Curriculum Vitae

Personal Profile
Name Abdel-Rahman Gamal Mohamed Atalla
Date of birth March 3, 1987
Nationality Egyptian
E-mail abdelrahman010@hotmail.com
Telephone +201006529926
Marital status Married

Education
Egyptian High School Certificate 2003
M.B.B.Ch.
Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
Excellent with Honors, rank 22nd on 1500 candidates 2009
M.Sc. Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology, Cairo University 2015

Working Experience
Intern in Medicine and Surgery
Cairo University Hospitals March 2010 – February 2011
Resident in Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology, Cairo University November 2011 – November 2014
Clinical Demonstrator of Ophthalmology
Cairo University Faculty of Medicine November 2015 – present time

Professional Experience
• Conduct routine eye examination and tests to patients complaining of visual problems and headaches.
• Prescribe ocular medications for minor conditions and recommend laser or surgery for other eye conditions with severe visual disorders.
• Measure the state of refraction and prescribe corrective lenses.
• Keep abreast with medical developments and trends in the care, diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both English and Arabic.
• Excellent social and interpersonal skills for dealing with colleagues and patients.
• Computer skills needed for documentation of patients’ data.
• Surgical experience in
o Minor lid surgeries e.g. chalazion evacuation.
o Pterygium excision.
o Cataract extraction both extracapsular cataract extraction and phacoemulsification with IOL implantation.
o Treatment of sequels of ocular trauma: lid wounds, rupture globe, traumatic cataract, foreign bodies in the anterior segment, iris lacerations.
o Penetrating keratoplasty.
o Squint surgery.
• Laser procedures:
o YAG laser posterior capsulotomy.
o Argon laser treatment for diabetic retinopathy (focal and panretinal photocoagulation).
• Investigative field:
o Perform ocular ultrasound scan.
o Perform fundus fluorescein angiography.
o Perform ocular biometry (preoperative IOL power calculation).

Research
Main participant in a research on “Evaluation of the Koch-Wang modification of axial length for intraocular lens power calculation in myopia”, Ophthalmology Department, Cairo University, Completed in April 2015.

Presentations and Conferences
Presentations in Scientific Meetings
Kasr El-Aini Ophthalmology Department Annual Scientific Meeting 2013, Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2014, Cairo, Egypt.

Conferences Attended
The Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society 2011, Cairo, Egypt.
The Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society 2012, Cairo, Egypt.
Kasr El-Aini Ophthalmology Department Annual Scientific Meeting 2013, Cairo, Egypt.
The Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2014, Cairo, Egypt.
Kasr El-Aini Ophthalmology Department Annual Scientific Meeting 2014, Cairo, Egypt.
International Meeting of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society 2015, Cairo, Egypt.
The Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2016, Cairo, Egypt.
The International Symposium of Pediatric Ophthalmology 2016, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Kasr El-Aini Ophthalmology Department Annual Scientific Meeting 2016, Cairo, Egypt.
International Meeting of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society 2016, Cairo, Egypt.

Membership of Professional Bodies
Member of the Egyptian Ophthalmologic Society.
Member of the Egyptian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
Member of the Egyptian Vitreoretinal Society.