Dr. Nadim Habash

Dr. Nadim Habash is an American Board-Certified Ophthalmologist, specialised in Cornea, Ocular Surface Diseases, and General Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City.

Dr. Nadim undertook his specialty training at the George Washington University in Washington D.C., U.S.A., where he also served as Chief Resident. He then acquired an additional Fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at the University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A.

Dr. Nadim is a Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada FRCS(C).

Over the past 40 years, Dr. Nadim has had extensive experience in Corneal transplantation and Anterior Segment Diseases in several countries including the United States of America, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Dr. Nadim has worked and held leadership and academic positions in prestigious institutions including the University of Ohio at Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A., the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Saudi Arabia, and at the American Hospital Dubai, where he held key positions including Chief of Medical Staff, Assistant Chief Medical Officer and Director of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Nadim published several papers about Corneal transplantation, and chaired many scientific conferences and symposia, and participated actively in teaching medical students and Ophthalmology residents.

Throughout his career, Dr. Nadim held memberships in several scientific organisations including fellowship of the American College of Surgeons, membership of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and is a member of many regional and local societies.