Muawyah Al Bdour

Muawyah Al Bdour is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, and a consultant ophthalmologist at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan. He studied medicine at the University of Jordan, trained in ophthalmology in Jordan and at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom, and obtained the FRCSI (Ophthalmology) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1995. After teaching at Jordan University of Science and Technology, he moved to the University of Jordan, where he chaired the ophthalmology division and was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 2013 to 2015. He became Director of the Jordan Eye Bank in 2006 and chaired the examination committee of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations in ophthalmology from 2010 to 2015. His clinical work centres on corneal disease, including keratoconus, refractive surgery and cataract, and his recent research covers automated keratoconus screening, diabetic retinopathy and visual impairment.