Division of Cornea and Refractive Surgery.
Cincinnati Eye Institute and Northern Kentucky Laser Center . Cincinnati , USA (3 months surgical/clinical elective, under the supervision of Dr. Edward Holland, Dr Mike Snyder and Dr Robert Osher). June-July 04& Jan 2002

Division of Urology
University of Colorado Health Science Center Denver , USA ( Five week-elective, under the supervision of Dr.John Whitesel). Nov- Dec 98)

Division of Ophthalmology
American University of Beirut ( Five week- elective, Sep- Oct 99) (Clinical and Surgical)

Division of Endocrinology
American University of Beirut (Five week - elective with emphasis on Diabetes, Hypertension, Thyroid and Autoimmune diseases affecting the eye, Jan 99)


1- Biology Bachelor of Science. B.S.
2- Medical Doctor M.D.
3- Ophthalmogist. ( Internal medicine internship then residency)
4- Specialist: Corneal and Refractive Surgeon.
5- Subspecialist: Laser/Lasik Surgery
6- Certified on the VISX S4 excimer laser system for LASIK and PRK
7- Certified for Wavefront-Guided Laser treatment on the VISX Custom-Vue system.
8- Certified on the NIDEK excimer laser system for LASIK and PRK, PTK, LASEK.
9- Certified on the VISX excimer laser system for PTK, LASEK, Intralase-Lasik
10- Certified for the Intralase femtosecond laser system. (All- laser technique)
11- Certified for INTACS and KERARING corneal surgery for myopia,keratoconus and ectasia.
12- Certified for the insertion of Artisan/ Artiflex / STAAR ICL/ Phakic 6 lenses for high myopia.
13- Certified for the CK Conductive Keratoplasty System by Refractec for hyperopia/presbyopia.
14- Certified for performing UV Crosslinking to strengthen corneas in Keratoconus patients.

MCAT
Medical College Admission Test
Apr 1995

USMLE
United States Medicine License Examinations
Oct 1999 Step1 Score 95
Nov 1999 Step2 Score 90

CSA
Completed successfully on Oct 18, 2002

ECFMG STATUS : CERTIFIED
Certification # 0-600-355-2 issued Jan 15, 03

IN- SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
Oct 1999 Internal Medicine In- Training examination
Percent Rank By PGY Level: 95th percentile.

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT EXAM
Certificate Available online : www.walidhaddad.com/profile.htm
Sep 1999, American University of Beirut Medical Center
Sep 2000, American University of Beirut Medical Center
Sep 2001, American University of Beirut Medical Center
Sep 2002, American University of Beirut Medical Center

COLLOQIUM
General Medicine Licensing Examination
Lebanese Order of Physicians
1999

I. On-line publications on the website: www.eyeweb.org

- Online Lectures
Intraocular Anatomy, clinically oriented.
Optic Nerve Pathologies.
Red Eye...

- Online case presentations:
Bietti's Corneoretinal Dystrophy (case # 6)
Pseudotumor Cerebri (case# 7)
Postraumatic Hypotony /ciliary shut- down (case # 8)
Dominant Drusen (case # 9)
Berlin's Edema =Commotio Retinae ( case #10)

II. Publications.

1. Haddad WF, Farah NT. Floppy Eyelid Syndrome Masquerading Vernal Catarrh in a 5 year-Old Child. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology MEJO 2001;9:120-122 (Editor-in-Chief of MEJO is Michael Wagoner)

2. Farah NT, Haddad WF. The Differential Diagnosis of Crystals in the Retina.
International Ophthalmology, 2002; 24:113-121.

3. Haddad W. Update on Capsular Tension Rings. Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Today. Feb 2004: 16-19

4. Khawwam E, Haddad WF, Zein TW. Intermittent Exotropia with high AC/A ratio:
Is it a bane to surgical cure? (Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly ", Dec
2003:18 (4) :209-16

5. Dany M. Najjar, Shady T. Awwad, Wadih Zein, Walid Haddad. Assessment of the corneal endothelium in acute Ultraviolet Keratitis. Med Sci Monit 2006 Apr 25;12 (5) :23-25.

6. 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.
(also presented in ASCRS2005)

7. Haddad WF, Awwad ST, Najjar D, Zein TW. Endotheliitis Secondary to UV
keratitis. (Presented at the ARVO April 2004, published in the journal : "Cornea" July 2004)

8. Haddad WF, Khoury JF. LASIK for high myopic astigmatism resulting from perforating ocular injury. Journal of Refractive Surgery 2005 Nov Dec;21(6):756-9.

9. Mansour AM, Chan CC, Crawford MA, Tabbara ZA, Shen D, Haddad WF, Salti I, Ghazi ND.
Virus- Induced chalazion. Eye. 2006 Feb; 20(2):242-6.


7. Haddad WF, Awwad ST, Najjar D, Zein TW. Endotheliitis Secondary to UV keratitis.
(Presented at the ARVO April 2004, published in the journal : "Cornea" July 2004)

8. Haddad WF, Khoury JF. Standard non-customized LASIK for treating high astigmatism after perforating ocular injuries.
Accepted in Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery" in March 2005.

9. Mansour AM, Chan CC, Crawford MA, Tabbara ZA, Shen D, Haddad WF, Salti I, Ghazi ND. Virus- Induced chalazion.
Eye. 2006 Feb; 20(2):242-6.

III. Submitted Manuscripts/Manuscripts in preparation.

1. Haddad WF, Wang MX. Wavefront Technology ; Past , present and future.
(Submitted to the "Survey of Ophthalmology" in Dec 06.

2. Wang, MX, Haddad WF, Swartz TS. Efficacy of LASIK in treating non-anterior
corneal astigmatism. (Submitted to the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Feb 06).

3. Haddad, WF. Wang MX, Swartz TS. Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis in patients on oral
contraceptive pills. (Presented in ASCRS 2005, Submitted to the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Jan 2006)

4. Mansour AM, Haddad WF. Treatment of diabetic papillopathy with subconjunctival steroids.
(Presentation at the 2004 AAO meeting in New Orleans)

5. Haddad WF. Standard versus topography-guided ecximer treatments in virgin eyes
using the Nidek EC 5000 NAVEX platform. (Prospective study in progress)..

6. Rigid Permeable Contact Lenses on eyes with intrastromal rings. Comparison of comfort and vision relative to the contralateral eye in the same patients. (prospective study in progress)

7- Effect of corneal croslinking with and without intrastromal segments in corneas of patients with keratoconus.

8- The transition from Artisan to Artiflex lenses: Technical and Refractive considerations…

1. Founder of the Low Vision Clinic operating at the American University of Beirut.

2. Organizer and Vice President of The Organ Donation Awareness Campaign. Objectives
are enhancing public awareness of the humanitarian, legal, medical and ethical aspect
of organ donation, through extensive media campaigns, medical conferences and social
events taking place weekly in different parts of Lebanon since April 2001 to date.

3. Active Member and Committee President of The YCC (Young Christians Club), founded in
1877 by a French missionary .The club organizes health and social activities, conferences,
debates, weekly and free Clinics run by volunteer general practitioners and subspecialists.
Also notorious for its leisure activities, long distance trips and camps, sports activities
and gala dinners etc...

4. Sports: soccer, table tennis, skiing, water-polo, carting, American Football.

Soccer: Member of the Sagesse Team for 12 yrs (83-95) which was the National
Champion for 5 years
Member of the varsity team of the AUB ( American University of Beirut)
Member of the varsity team of John Glenn High School, (Ohio1989), leading scorer.

(Go to Personal Info on www.walidhaddad.com for newspapers reports and pictures).

Recreation and travel:

Like most Lebanese, I have always been eager to discover new cultures, enjoy
different customs and traditions, visit nice places and meet new people...
Cities I have visited , in chronologic order, are:

- Nicosia, Larnaca , Limassol, Aya Nappa (Cyprus), 1989
- Brussels (Belgium) 1989
- New York, Boston, Washington, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Philadelphia (1989).
- Lattakieh, Damascus (Syria), 1995
- Rhodos City , Simi Islands, Lindos (Geece) 1996.
- Moscow, Kursk , St.Petersberg (Russia) 1997.
- Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, San Fransisco, 1998
- Los Angeles, San Diego , Houston .1999
- Paris 1999.
- Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Paris 2001
- Denver, Philadelphia, Boston 2002
- Orlando, Miami, Nashville 2002
- Amsterdam 2002
- Paris, Montreal, Denver 2003
- Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, Anaheim, San Fransisco Los Angeles 2003
- Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Amsterdam 2004.
- Vienna Salzburg, Munich, Pragues, March 2005
- Dubai, Sharja April 2005
- Sharm el Sheik (Egypt) April 2005
-Brussels Antwerp Paris Athens Dec 2005
- Paris May 2006, Las Vegas Nov 2006 London Dec 2006
- Paris May 2007, Cyprus June 2007

For more details and pictures, go to Personal Info on http://www.walidhaddad.com