, (Consultant, KOL)
• ISP Surgical, Thailand (Consultant, KOL)
• Tracey Technologies, USA (Speaker)
• Alcon, Egypt (Speaker)
