Mr Samer Hamada, a highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning surgeon, has been a prominent figure in the field of ophthalmology for several decades. Alongside his contributions to peer-reviewed journals and numerous book chapters, leveraging his expertise to foster innovation.
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
1. Islam M, Morrison D, Hamada S, Katowitz J, Malhotra R. Outcomes on the Utilization of Lipodermoid Skin for Anterior Lamella Reconstruction in Severe Lipodermoids With Eyelid Coloboma: A Case Series. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Jan-Feb 01;39(1):e8-e11
2. Solebo AL, Teoh L, Rahi JS; British Childhood Visual Impairment and Blindness Study Interest Group. The role of screening and surveillance in the detection of childhood vision impairment and blindness in the UK. Arch Dis Child. 2022 Sep;107(9):812-817.
3. Geerling G, Hamada S, Trocmé S, Ræder S, Chen X, Fassari C, Lanzl I; PERSPECTIVE study group. Real-World Effectiveness, Tolerability and Safety of Cyclosporine A 0.1% Cationic Emulsion in Severe Keratitis and Dry Eye Treatment. Ophthalmol Ther. 2022 Jun;11(3):1101-1117.
4. Teoh LJ, Solebo AL, Rahi JS; British Childhood Visual Impairment and Blindness Study Interest Group. Temporal trends in the epidemiology of childhood severe visual impairment and blindness in the UK. Br J Ophthalmol. 2021 Dec 23:bjophthalmol-2021-320119.
5. Ting DSJ, Galal M, Kulkarni B, Elalfy MS, Lake D, Hamada S, Said DG, Dua HS. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Fungal Keratitis in the United Kingdom 2011-2020: A 10-Year Study. J Fungi (Basel). 2021 Nov 12;7(11):966.
6. McLintock CA, McKelvie J, Li Y, Hamada S, Lake D. Ferrara Rings for Visual Rehabilitation in Eyes with Keratoconus and Previous Cross-Linking Using the Ferrara Ring Nomogram. Vision (Basel). 2021 Sep 29;5(4):45. doi: 10.3390/vision5040045.
7. Bernales A, Berger O, Hamada S. Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis: Beyond the Classic Treatment. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2021 Sep-Oct;58(5):e36-e39. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20210708-02. Epub 2021 Sep 1.
8. Anders P, Anders LM, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Seitz B, Gatzioufas Z. Effect of intracorneal ring segment implantation on high order aberrations comparing patients with eccentric versus central keratoconus. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 Aug 18:11206721211041022. doi: 10.1177/11206721211041022. Online ahead of print.
9. Elalfy M, Maqsood S, Reinhold A, Panos GD, Khine A, Lake D, Hamada S, Gatzioufas Z. Clinical outcomes after intracorneal ring segment implantation for keratoconus management in corneas with mild apical haze. Ther Adv Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 24;13:25158414211003378. doi: 10.1177/25158414211003378. eCollection 2021 Jan-Dec.
10. Maqsood S, Elsawah K, Dhillon N, Soliman S, Laginaf M, Lodhia V, Lake D, Hamada S, Elalfy M. Management of Persistent Corneal Epithelial Defects with Human Amniotic Membrane-derived Dry Matrix. Clin Ophthalmol. 2021 May 28;15:2231-2238. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S299141. eCollection 2021.
11. Elalfy M, Maqsood S, Soliman S, Hegazy SM, Hannon AA, Gatzioufas Z, Lake D, Hamada S. Incidence and Risk Factors of Ocular Hypertension/Glaucoma After Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty. Clin Ophthalmol. 2021 May 25;15:2179-2188. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S299098. eCollection 2021.
12. Elalfy M, Maqsood S, Hau S, Kannan RY, Nduka C, Hamada S, Malhotra R. Functional and Structural Changes Following Corneal Neurotisation in the Management of Neurotrophic Keratopathy: UK Single Centre Series. Clin Ophthalmol. 2021 May 24;15:2149-2160. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S298941. eCollection 2021.
13. Ho VWM, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Lake D. One-year visual outcome of secondary piggyback pinhole device implantation in pseudophakic eyes with irregular corneal astigmatism and iris trauma. Eye (Lond). 2021 Apr 22:1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01537-7.
14. McLintock CA, McKelvie J, Miraflores Gomez S, Gatzioufas Z, Elalfy M, Hamada S. Outcomes of sequential intracorneal ring segment and phakic intraocular lens insertion for visual rehabilitation in keratoconus. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov 2;:1120672120969600. doi: 10.1177/1120672120969600. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33135490.
15. Vastardis I, Gatzioufas Z, McLintock C, Kohlhaas M, Hamada S, Lake D, Elalfy M. Tear film parameters before and after intracorneal ring segment implantation in keratoconic eyes. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep 21;:1120672120958301. doi: 10.1177/1120672120958301. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32951440.
16. Claoué C, Khan S, Manzouri B, Hamada S, Gray P, Arbabi E, Qureshi K, Lee V, Kashani S, Bowman R, Wolffe M, Javed H. Response to: ‘Montgomery in, Bolam out: are trainee surgeons “material risks” when taking consent for cataract surgery?’. Eye (Lond). 2020 Sep 2;. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-01168-4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32879456.
17. Gatzioufas Z, Elalfy M, Hamada S. Authors’ Reply. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2020 Jan-Mar;15(1):120. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v15i1.5964. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar. PubMed PMID: 32095219; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7001022.
18. Guber I, Gatzioufas Z, Goldblum D, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Lake D. [Clinical Outcomes after Keraring Implantation for Keratoconus Management in Thin Corneas]. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 2019 Dec;236(12):1435-1438. doi: 10.1055/a-0659-2549. Epub 2018 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 30216944.
19. Guber I, Bergin C, Malde S, Guber J, Hamada S, Lake D. First experience with Oasis Collagen SOFT SHIELD® for epithelial defect after corneal cross-linking. Int Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct;39(10):2149-2151. doi: 10.1007/s10792-018-01070-9. Epub 2019 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 30656511.
20. McLintock CA, McKelvie J, Gatzioufas Z, Hamada S. In vivo comparison of two tear osmometers. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2019 May;47(4):550-551. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13421. Epub 2018 Nov 25. PubMed PMID: 30345725.
21. Della Volpe Waizel M, Elalfy M, Thabit A, Hamada S, Pruente C, Scholl HPN, Gatzioufas Z. Successful Big Bubble-Assisted Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in a Patient with Intracorneal Ring Segments and Previous Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking for Keratoconus. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 2019 Apr;236(4):379-381. doi: 10.1055/a-0859-6849. Epub 2019 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 30999334.
22. Georgoudis P, Sabatino F, Szentmary N, Palioura S, Fodor E, Hamada S, Scholl HPN, Gatzioufas Z. Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: Current State of Pathophysiology, Diagnostics and Treatment. Ophthalmol Ther. 2019 Mar;8(1):5-17. doi: 10.1007/s40123-019-0164-z. Epub 2019 Jan 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 30694513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6393250.
23. Waizel M, McLintock C, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Gatzioufas Z.Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis refractory to therapy in young female patient. Ophthalmologe. 2019 Mar;116(3):282-284
24. Vastardis I, Thabit A, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Gatzioufas Z. Unexpected visual improvement after aborted intracorneal ring segment implantation for keratoconus. Ther Adv Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan-Dec;11:2515841418817500. doi: 10.1177/2515841418817500. eCollection 2019 Jan-Dec. PubMed PMID: 30729232; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6350120.
25. Gatzioufas Z, Haidar H, Georgoudis P, Elalfy M, Hamada S. Extremely Steep Keratoconic Cornea without Corneal Hydrops; How Far Can Corneal Thinning Progress?. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2019 Jan-Mar;14(1):114-115. doi: 10.4103/jovr.jovr_168_17. PubMed PMID: 30820298; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6388528.
26. Malhotra R, Elalfy MS, Kannan R, Nduka C, Hamada S. Update on corneal neurotisation. Br J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jan;103(1):26-35. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2018-312104. Epub 2018 Sep 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 30242061.
27. Thabit A, Gatzioufas Z, McLintock C, Elalfy M, Hamada S. Multiple Pit Defects of Unknown Etiology in a Foldable Hydrophobic Intraocular Lens. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2018 Oct-Dec;13(4):514-515. doi: 10.4103/jovr.jovr_118_17. PubMed PMID: 30479726; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6210880.
28. Moschos MM, Laios K, Lavaris A, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Thabit A, Lake D, Hamada S, Garmpi A, Gatzioufas Z. Refractive Nightmares Revisited: Calcification of a Multifocal Intraocular Lens. In Vivo. 2018 Sep-Oct;32(5):1265-1267. doi: 10.21873/invivo.11375. PubMed PMID: 30150455; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6199592.
29. Gatzioufas Z, Hamada S, Palioura S. Ocular Surface Disease: Advances in Diagnostics and Therapeutics. J Ophthalmol. 2018;2018:6342130. doi: 10.1155/2018/6342130. eCollection 2018. PubMed PMID: 30210869; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6120270.
30. Gatzioufas Z, Khine A, Elalfy M, Guber I, McLintock C, Sabatino F, Hamada S, Lake D. Clinical Outcomes after Keraring Implantation for Keratoconus Management in Patients Older Than 40 Years: A Retrospective, Interventional, Cohort Study. Ophthalmol Ther. 2018 Jun;7(1):95-100. doi: 10.1007/s40123-017-0117-3. Epub 2017 Dec 23. PubMed PMID: 29275457; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5997600.
31. Gatzioufas Z, Panos GD, Elalfy M, Khine A, Hamada S, Lake D, Kozeis N, Balidis M. Effect of Conus Eccentricity on Visual Outcomes After Intracorneal Ring Segments Implantation in Keratoconus. J Refract Surg. 2018 Mar 1;34(3):196-200. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20180115-02. PubMed PMID: 29522230.
32. Gatzioufas Z, Hamada S, Lake D, Seitz B. Editorial: Keratoconus – What We Do Not Know. Open Ophthalmol J. 2017;11:173-175. doi: 10.2174/1874364101711010173. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28932333; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5585450.
33. Gatzioufas Z, Elalfy M, Hamada S, Lake D. Tear Function and Ocular Surface Alterations After Accelerated Corneal Collagen Crosslinking in Progressive Keratoconus. Eye Contact Lens. 2017 May;43(3):203. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0000000000000367. PubMed PMID: 28430701.
34. Gatzioufas Z, Panos GD, Hamada S. Keratoconus: is it a Non-inflammatory Disease?. Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2017 Spring;6(1):1-2. PubMed PMID: 28428967; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5392225.
35. Hamada S, Moore TC, Moore JE, Al-Dreihi MG, Anbari A, Shah S. Assessment of the effect of cyclosporine-A 0.05% emulsion on the ocular surface and corneal sensation following cataract surgery. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2016 Feb;39(1):15-9. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 26275686.
36. Sykakis E, Lam FC, Georgoudis P, Hamada S, Lake D. Patients with Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy and Cataract Undergoing Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty and Phacoemulsification with Intraocular Lens Implant: Staged versus Combined Procedure Outcomes. J Ophthalmol. 2015;2015:172075. doi: 10.1155/2015/172075. Epub 2015 May 12. PubMed PMID: 26064669; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4443888.
37. Hirji N, Sykakis E, Lam F, Petrarca R, Hamada S, Lake D. Corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus or corneal ectasia without epithelial debridement. Eye 03/2015
38. Litwin A, Kalantzis G, Drimtzias E, Hamada S, Chang B, Malhotra R. Non-surgical treatment of congenital ichthyosis cicatricial ectropion and eyelid retraction using Restylane hyaluronic acid. British Journal of Dermatology 02/2015
39. Sykakis E, Karim R, Evans JR, Bunce C, Amissah-Arthur KN, Patwary S, McDonnell PJ, Hamada S. Corneal collagen cross-linking for treating keratoconus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Mar 24;(3):CD010621. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010621.pub2. Review. PubMed PMID: 25803325.
40. Sykakis E, Georgoudis P, Hamada S, Lake D. Detachment of donor graft after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Feb;133(2):e143259. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.3259. Epub 2015 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 25674892.
41. Hamada S, Nischal K, Evans J. The activity and damage of blepharokeratoconjunctivitis in children. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 02/2013; 17(1):e16
42. Khurram D, Patil J, Gajdosova E, Liasis A, Hamada S. Ocular and systemic findings in Peters anomaly Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 02/2013; 17(1):e18-e19
43. Hamada S, Khan I, Denniston AK, Rauz S. Childhood blepharokeratoconjunctivitis: characterising a severe phenotype in white adolescents. Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Jul;96(7):949-55. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300771. Epub 2012 Apr 13. PubMed PMID: 22504838.
44. Patel C, Hamada S, Athanasiadis Y, Bates R, Saleh G. Intraocular lens opacification mimicking the appearance of a congenital lamellar cataract. Eye (London, England) 08/2012; 26(11)
45. Hamada S, Darrad K, McDonnell PJ. Salzmann’s nodular corneal degeneration (SNCD): clinical findings, risk factors, prognosis and the role of previous contact lens wear. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2011 Aug;34(4):173-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2011.02.004. Epub 2011 Feb 23. PubMed PMID: 21349758.
46. Khan IJ, Hamada S, Rauz S. Infectious crystalline keratopathy treated with intrastromal antibiotics. Cornea. 2010 Oct;29(10):1186-8. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d403d4. PubMed PMID: 20595892.
47. Athanasiadis I, Lazaridou MN, Hamada S, Papaioannou S, Assaf A. Traumatic occipital meningoencephalocele presenting with homonymous hemianopia in a professional driver. Brain Inj. 2010;24(6):914-7
48. Lake D, Hamada S, Khan S, Daya SM. Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty over penetrating keratoplasty for host rim thinning and ectasia. Cornea. 2009 Jun;28(5):489-92. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818d3b3c. PubMed PMID: 19421052.
49. Low S, Hamada S, Nischal KK. Antimetabolite and releasable suture augmented filtration surgery in refractory pediatric glaucomas. J AAPOS. 2008 Apr;12(2):166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.09.012. Epub 2007 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 18083595.
50. Seadon H, Hamada S, Tahan M. Reliability and diagnostic significance of frequency doubling visual field testing. Acta ophthalmologica 09/2008; 86:0-0
51. Hamada S, Low S, Walters BC, Nischal KK. Five-year experience of the 2-incision push-pull technique for anterior and posterior capsulorrhexis in pediatric cataract surgery. Ophthalmology. 2006 Aug;113(8):1309-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.03.057. PubMed PMID: 16877070.
52. Morrison DA, Mellington FB, Hamada S, Moore AT. Schwartz-Jampel syndrome: surgical management of the myotonia-induced blepharospasm and acquired ptosis after failure with botulinum toxin A injections. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Jan-Feb;22(1):57-9. doi: 10.1097/01.iop.0000195008.15872.a0. PubMed PMID: 16418670.
53. Barnes EA, Dickinson AJ, Langtry JAA, et al. Eyelid basal cell carcinoma. Br J Ophthalmol 2006;90:926-7
54. Hamada S, Jain S, Sivagnanavel V, et al. Drusen classification in bilateral drusen and fellow eye of exudative age-related macular degeneration. Eye 2006;20:199-202
55. Jain S, Hamada S, Membrey WL, Chong V. Screening for age-related macular degeneration using nonstereo digital fundus photographs. Eye 2006;20:471-5
56. Hamada S, Kersey T, Thaller VT. Eyelid basal cell carcinoma: non-Mohs excision, repair, and outcome. Br J Ophthalmol 2005;89:992-4
57. Mitra M, Menon GJ, Casini A, Hamada S, et al. Tear film lipid layer thickness and ocular comfort after meibomian therapy via latent heat with a novel device in normal subjects. Eye 2005;19:657-60
58. Hamada S, Issa S. Arcuate Keratotomy for correction of corneal astigmatism after cataract Surgery. Journal for Health Science, Damascus University 2000;1-16
Book Chapters:
1. Hamada S, Matsou A. Tear Film and Ocular Surface in Keratoconus. In: “keratoconus: current and future state-of-the-art” Springer Book 2021 (in-print)
2. Hamada S, Maqsood S. Paediatric Cornea.In: Prajna N. Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. Jaypee Brothers. 2018
3. Hamada S, Maqsood S. Controversies in Paediatric Corneal Cross Linking. In: Barbara A. Controversies in the Management of Keratoconus. Springer International Publishing AG. 2018
4. Hamada S, Barua A. Collagen Cross Linking in Children. In: Sinjab M, Cummings A. Corneal Collagen Cross Linking. Springer International Publishing 2017
5. Hamada S, Rauz S. Microbiology, Virology and Histopathological Sampling and Diagnosis. In: Azuara-Blanco A., Hossain P., Lois N. Diagnostic technologies in Ophthalmology. Bentham Science Publishers 2012.
6. Daya S, Hamada S. Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty”. In: Brightbill F, McDonnell P, McGhee C, Farjo A, Serdarevic O. Corneal Surgery: Theory Technique and Tissue. (4th Ed). Elsevier Health Sciences; ISBN: 9780323048354 (Dec. 2008). British Medical Association Book Awards 2009
7. Hamada S. Paediatric Cataract: aetiology, diagnosis and management. In: Malhotra R. Eye Essentials: Cataract Assessment, Classification and Management. Butterworth Heinemann / Elsevier; ISBN0080449778 (Oct. 2007)
Books:
1. Hamada S. and Al-Alawi. Show me what my friends can see by Sonksen P, Stiff B. translated into Arabic: Bahrain 2005; ISBN 0951752618
2. Hamada S. Arcuate Keratotomy for correction of corneal astigmatism. Arabic Union Catalogue 2000. OCLC 4770562690
3. Hamada et al. Nelson Essentials in Paedatrics by Richard E. Behrman R, Kliegman R. Tranlated into Arabic: Syria 1994; ISBN978-0721694061