Hani Sakla MD

Prof. Hani Sakla is a consultant Ophthalmologist and head of the Cataract, cornea, and refractive surgery unit at Dubai Health Authority ane Professor of Ophthalmology at Dubai Medical College. Founder and Director of Ebsaar Eye Surgery Center and Spanish Eye Clinic in Dubai. Prof Hani is recognized for his work in the treatment of Keratoconus.

Dr. Hani Sakla, a Spanish national, was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1963. He graduated from the School of Medicine in 1986 with top honors. He completed his ophthalmology training at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology RIO in Giza, which is a 110-bed eye hospital. In 1991 he obtained his Masters Degree in Ophthalmology M.Sc, and he was appointed as an assistant lecturer of Ophthalmology in the RIO. In 1994 he won a scholarship from the Government of Spain to apply for a Doctorate Degree in Ophthalmology, which was a turn of paramount importance in his career.

In 1997 he successfully obtained the Doctorate Degree from the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante with the highest note of Apto Cum Laude. His thesis was about sutureless eye surgeries which were something new at that time. He patented a new bioadhesive that can be used in some eye surgeries instead of sutures. He worked with the pioneer group in Spain that developed and advocated the LASIK procedure in Spain and around the world, under the supervision of Professor Jorge Alio and Dr. Perez-Santonja at Alicante Institute of Ophthalmology. He also participated in the first book ever published in the world about LASIK in 1997.

Dr. Hani Sakla has many studies published in international peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Ophthalmology from the American Academy of Ophthalmology AAO, the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery from the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery ASCRS, the Journal of Refractive Surgery from the International Society of Refractive Surgery ISRS, and many others.

Since 1989 he dedicated his practice to cataract and intraocular implant surgeries, corneal surgeries, keratoplasties, and all refractive procedures with excimer laser like LASIK, Epilasik, Ultralasik, Femtosecond Lasik, besides implant refractive surgeries like Phakic Lenses ICL, or clear refractive lens exchange. He also specialized in glaucoma diseases and medical retina.

He soon moved to Dubai to work as a consultant eye surgeon, where he introduced the phacoemulsification technique and the sutureless cataract surgeries with foldable lenses and made it a popular technique among his peers. Dr. Hani Sakla was elected as the chairman of the scientific committee of the Emirates Medical Association from 2001 till the present. In the course of his service, he organizes many international ophthalmology conferences in Dubai.