Maria Clara Arbelaez, MD
Corneal and Refractive Surgery Consultant
P.O. Box 938, Wadi Al Kabir P.C. 117, Muscat,
Sultanate of Oman
Office Tel. No. +968-24691414
Office Fax 968 24601212
e-mail: drmaria@omantel.net.om
website : www.muscateye.com
- Education
- Proffesional Experience
- Teaching Activities
- Research Activities
- Memberships to Scientific Societies
- Presentations to Scientific meetings during the last 14 years
- Publications
- Honors and Awards
Education
- Medical training - Colegio Mayor Del Rosario, Medical School Bogota, 1978-1984
- Residency - Department of Ophthalmology, San Jose Hospital. Universidad Del Rosario, Bogota. 1986-1989
- Subspecialties - Cornea. Cornea Consultants Harvard Medical School. Boston 1993
- Refractive Surgery – Centro Oftalmologico Colombiano Bogota 1991
Professional experience
Actual: Medical Director Muscat Eye Laser Center
- 1999-2002 Ophthalmologist consultant -Chief Refractive Surgery, El Maghraby Eye & Ear Center Muscat Sultanate of Oman
- 1998- 1999 Ophthalmologist consultant and refractive Surgeon Aljabor Laser Technology Doha State of Qatar
- 1997-1998 Ophthalmologist Consultant and Refractive Surgeon Aruba Laser Vision Dutch Caribbean
- 1995-1998 Ophthalmologist Director Refractive Surgery Department Clinica de Oftalmologia de Cali Colombia
- 1990-1994 Ophthalmologist Cornea and Refractive Surgery Centro Oftalmologico Colombiano Dr Luis Ruiz. Bogotá Colombia
Teaching activities
- Conducting refractive surgery curses in Latin America since 1991
- Conducting courses on excimer laser surgery in Latin America, North America, Asia and
Middle East since 1993 to present.
Research Activities
- Clinical Investigator Bausch&Lomb 1995 to 1999
- Clinical Investigator Nidek 1999 to 2002
- Actual: Clinical Investigator Schwind Eye -Tech Solutions
Memberships to Scientific Societies
- Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
- Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
- Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS).
- Member of the Colombian Ophthalmologic Society (SCO).
- Member and International advisor of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS).
- Member of the American Research Visual and Ophthalmology(ARVO).
- Member of the Oman Medical Association (OMA).
Other
- Member of editorial board, Ocular Surgery News, Latin American Edition
Presentations to Scientific meetings during the last 14 years
Year 2009
September 2009
ESCRS – Barcelona Spain
Ziemer Satellite Symposium: Ziemer Refractive Symposium: FEMTO LDV and GALILEI in the State-of-the-Art Refractive Practice
Three month experience in customised advanced cyclotorsion correction (ACC) with the SCHWIND AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
Free Paper Session: Refractive lens exchange / Laser refractive surgery
Three month experience in customized advanced cyclotorsion correction (ACC) with the SCHWIND AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
May 2009
Fifth International Arab Ophthalmic Association Jointly with the Ninth Jordanian Ophtholmolgical Conference – Jordan
New Technology in Refractive Surgery
Aberration – free Hyperopia thin flaps
Wave front guided treatment myths and reality
Recent Trends in Cross Linking in the Management of Ectatic Corneal Disorders
Keratoconus Treatment with Intracorneal Rings Using Ziemer Femtosecond Laser
Controversies in Refractive Surgery – Panel Discussion - PANELIST
Procedures Choice in the Management of Difficult Refractive Cases
LASIK – When, How, Why
April 2009
ASCRS - San Francisco
4-D KERATOREFRACTIVE LASIK Issues - Panelist
Schwind “Meet the Expert” Booth
3-K: KERATOREFRACTIVE Iris Recognition, Astigmatism and Nomograms
Three-Month Experience in Customized Advanced Cyclotorsion Correction with the Amaris Total-Tech Laser: Clinical Outcomes
Ziemer FEMTO REFRACTIVE Symposium
Intra-Corneal Ring Implantation for Keratoconus Treatment using the Ziemer
March 2009
MEACO Congress - Bahrain
Surface & Sub-Bowman Ablation
High astigmatism treatments with the Schwind AMARIS system
Schwind Lunch Symposium - Leading Technology in Refractive
Wavefront-guided corrections: Myths and Reality
Frontiers in Refractive Surgery
Schwind AMARIS Excimer Laser
Advanced Ablation Profiles
Advanced Cyclotorsion compensation with the Schwind AMARIS system
February 2009
ESCRS – Rome, Italy
Stretching the Limits of Excimer Laser Surgery
Wavefront: Myths and reality
Keratoconus treatment with intracorneal rings using the Ziemer femtosecond laser LDV for tunnel cutting. First experience and preliminary results.
Ziemer Refractive Lunch Symposium
Intra-Corneal Ring Implantation for Keratoconus treatment using Ziemer FEMTO LDV Femtosecond Surgical Laser. Clinical Results
Year 2008
September 2008
ESCRS - Berlin
Comparison of LASEK and LASIK with thin flap and ultrathin flap after excimer ablation with “aberration free” aspheric ablation profile
Six month experience high astigmatism correction with the Schwind AMARIS total-tech laser: clinical outcomes
SCHWIND Lunch Symposium
Leading Technology in Refractive Surgery
Results of high Myopia Treatments with the SCHWIND AMARIS
SCHWIND – “Meet The Expert” Booth
Representative for SCHWIND Eye Tech Solutions
Ziemer Symposium on Femtolaser Surgery
Lecture Program - Corneal Rings with the Femto LDV
April 2008
ASCRS - Chicago, USA
Corneal Ectasia and Keratoconus Etiology, Classification, and Updated Treatment Techniques (Course)
KERATOREFRACTIVE Enhancements (Panelist)
Six month experience with the Schwind Amaris Total-Tech Laser:Clinical Outcomes in Multicenter Experience with LASIK Treatments (Discussion)
Optimized Zernike Terms Selection in Customized Treatments for Laser Corneal Refractive Surgery: 3 months Experience with LASIK Treatments (Author)
February 2008
ESCRS - Barcelona, Spain
6 month Experience with the Schwind AMARIS Total-Tech Laser: Clinical Outcomes-Multicentric Experience with LASIK Treatments (Free Paper)
Year 2007
September 2007
ESCRS - Stockholm, Sweden
Moderating the live surgery at Globen Clinic
SCHWIND AMARIS - The Total Tech Laser Defining a New Excimer Laser Generation.
Refractive Surgery New Techniques. Pachymetric evaluation of ablation profiles using 3 Different Techniques. (Co-Author)
April/May 2007
ASCRS - SAN DIEGO
Advances In Diagnosis And Treatment of Keratoconus and Post-LASIK Ectasia”
Contrast Sensitivity and HOA After Aberration-Free
Custom Ablation Manager in LASIK and LASEK Treatments
Course/Session# 2-1
AlphaCor Surgeon Certification Training
Conservative Treatment of Keratoconus by Induced. (Co-Author)
Riboflavin-UVA Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking course
February 2007
OMAN OPHTHALMIC SOCIETY - Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Modern Diagnosis and treatment of Keratoconus
Cataract and Refractive Surgery Session
LASIK, When? Why? And How?
Cataract and Refractive Surgery Session
Corneal Topography and Tomography
Instruction Course on Cornea
Year 2006
September 2006
XXIV Congress of the ESCRS - London
Free Paper Session Refractive Surgery New
Techniques/Instruments.
Corneal Wavefront Treatment vs. Ocular Wavefront
Treatments in ORK-CAM: Clinical Results-Six-month
experience in LASIK treatments.
“The Future of Refractive Surgery” Symposium
Topic: Cariazo Pendular : Multicenter Study
Pupil centre vs. Corneal apex reference selection in
ORK-CAM Aspheric Profiles: Clinical Results-Six-month
experience in LASIK treatments
July 2006
International Convention Center, National Taiwan University Hospital - TAIPEI
New Technologies Presbyopia correction
March 2006
ASCRS ASPA Symposium and Congress - San Francisco
Pupil Center Versus Corneal Apex Reference Selection in ORK-CAM Aspheric Profiles: Clinical Results
LASIK on Distorted and Abberated Corneas (Faculty)
Modern Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment for Keratoconus and Post-LASIK Corneal Ectasia
February 2006
World Ophthalmology Congress - Brazil
Refractive Surgery – LASIK/LASEK How, When and Why?
Year 2005
September 2005
XXIII ESCRS Congress - Lisbon, Portuagal
Refractive Surgery New Techniques/Instruments
Clinical outcomes with the aspherical ORK-CAM (optimized refractive keratectomy – custom ablation manager) ablation six-month experience in LASIK treatments.
April 2005
VIII Congress PAACO and the XII UAE Ophthalmic Conference - Dubai
Year 2004
May 2004
ASCRS ASOA Symposium and Congress - San Diego
Optimized Refractive Keratectomy Using the Schwind Aberrometer and Esiris Excimer Laser for LASIK.
Safe, Thin Flaps in LASIK Treatments Using the Carriazo Pendular Microkeratome
Year 2003
September 2003
XXI Congress of the ESCRS - Munich
Attended
June 2002
International Symposium - Nuremberg
Live Surgery – ORK(Optimized Refractive Keratectomy)
Optimized refractive keratectomy (ORK) treatments with the Schwind ESIRIS excimer laser – first clinical experiences
Custom LASIK , Part I: Fundamentals of Wavefront Analysis and Wavefront-Guided Ablation (Faculty)
Custom LASIK, Part II: Clinical Comparison of Wavefront-Guided Ablation Systems (Faculty)
Year 2001
April 2001
PAACO & LOS Congress - Beirut, Lebanon
ISRS GLORY Fast Track to LASIK – One Day Seminar & Wet Lab
Preoperative Evaluation in LASIK (Tutor)
LASIK ODDYSEY 1 - Symposium
Supervision – Dream or Reality (presenter)
Customized Ablation OPD Scan using Nidek Data (presenter).
REFRACTIVE ODDYSEY II – Symposium
LASIK with Nidek Microkeratome MK 2000 (presenter)
Panel Discussion - Wave Front Custom Ablation
Nidek (panelist)
LASIK, Technique and Results Using the Nidek Platform (Free paper)
Year 2000
October 2000
AAO, 10th Annual Meeting, Dallas, USA
Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome
(Lab Course Instructor)
October 2000
ISRS - Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium
Glory Certification (Sub-committee)
Year 1999
October 1999
ISRS – Fall World Refractive Surgery Symposium - Orlando, Florida, USA
International Council Member for Qatar
Patient Selection and Preparation for Refractive Surgery – (Course Director/Presenter)
Glory Didactic Course – Cutting Edge LASIK: How to, What’s New, Why You? (Course Moderator/Presenter)
Cutting edge LASIK - How to LASIK! - Abstract (Presenting Author)
October 1999
AAO – PAAO – Annual Meeting and Congress - Orlando, Florida, USA
Refractive Surgery , Free Paper – Treatment of Irregular Astigmatism by Customized LASIK Based on Corneal Topography (Co-Author)
Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome ( Didactic Course Instructor)
Subspecialty Day – Refractive Surgery – Reshaping the Future (Faculty)
LASIK Complications and their management (Panelist)
Year 1998
November 1998
ISRS – 20th anniversary Pre-Academy Conference & Exhibition
International Advisor
Skills Transfer (Chair)
Course – ISRS LASIK Didactic Course (Faculty)
Course - The Business of Refractive Surgery (Faculty)
Hyperopia/Presbyopia Management And Multifocal Technology (Moderator)
LASIK for Presbyopia Treatment (Presenter)
November 1998
AAO Annual Meeting - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Free Paper Comprehensive Ophthalmology – Topographically Guided LASIK to Treat Corneal Irregularities (Co-Author)
Course – Management of Irregular Astigmatism following Excimer Laser Surgery of the Cornea (Associate Instructor)
Course - Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome (Associate Instructor)
April 1998
ASCRS Symposium/ASOA Congress - San Diego, California, USA
Refractive, Laser In Situ Keratomileusis (Panelist)
Low-Contrast Acuity After Hyperopic-Astigmatic LASIK: Effect of Optical Zone Size (Presenter)
Course – LASIK I Advanced Techniques in Myopic and Hyperopic LASIK, Results and International Trends (Faculty)
Course – LASIK After the First 1000 (Faculty)
March 1998
The Asia Pacific Society of Cornea And Refractive Surgery – Inaugural Scientific Meeting, Singapore.
Refractive Cornea Surgery Symposium II
Topography Assisted LASIK (Presenter)
Year 1997
October 1997
AAO Annual meeting - San Francisco, California
Refractive Surgery, Lab Course – Lamellar Refractive Surgery with a Microkeratome
(Instructor)
October 1997
ISRS-Pre AAO Conference & Exhibition - San Francisco California USA
Skills Transfer (Chair)
Bulletin Board (Subcommittee)
Optical Aberrations & Topography in Refractive Surgery – Relation between Excimer Ablation corneal Topography and Visual Outcome (Presenter)
ISRS LASIK DIDACTIC COURSE – “How to Lasik in the US” (Course Director)
ISRS LASIK COURSE – (Course Director)
ISRS LASIK COURSE – Excimer Laser Workshop (Course Director)
Abstract – Contrast Sensitivity after Hyperopic-Astigmatic LASIK (Author/Presenter)
June 1997
ISRS, World Refractive Surgery Symposium - Orlando, Florida, USA
Skills Transfer (Chair)
LASIK RESULTS, Session (Moderator)
ISRS LASIK COURSE (Faculty)
LASIK: PRESENT AND FUTURE (Course Director)
May 1997
ISRS, OSN, AIF AND SIOR JOINT MEET: Symposium on Small Incision Cataract and Refractive surgery - Rome, Italy
Faculty
Abstract – PlanoScan-LASIK: Technique and Results
April 1997
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium & Congress - Boston, Massachusetts
Refractive – Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, One-Year Follow Up of Myopic Correction Using LASIK/PlanoScan (Presenter)
Refractive – Excimer Lasers, Excimer Lasers, Session - One-year Follow Up of Hyperopia Treatments (Presenter)
Course – LASIK I: Advanced Technique, Results and International Trends (Faculty)
Course – LASIK II: Complications, Management and New International Directions (Faculty)
Course – Advanced LASIK (Faculty)
Excimer Lasers, Session - Topographic-Assisted PRK (Presenter)
Year 1996
October 1996
AAO, Centennial Annual MEETING - Chicago, Illinois
Refractive Surgery – LASIK Lab Course,
July 1996
ISRS Mid-Summer Symposium & Scientific Exhibition - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Complications of PRK (Panelist)
LASIK I, Session – Long-Term Follow Up of Single Versus Multizone LASIK (Presenter)
Excimer PRK Techniques – LASIK on Astigmatic Correction (Presenter)
Course, ALK/MLK/LASIK Workshop (Faculty)
Course, ALK and LASIK Complications: Avoidance and Management (Faculty)
Abstract – LASIK on Astigmatic Correction (Author/Presenter)
June 1996
ASCRS Symposium & ASOA Congress - Seattle, Washington, USA
Refractive – PlanoScan Method in LASIK for Toric Myopia and Hyperopia (Presenter)
Course – LASIK: Step by Step (Faculty)
April 1996
III International Congress on Cataract and Refractive Surgery/I Brazilian Congress on
Ophthalmic Administration - Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Excimer Laser - LASIK, Symposium – LASIK on Myopia and Hyperopia (PlanoScan)(Presenter)
Astigmatism – Symposium – LASIK on Astigmatism (Negative and Positive Cylinder Correction) (Presenter)
Year 1995
October 1995
AAO Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
October 1995
ISRS Pre-AAO Conference & Exhibition - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
ALK/LASIK Session – LASIK:Single Zone Versus Multizone, Author/Presenter
Abstract - LASIK:Single Zone Versus Multizone, Author/Presenter
July 1995
ISRS Mid-Summer Symposium and Exhibition - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ALK/MLK/LASIK, Scientific Session - Excimer laser In Situ Keratomileusis For Myopia And Astigmatism: Clinical Results (One-Year Follow-Up)
Abstract - Excimer Laser In Situ Keratomileusis For Myopia And Astigmatism: Clinical Results (One-Year Follow-Up)
April 1995
ASCRS/ASOA Symposium & Congress - San Diego, California, USA
Course, Lamellar Refractive Surgery: LASIK (Faculty)
Publications
Refractive corneal surgery
Excimer laser surgery
- Central Ablation Depth and Postoperative Refraction in Excimer Laser Myopic Correction
Measured With Ultrasound, Scheimpflug, and Optical Coherence Pachymetry
Journal of Refractive Surgery August 2009 Vol 25 No 8
- Clinical outcomes of corneal wavefront customized ablation strategies with SCHWIND CAM in
LASIK Treatments Ophthalmic and Physiological OpticsVolume 29, Issue 5, July 7 2009. Pages 487-496
- Clinical Pearls for Success in Femto-LASIK Refractive Surgery
CRST (Cataract & Refractive Surgery) Europe February 2009
- The Schwind AMARIS Total-Tech Laser as An All Rounder in Refractive Surgery
MEAJO (Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology) Jan-Mar 2009 Vol 16 Issue 1
- Excimer laser correction of moderate to high astigmatism with a non-wavefront-guide
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009; 35:1789-1798
- Collagen cross-linking with riboflavin and ultraviolet-A light in keratoconus: One-year results
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology Vol 2 No. 1 2009
- Clinical Outcomes of Corneal Vertex Versus Central Pupil References with Aberration-Free Ablation Strategies and LASIK
IOVS (investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science) Volume 49 No.7 July 2008
- Three-month Clinical Outcomes with Aberration-Free Ablations in LASEK Treatments using the AMARIS Laser System
Highlights of Ophthalmology Volume 36 Number 4 2008 Series
- Convex applanation of Microkeratome creates thin, precise, safe flaps
Ocular Surgery News (Europe/Asia Pacific Edition) Feb.2007, Vol.18, No. 2.
- Thin-flap LASIK safe and predictable
Ophthalmology Times Jan 1 2007
- Carriazo-Pendular Microkeratome creates thin, precise flaps
Ocular Surgery News 2006 Vol. 24, No.20.
- Corneal vs. Ocular Wavefront customized ablation clinical outcomes
Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery (JCRS) 2006.
- Corneal Vertex vs. Pupil centre reference on wavefront LASIK treatment
Journal of Cataract Refractive Surgery (JCRS) 2006.
- Clinical outcomes with aspherical aberration free ablations in LASIK using Esiris
Journal of Refractive Surgery (JRS) 2006.
- Wavefront Technology using the Schwind platform
Ocular Surgery News, 2003.
- Supervision, myth or reality
Ocular Surgery News, 2002
Honors and Awards
- Best Paper 1st International Cornea and Refractive Surgery Symposium, Rapid City, South Dakota USA .July 26,1995.
- Board Director, Eye Bank, Bogotá Colombia.
- Board Director ISRS, Candidate for LatinAmerica,1997-2000
- Best Paper of Session International Meeting on Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Brazilian
Society of Refractive Surgery, Bello Horizonte, Brazil ,April1996
- Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Seattle, USA, May 1996
- Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Boston, USA, April 1997.
- Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, San Diego, USA. 1998
- Bulletin Board Coordinator, International Society of Refractive Surgery, 1997
- International Adviso,r International Society of Refractive Surgery .
- Nominated Candidate for ISRS Board of Director, (1996,1997,1998)
- American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Achievement Award, 2003.
- Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting , San Diego, USA, May 2004.
- Best Paper of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting, Chicago, USA, April 2008.
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