Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Assaf

Background

Assaf, Ahmed Abdel-Rahman was born on July 19, 1947 in BeitNabala, Lod, Palestine. Son of Abdel-Rahman Sulieman Assaf and Hanieh Mohamed Safi. arrived in the United Kingdom, 1973.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, College Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, 1971; diploma in ophthalmology, Royal Colls., London, 1975; Doctor of Medicine, U. Sheffield, England, 1984.

Career

Senior house officer ophthalmology, St. Pauls Eye Hospital, Liverpool, England, 1974-1975; registrar in ophthalmology, Sheffield U. Hospitals, 1976-1978; lecturer in ophthalmology, College Medicine, U. Sheffield, 1978-1986; consultant ophthalmologist pediatrics ophthalm & strabismus, College Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1987-1993; consultant pediatrics ophthalm & strabismus, King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, 1988-1993; consultant ophthalmologist, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, England, since 1994. Assistant professor ophthalmology College Medicine, U. Kuwait, 1981-1982, College Medicine, King Saud U., Riyadh, 1987-1990, associate professor, 1990-1993. Director residency training in ophthalmology King Saud U.-King Khaled Eye Hospital, Riyadh, 1990-1994.

Achievements

• Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Assaf has been listed as a noteworthy Ophthalmic surgeon, consultant, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Surgeons Edinburgh (certified higher surgical training 1980), Royal College Ophthalmologists London (examiner since 1996). Member Internat.Strabismological Association, European Strabismological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: computer programming, chess, table tennis, ground tennis.

Connections

Married Tahani Ghalib Jarrar, August 5, 1982. Children: Noor Dawn, Sarah.

Father:

Abdel-Rahman Sulieman Assaf

Mother:

Hanieh Mohamed Safi

Spouse:

Tahani Ghalib Jarrar

child:

Noor Dawn Assaf

child:

Sarah Assaf