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Research Projects 51

1454-R Intravitreal Dexamethasone implant for the treatment of macular
edema in retinal vascular disease in Saudi Arabia

Principal Investigator: Saeed Al-Shahrani, MD

Co-Investigator: Fernando Arevalo, MD

1457-R Characteristic ophthalmic feature of Alstrom Syndrome

Principal Investigator: Inam Bifari, MD

Co-Investigator: Arif Khan, MD

1463-CR Congenital Mirror movements with Brown’s Syndrome like picture

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Shamrani, MD

Co-Investigator: Arif Khan, MD

Khaled Abu Amero, PhD

1465-R Cupping of the optic disk after Methanol poisoning

Principal Investigator: Alberto Galvez, MD

1467-P Attitudes of undergraduate Medical students towards research: Middle
Eastern perspective

Principal Investigator: Sara Al-Hilali, MD

Co-Investigator: Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Abdullah Al-Shehri

Eman Al-Kahtani, MD

1469-R Orbital Measurements using computer assisted Tomography (CAT) in
Healthy eyes of Saudi children

Principal Investigator: Sahar Elkhamary, MD

Co-Investigator: Abdullah Ali Sallam

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Eman Al-Kahtani, MD

1471-R Clinical and genetic profile of spontaneously regressed retinoblastoma
tumors

Principal Investigator: Saleh Al-Mesfer, MD

Co-Investigator: Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Leen Abu Safieh, PhD

Iftikhar Ahmed, MD

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52 Research Projects

1472-CR Novel Retinal complication post endoscopic sinus surgery

Principal Investigator: Khalid Al-Rubaie, MD

Co-Investigator: Augusto Cruz, MD

Mizher Al-Ghamdi, CRP

Igor Kozak, MD

1480-R Accessory lacrimal gland cyst in a tertiary hospital for 30 years



Principal Investigator: Alicia Galindo, MD

Co-Investigator: Hind Al-Katan, MD

Patricia Akaishi, MD

Yerena Muinos, MD

Augusto Cruz, MD

1481-R Radilogic findings post exenteration

Principal Investigator: Sahar Elkhamary, MD

Co-Investigator: Patricia Akaishi, MD

Alicia Galindo, MD

Yerena Muinos-Diaz, MD

Augusto Cruz, MD

1485-P Patients preffered method of education in Ophthalmic care in Saudi
Arabia

Principal Investigator: Sarah Al-Hilali, MD

Co-Investigator: Abdulrahman Al-Muammar, MD

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Eman Al-Kahtani, MD

Abdulrahman Al-Jasser, MD

1492-CR Hemi Retinal Vein occlusion secondary to Arterioveinous
Malformation

Principal Investigator: Badr Al-Ahmadi, MD

Co-Investigator: Fernando Arevalo, MD

1494-R Conjunctival Lymphangiectasis: Clinico pathological study and review
of literature

Principal Investigator: Huda Al-Ghadeer, MD

Co-Investigator: Hind Al-Katan, MD

Azza Maktabi, MD

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Research Projects 79

1495-R Strabismus – inferior oblique weakening procedures (recession,
myotomy, transposition): effect on refraction, axil length and ocular
torsion

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Barqi, MD

Co-Investigator: Saif Al-Obaisi, MD

1496-CR Corneal Epitheliopathy after trauma by fake snow powder

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Amry, MD

Co-Investigator: Huda Al-Ghadeer, MD

1497-P Validity, efficacy and cost effectiveness of Diabetic Retinopathy
screening using ‘RETeval’ an electrophysiological tool

Principal Investigator: Igor Kozak, MD

Co-Investigator: Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Donald Stone, MD

Abdulelah Al-Abdullah, MD

Hassan Al-Dhibi, MD

Iftikhar Ahmed, MD

Mizher Al-Ghamdi, CRP

Sami Al-Ghamdi

Humoud Al-Otaibi, MD

1498-P Impact of keratoconus on visual function & qualify of life: A tertiary
eye hospital study

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Mutlak, MD

Co-Investigator: Samar Al-Swailem, MD

Ahmed Al-Mousa, MD

Abdullah Al-Asmari, MD

1499-P Vision related quality of life and client satisfaction for eye care services
three years following keratoplasty surgery to treat keratoconus at King
Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital

Principal Investigator: Samar Al-Swailem, MD

Co-Investigator: Omar Kirat, MD

Muneera Al-Futais

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Ahmed Al-Towirqi, MD

14100-CR Choroidal Newovascular membrane in Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis,
Aneurysms, Neuroretinitis (IRVAN) syndrome

Principal Investigator: Sultan Al-Rashidi, MD

Co-Investigator: Hassan Al-Dhibi, MD

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80 Research Projects

2013

1301-R Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment after Phakic Lens Implantation
in Myopic

Principal Investigator: Abdulelah Al-Abdullah, MD

Co-Investigator: Fernando Arevalo, MD

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

Mohammed Al-Falah, MD

1302-R Pediatric Ocular Trauma in a Tertiary eye Hospital: Demography,

Etiology and Prevention

Principal Investigator: Huda Al-Ghadeer, MD

1303-P The design of Medical Professionalism in Ophthalmology

Principal Investigator: Eman Al-Kahtani, MD

Co-Investigator: Abdullah Al-Assiri, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Mosa Al-Harbi, MD

Saeed Al-Motowa, MD

Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

Nasira Ashgar

1314-R Reasons of readmission within 30 days of discharge in children from
1985 to 2012 at KKESH

Principal Investigator: Zuheer Meeraalam, MD

Co-Investigator: Arif Khan, MD

1325-P Unilateral primary congenital glaucoma, genetic study, clinical profile
and outcome

Principal Investigator: Sultan Al-Zuhairy, MD

Co-Investigator: Deepak Edward, MD

Arif Khan, MD

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Leen Abu Safieh, MD

1328-R Anatomical and functional outcome of rhegmatogenous retinal
detachment repair in patients with chorioretinal clobomas

Principal Investigator: Sulaiman Al-Sulaiman, MD

Co-Investigator: Vishali Gupta, MD

Fernando Arevalo, MD

Marwan Abouammoh, MD

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Research Projects 81

1335-P Phenotype, genotype characteristics and long term outcomes of
treatment for congenital glaucoma at King Khaled Eye Specialist
Hospital – a historical cohort study

Principal Investigator: Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Co-Investigator: Deepak Edward, MD

Arif Khan, MD

Alka Mahale, PhD

Leen Abu Safieh, PhD

Mohamed Al-Zobidi, MD

Ibrahim Al-Jadaan, MD

Reem Al-Ajmi

1338-P Pre-Operative Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Tractional Retinal
Detachment Secondary to proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Principal Investigator: Igor Kozak, MD

Co-Investigator: Fernando Arevalo, MD

Vishali Gupta, MD

Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

Eman Al-Kahtani, MD

1341-P Tonometry changes following Corneal Collagen Cross-linking in
keratoconus

Principal Investigator: Waseem Aalam, MD

Co-Investigator: Samar Al-Swailem, MD

1342-R Long Term Complications of evisceration and enucleation done at
KKESH since 1985

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Dufaileej, MD

Co-Investigator: Hailah Al-Hussain, MD

1352-P Functional and Molecular Characterization of Retinoblastoma in the
Saudi Population

Principal Investigator: Leen Abu Safieh, PhD

Co-Investigator: Saleh Al-Mesfer, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Mohammed Karaoui, MD

Arif Khan, MD

Hind Al-Katan, MD

Nada Al-Tassan, MD

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82 Research Projects

1362-P Periocular changes related to the use of prostaglandin analogs (PGAs)
in children – a prospective cross-sectional study

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Zobidi, MD

Co-Investigator: Augusto Cruz, MD

Patricia Akaishi, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Mohammed Al-Shamrani, MD

Randy Craven, MD

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Chess Souru

1365-P Elucidation of molecular pathology of angle closure glaucoma in
Saudi Patients by gene expression profiling

Principal Investigator: Alka Mahale, PhD

Co-Investigator: Deepak Edward, MD

Ibrahim Al-Jadaan, MD

Sami Al-Shahwan, MD

1371-P Comparison of Thickness Measurements Obtained by SD-OCT Using
Three Macular Scanning Protocols

Principal Investigator: Sulaiman Al-Sulaiman, MD

Co-investigator: Nicola Ghazi, MD

Ramzi Al-Judaibi, MD

1374-R The Outcome of Upper Eyelid Margin Rotation

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Dufaileej, MD

Co-Investigator: Augusto Cruz, MD

Patricia Akaishi, MD

1381-CR Unilateral Tubercular Anterior Nodular Non-necrotizing Scleritis

Principal Investigator: Yahya Al-Zahrani, MD

Co-Investigator: Khalid Al-Rubaie, MD

1382-CR Surgical Outcome of Heavy Silicone Oil in the Treatment of Persistent
Full Thickness Macular Holes

Principal Investigator: Yahya Al-Zahrani, MD

Co-Investigator: Khalid Al-Rubaie, MD

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Research Projects 83

1385-P Clinical & Genetic Characterization of Stickler Syndrome & related
Phenotypes in Saudi Arabia

Principal Investigator: Arif Khan, MD

Co-Investigator: Amer Riazuddin, MD

Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

Igor Kozak, MD

1390-R Botulinum Toxin Injection in the treatment of Internittent Exotropia

Principal Investigator: Abdullah Al-Darraj, MD

Co-Investigator: Mohammed Al-Shamrani, MD

Khalid Al-Harthi, MD

1397-R Photorefractive Keratectomy with Mitomycin C after Penetrating and
Lamellar Keratoplasty

Principal Investigator: Ghazai Al-Thubaiti, MD

Co-Investigator: Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

1398-R Five-year results of frontalis sling for blepharoptosis repair

Principal Investigator: Somaya Hanafi, MD

Co-Investigator: Patricia Akaishi, MD

Antonio Cruz, MD

Alicia Galindo, MD

Osama Al-Shaikh, MD

1399-P Does the use of topical steroid following selective laser trabeculoplasty
affect the outcome?

Principal Investigator: Leyla Al-Jasim, MD

Co-Investigator: Ohood Al-Owaydha, MD

Sami Al-Shahwan, MD

13100-P Comparative study of retrobulbar alcohol versus chlorpromazine
injections in blind painful eyes

Principal Investigator: Alicia Galindo, MD

Co-Investigator: Augusto Cruz, MD

Patricia Akaishi, MD

Zakeya Sadah, MD

Randy Craven, MD

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84 Research Projects

13102-R FS AK vs manual astigmatic keratotomy for post-keratoplasty

astigmatism



Principal Investigator: Salem Al-Malki, MD

Co-Investigator: Omar Kirat, MD

Saeed Al-Motowa, MD

13103-CR Lacrimal gland removal as a complication of levator resection



Principal Investigator: Zakeya Sadah, MD

Co-Investigator: Patricia Akaishi, MD

Augusto Cruz, MD

Alicia Galindo, MD

13104-P The Choroid, posterior neural retina, sclera, anterior chamber angle
and lens in posterior microphthalmos and high myopia; a comparative
biometric and optical coherence tomographic analysis

Principal Investigator: Amani Al-Bakri, MD

Sawsan Nowilaty, MD

Co-Investigator: Nicola Ghazi, MD

Ahmed Mousa, MD

13106-R Firework related Ocular injuries attending Emergency Department in
a tertiary eye care hospital; demography, outcome and prevention

Principal Investigator: Huda Al-Ghadeer, MD

13107-P Familial risk of primary angle closure glaucoma



Principal Investigator: Leyla Al-Jasim, MD

Co-Investigator: Deepak Edward, MD

Ohood Owaydha, MD

Leen Abu Safieh, PhD

Abdulrahman Al-Gaeed

13108-P Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Keratoconus

Principal Investigator: Azza Maktabi, MD

Co-Investigators: Deepak Edward, MD

Abdullah Al-Assiri, MD

Samar Al-Swailem, MD

Sabah Jastaneiah, MD

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Research Projects 85

13109-CR Spontaneous posterior capsule rapture in a patient with posterior polar
cataract and features of stickler syndrome: clinical genetic correlation

Principal Investigator: Abdulelah Al-Abdullah, MD

Co-Investigators: Omar Kirat, MD

Leen Abu Safieh, PhD

Igor Kozak, MD

13110-R The effect of ranibizumab in diabetic macular edema patients with
poor response to bevacizumab

Principal Investigator: Abdulelah Al-Abdullah, MD

Co-Investigators: Nicola Ghazi, MD

13111-R Unsuspected malignant neoplasm diagnosed by histopathological
examination of routine DCR specimens

Principal Investigator: Majed Al-Qurashi, MD

Co-Investigators: Hind Al-Katan, MD

2012

1202-R Ocular Manifestations of Ichthyosis

Principal Investigator: Mohammad Al-Amry, MD

Co-investigator: Imtiaz Chaudhry, MD

1206-R Phenotype of Keratoconus Patients in King Khaled Eye Specialist
Hospital

Principal Investigator: Abdullah Al-Assiri, MD

Co-investigators: Samuel Yiu, MD

Samar Al-Swailem, MD

Randa Nooh, MD

Abdullah Al-Assiri, MD

1220-R Relationship between the Age at Time of Surgical Correction and the
Long Term Outcome in Congenital ptosis

Principal Investigator: Mohammed AlAsiri, MD

Co-investigator: Imtiaz Chaudhry, MD

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86 Research Projects

1222-R Evaluation of Clinical Characteristics of Anterior Ischemic Optic
Neuropathy

Principal Investigator: Thomas Bosley, MD

Co-investigators: Laura Phan, MD

Timothy McCulley, MD

Darren Oystreck, MD

Hailah Al-Hussain, MD

Alberto Galvez, MD

Osama Al-Sheikh, MD

Zakeya Al-Sadah, MD

1225-P Cosopt versus Xolamol: Comparison of Efficacy and Tolerability in
Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma

Principal Investigator: Leyla Al-Jasim, MD

Co-investigators: Deepak Edward, MD

José Morales, MD

1230-R Outcome of Price Graft-Over-Host Technique in Pediatric Penetrating
Keratoplasty

Principal Investigator: Sabah Jastaneiah, MD

Co-investigator: Saad Al-Harby, MD

1231-P Accuracy of the ICare Rebound Tonometer in Comparison with
Tonopen and Pneumotonometer in Sedated Children

Principal Investigator: Fatemah Al-Shamlan, MD

Co-investigators: Jonathan Song, MD

Sami Al-Odhayb, MD

Ibrahim Al-Jadaan, MD

Saleh Al-Mesfer, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Sami Al-Shahwan, MD

Shahira Turkmani, MD

Arif O. Khan, MD

Abdulaziz Awad, MD

José Morales, MD

1232-R Histopathologic Features of Encapsulated Blebs following Ahmed
Glaucoma Valve Implantation

Principal Investigator: Fatima Fikri, MD

Co-investigators: Sami Al-Shahwan, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Ibrahim Al-Jadaan, MD

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Research Projects 87

1240-R Pathologic Features of Corneal Opacification in PCG and Peter’s
Anomaly

Principal Investigator: Mohammed Al-Shamrani, MD

Co-investigators: Mosa Al Harbi, MD

Samuel Yiu, MD

Jonathan Song, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

Hind Al-Katan, MD

Sabah Jastaneiah, MD

Abdul Elah Al-Towerki, MD

1244-R Gene Expression Profiling in Intraocular Medulloepitheliomas

Principal Investigator: Deepak Edward, MD

Co-investigators: Hind Al-Katan, MD

Nicola Ghazi, MD

Khaled Abu Amero, PhD

Charles Eberhart, MD

1248-R 23 G PPV with or without buckle for Rhegmatogenous Retinal
Detachments

Principal Investigator: Majed Al-Harbi, MD

Co-Investigator: Fernando Arevalo, MD

1258-CR Non-artertic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) in Amphetanine
Drug Abuser

Principal Investigator: Malek Al-Robaian, MD

Co-investigators: Mohammed Al-Amry, MD

Saleh Al-Othaimeen, MD

1260-R Dislocated Intraocular Lens in the Vitreous Management and
Outcome Tertiary Care Experiment

Principal Investigator: Saba Al-Rashaed, MD

Co-investigators: Amani Al-Bijadi, MD

Fernando Arevalo, MD

Mohammad Hazazzi, MD

1262-R Retrospective Review of Chemothermotherapy for Children with
Retinoblastoma

Principal Investigator: Mohamed Karaoui, MD

Co-investigators: Salah Mesfer, MD

Essam Naji, MD

Deepak Edward, MD

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88 Research Projects

1264-R Orbital Inflammation Gene Expression Profiling

Principal Investigator: Hailah Al-Hussain, MD

Co-investigators: Hind Al-Katan, MD

1265-R Visual and Anatomic Outcomes of Bevacizumab in Diabetic Macular
Edema

Principal Investigator: Nicola Ghazi, MD

Co-investigators: Jluwi Al-Masaud, MD

Suliman Al-Suliman, MD

Moyad Zakoor, MD

Abdullah Al-Faran, MD

1271-P Cilliary Body Location in Eyes with and without PCG in Children
Under 5 Years Old

Principal Investigator: Ghadah Al-Nosair, MD

Co-investigators: Deepak Edward, MD

Rajiv Khandekar, MD

Mohammed Al-Shamrani, MD

Jonathan Song, MD

Sami Al-Shahwan, MD

Ibrahim Al-Jadaan, MD

1272-R Longitudinal Changes in Incidence of Neovascular Glaucoma at
KKESH

Principal Investigator: Igor Kozak, MD

Vishal Gupta, MD

Co-investigators: Deepak Edward, MD

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