Dr. Salma Yassine

Dr. Salma Yassine a is consultant ophthalmologist, specialised in paediatric and neuro-ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai in Dubai Healthcare City.

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 USA and Lebanon.

In her career, she has practiced in leading medical institutions such as the University of Minnesota and Children’s National Medical center in the US.

She has undertaken research in intracranial hypertension and nanophthalmos and has published various research papers on nystagmus and nanophthalmos in leading journals.

She is a member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus association (AAPOS) and The North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) and the Lebanese Ophthalmological Society (LOS)