Dr. Salma Yassine | |
MD | |
Specialist Ophthalmologist in Paediatric and Neuro-ophthalmology Languages: English and Arabic | |
Location: Dubai |
Dr. Salma Yassine is a specialist ophthalmologist in paediatric and neuro-ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Healthcare City Dubai.
She holds a bachelor’s in science (2012) with high distinction and a medical degree (2016) from the American University of Beirut. She finished Her ophthalmology residency at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in 2020 before pursuing a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota in 2021, followed by another fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington DC.
She has international experience in paediatrics and neuro-ophthalmology in countries including the USA and Lebanon.
She has practised in leading medical institutions such as the University of Minnesota and the Children’s National Medical Center in the US.
She has researched intracranial hypertension and nanophthalmos and published research papers on nystagmus and nanophthalmos in leading journals.
She is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association (AAPOS) The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), and the Lebanese Ophthalmological Society (LOS)