Name Nada S. Jabbur
Title Head of Ophthalmology Division
Primary Specialty Ophthalmology Consultant
Languages Arabic, English & French
Contact Details
Email [email protected]
Phone +974 4400 4400

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Scope of Practice

  • Refractive, medical and surgical care of the eyes
  • Treatment of eye diseases and injury
  • General eye examination for adults and children
  • Medical and surgical treatment of cornea and external diseases of the eye (corneal abrasions, dry eyes, blepharitis, styes and chalazia)
  • Cataract surgery with advanced intraocular lens (IOL) placement (multifocal, toric)
  • YAG laser capsulotomy after cataract surgery
  • Refractive corneal LASIK (all laser) and surface laser surgeries (PRK) to reduce glasses dependence
  • Therapeutic laser to the cornea to reduce scars and improve vision (Phototherapeutic keratectomy-PTK)
  • Keratoconus evaluation and management (contact lenses, ultraviolet crosslinking and corneal ring insertion, phakic IOL implantation, and corneal transplantation)
  • Pterygium evaluation and surgery
  • Glaucoma management and follow up
  • Contact lens evaluation with simple and complex fittings

Highlights

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Training of Residence and Fellows

Health Care Profession Achievements:

  • Editorial Board Member of Journal of Refractive Surgery Case Reports
  • Recipient of the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • 25+ years of mentoring Ophthalmology Residents and Fellows

Experience & Education

  • Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology Department of Ophthalmology American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
  • The Wilmer Eye Institute The Johns Hopkins Hospital Clinical Fellowship in Cornea, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery
  • Center for Sight Depth of Ophthalmology- Georgetown University Medical Center Residency in Ophthalmology
  • St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Internship in Internal Medicine
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Harvard Medical School Research Fellowship in Ocular Immunology
  • McGill University of Medicine Montreal, Canada Medical Diploma Obtained M.D.C.M

Certifications & Memberships

  • American Board of Ophthalmology
  • Lebanese Ophthalmological Society
  • Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
  • Middle East and Africa Council of Ophthalmology
  • SAFIR, French Refractive Meeting

Publications

Most Recent

  • Kheir W, Awwad S, Bou Ghannam A, Khalil A, Ibrahim P, Rachid E, El Salloukh N, Yehya M, Torbey J, El Zein L, Jabbur NS, Noureddin B, Alameddine R. Ophthalmic injuries after the port of Beirut Blast - one of largest non-nuclear explosions in history. JAMA Ophthalmol 2021; 139 (9):937-943.
  • Seif R, Bleik J, Jabbur N. Digital marking for toric intraocular lenses in a patient with cyclodeviation- , Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, vol.2021, article ID 3671951, 2 pages, 2021
  • Sakatani K, Jabbur NS, O’Brien, TP. Improvement in best corrected visual acuity in amblyopic adult eyes following laser in situ keratomileusis, J Cataract Refract Surg 2004, vol. 30, No.9, pp. 2517-2521.
  • Sainz De La Maza M, Jabbur NS, Foster CS. Severity of scleritis and episcleritis in Ophthalmology 1994, vol.101, No.2, pp.389-396.
  • Sainz De La Maza M, Foster CS, Jabbur NS. Scleritis-associated uveitis in Ophthalmology 1997, vol.104, No.1, pp.58-63.
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  • Sainz De La Maza M, Foster CS, Jabbur NS. Scleritis associated with rheumatoid arthritis and with other systemic immune-mediated diseases in Ophthalmology 1994, vol.100, No.8, pp.1281-1286.
  • Sainz De La Maza M, Foster CS, Jabbur NS. Scleritis and systemic vasculitic disease in Ophthalmology 1995, vol.102, No.4, pp.687-692.
  • Sainz de la Maza M, Foster CS, Jabbur NS, Baltatzis S. Ocular characteristics and disease associations in scleritis-associated peripheral keratopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 2002, vol. 120, No.1, pp.15-19.
  • Neumann R, Jabbur NS, Vickers F, Foster CS. Topical diclofenac sodium, dexamethasone and placebo compared in a model of immunogenic uveitis in rabbits. Ocular Immunology and Inflamm 1993, pp.87-97.
  • Melki SA, Talamo JH, Demetriades  A-M, Jabbur NS, Essepian JP, O’Brien TP, Azar DT. Late traumatic dislocation of laser in situ keratomileusis corneal flaps, Ophthalmology 2000, vol. 107, No.12, pp.2136-2139.
  • Kuo IC, O’Brien TP, Jabbur NS. Photorefractive keratectomy for refractory laser in situ keratomileusis striae, J Cataract Refract Surg 2008, vol.34,No.1, pp.330-3.
  • Kuo IC, O’ Brien TP, Haller JA, Jabbur NS. Complications of sequential keratorefractive and vitreoretinal surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 2006, vol.32, No.12, pp.2146-2148.
  • Kuo IC, MD, Ghajarnia M, O’Brien TP, Jabbur NS. Excimer Laser Surgery for Correction of Ametropia after Cataract Surgery. J Cataract Refract Surg 2005, vol.31, No.11, pp. 2104-2110.
  • Jabbur NS. Excessive fibrin after cataract surgery associated with aminocaproic acid use, J Cataract and Refract Surg 2003, vol. 29, p.1636-1637.
  • Jabbur NS, Tuli S, Barequet I, O’Brien TP. LASIK outcomes in patients with pigment dispersion syndrome, J Cataract and Refract Surg 2004, vol.30, No.1, pp.157-161.
  • Jabbur NS, Stark WJ, Green WR. Corneal ectasia after LASIK, Arch Ophthalmol 2001, 119, No.11, pp.1714-1717.
  • Jabbur NS, Sakatani K, O’Brien TP. Survey of complications and recommendations in management in dissatisfied patients seeking a consultation after refractive surgery, J Cataract Refract Surg 2004, vol. 30, No.9, pp.1867-1874.
  • Jabbur NS, O’Brien TP. Recurrence of keratitis after excimer laser keratectomy, J Cataract and Refract Surg 2003, vol. 29, No.1, pp.198-201.
  • Jabbur NS, O’Brien TP. Incidence of intraoperative corneal abrasions and correlation with age using the Hansatome and Amadeus microkeratomes in LASIK, J Cataract and Refract Surg 2003, vol. 29, No.6, pp.1174-1178.
  • Jabbur NS, Myrowitz E, Wexler J, O’Brien TP. Outcomes of second surgeries in patients with aborted LASIK secondary flap complication, J Cataract Refract Surg 2004,vol.30,No.5,pp. 993-999.
  • Jabbur NS, Kraff C and the VISX Wavefront Study Group. Wavefront Guided LASIK Surgery Using the VISX WaveScan System for Correction of Low to Moderate Myopia with Astigmatism: 6-Month Results of 277 Eyes. J Cataract Refract Surg 2005, vol. 31, No.8, pp. 1493-1501.
  • Jabbur NS, Chicani CF, Kuo IC, O’Brien TP. Risk factors involved in primary and recurrent interface epithelialization after LASIK, J Refract Surg 2004, vol.20, No.4, pp. 343-348.
  • Jabbur NS, Awwad ST, Bashshur ZF; Sequential pars plana vitrectomy and and cataract extraction with IOL implantation in a patient with a Kamra Inlay who developed a retinal detachment followed by a cataract, J Cataract Refract Surg 2017, Apr; 43 (4), 570-571.
  • Jabbur NS, Akpek EK, Stark WJ. Closed chamber technique  for repositioning subluxated iris-sutured intraocular lenses. Cornea 2005, vol. 24 (4):438-442.
  • Jabbur NS and the VISX STAR S2 Excimer Laser System Hyperopia Study Group. Endothelial cell studies after hyperopic photorefractive keratectomy, J Refract Surg 2003, vol.19, No.2, pp.142-8.
  • Fahd DC, Jabbur NS, Awwad ST. Intrastromal corneal ring segment SK for moderate to severe keratoconus: a case series, J Refract Surg 28(10): 701-5, 2012.
  • Barequet IS, Jabbur NS, Barron Y, Osterhout GJ, O’Brien TP. Perioperative microbiologic profile of the conjunctiva in photorefractive keratectomy, J Refract Surg 2001, 17, No.1, pp.55-62.
  • Antonios R, Jabbur NS, Ahmed MA, Awwad ST. Refractory interface haze developing after epithelial ingrowth following laser in situ keratomileusis and small aperture corneal inlay implantation, Amer J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2018, Jan 28; vol. 10, 10-12.
  • Al-Abdulla NA, Jabbur NS, O’Brien TP. Astigmatism outcomes following spherical photorefractive keratectomy for myopia, J Refract Surg 1998, 14, No.6, pp.610-614.
  • Akova Y, Dutt J, Rodriguez A, Jabbur NS, Foster CS. The role of Igh-1 disparate congenic mouse T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of herpes stromal keratitis in Current Eye Research 1993, vol.12, No.12, pp.1093-1101.
  • Abdul Fattah M, Mehanna C-J, Antonios R, Abiad, B, Jabbur NS, Awwad ST, Maamoun Abdul Fattah, MD; Carl-Joe Mehanna, MD; Rafic Antonios, MD; Bachir Abiad, MD; Nada S. Jabbur, MD; Shady T. Awwad, MD. Five-year results of combined small-aperture corneal inlay implantation and LASIK for the treatment of hyperopic presbyopic eye, J Refr Surg 2020, vol.36, No.8, pp. 498-505.