SHORT PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Nader SAFFIEDINE is a physician licensed from the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. He followed the specialization in ophthalmology at the Universitair Ziekenhuis van Antwerpen, Antwerp in Belgium.
As Eye Doctor, Dr. SAFFIEDINE practiced since 1989 medical ophthalmology (refraction for optical defects, contact lenses, dry eye, glaucoma, macular degeneration, etc.), ophthalmic laser treatments (of the retina, lens capsule, trabeculum, iris and cornea) and ophthalmic surgery (cataract, glaucoma, pterygium, Chalazion, etc.) in a private practice in Brussels.
In 1994, Dr SAFFIEDINE was a founding member and, later, Chairman of the Brussel's EYE-TECH CENTER (EXCIMER laser centre specialized in corneal refractive surgery for myopia, astigmatism, hypermetropia and presbyopia where collaborated a dozen of Eye Doctors and Eye Surgeons, including three prominent university professors). He founded OPHTALMOLOGIE CHIRUGICALE S.P.R.L. in 1999.
Dr. SAFFIEDINE participated to humanitarian missions in Africa as Chief Eye Doctor and Eye Surgeon as part of the activities of OPHTALMO SANS FRONTIERES.
Dr. SAFFIEDINE is, as M.D. Eye Doctor,
- member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
- member of the Société Belge d’Oophtalmologie
- member of the Belgisch Oftalmologisch Gezelschap
- member of the Société Française d’Oophtalmologie
- member of the Sociedas Española de Oftalmología
- member of the Sociedad Canaria de Oftalmología.
Since 2011, Dr. SAFFIEDINE established his private clinic in Playa De Las Américas in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.