Dr. Dagher is professor of ophthalmology at the Université de Montréal, and head of the department of ophthalmology at Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM). Dr. Dagher is chair of the annual meeting of the Canadian Ophthalmologic Society (COS) and has served as Board member of COS since 2012.
Dr. Dagher enjoys teaching medical students, ophthalmology residents and clinical and research cornea fellows as well as training MSc and PhD students as well.
Dr. Dagher completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University where she received the Hilda Diana Oakley scholarship for ranking top female student at McGill. She then completed her medical degree and specialization in ophthalmology at Université de Montréal, graduating on the dean’s honor list. Dr. Dagher then pursued post-doctoral fellowship training in cornea, external eye diseases, and refractive surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Dagher has brought her expertise on keratoprosthesis surgery to Canada after conducting considerable research and clinical work at Harvard Medical School under the mentorship of Dr Claes Dohlman. After restoring sight to several Canadian patients through implantation of the Boston Keratoprosthesis, Dr. Dagher was chosen ‘Personality of the Week’ by La Presse and Radio-Canada.
Dr. Dagher has completed extensive research in the field of ophthalmology and more particularly, on the Boston Keratoprosthesis and on refractive surgery. Dr. Dagher has published numerous articles and acts as a reviewer for many ophthalmology journals. She has also authored numerous book chapters about cornea and external eye diseases. Dr. Dagher has been a guest lecturer at ophthalmology conferences internationally.
Financial disclosure: Dr. Harissi-Dagher has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:
1. Sun Pharma
Sessions in which Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher participates
الخميس 31 مايو, 2018
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الجمعة 1 يونيو, 2018
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
STC – DMEK: From basics to advanced
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Dr. Joshua Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Matthew Bujak MD, PT, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Neera Singal, MD (Participant)
- Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Participant)
- Setareh Ziai (Participant)
- Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Participant)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Participant)
- Dr. Tanguy Boutin MSc, MD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, MNAMS (Participant)
- Hall Chew (Participant)
- Randall Ulate MD (Participant)
- Mauricio A. Perez MD (Participant)
- Mahmood Showail MD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Nir Sorkin MD (Participant)
- Adi Einan-Lifshitz MD (Participant)
- Reginald R. Tan MD (Participant)
- Julia Talajic MD (Participant)
- Dr. Stephanie Baxter (Participant)
- Dr. Elise Slim MD, MSc (Participant)
- Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Dr. Alfonso Lovieno MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS (Participant)
- Christopher R. McLaughlin MD (Participant)
السّبت 2 يونيو, 2018
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Arts and crafts: The use of various glues in ocular surface disease
11:29 -
11:38 |
9 minutes
A Day in the Office is Better than One in the OR, and Other Things I Never Thought I’d Say!
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
الأحد 3 يونيو, 2018
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts III
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Yvonne Buys (Moderator)
- Steven Bellemare MD, FRCPC, CPE (Participant)
- Steven J. Gedde MD (Participant)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Dr. Soosan Jacob, MS, FRCS, DNB, MNAMS (Participant)
- Linda R. Dagi MD (Participant)
- David M. Brown MD, FACS (Participant)
- Usha Chakravarthy MD, PhD (Participant)
- Karl Stonecipher MD (Participant)
الخميس 13 يونيو, 2019
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Une grande première ! A joint symposium of the Société Française d’Ophtalmologie and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society
8:00 -
16:30 |
8 hours 30 minutes
- Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Moderator)
- Younes Agoumi (Participant)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Prof. Laurent Kodjikian (Participant)
- Paul Harasymowycz (Moderator)
- Louis Hoffart MD, PhD, FEBO (Participant)
- Yvonne Molgat (Moderator)
- Jean-Marc Perone MD (Participant)
- Dr. Béatrice Des Marchais (Moderator)
- Jean-Marie Giraud MD (Participant)
- Karim Hammamji MD (Moderator)
- Dr. Isabelle Hardy (Participant)
- Michel Giunta MD (Moderator)
- Dr. Isabelle Laliberté (Participant)
- Patrick Hamel MD, FRCSC (Participant)
- Quynh Tram Nguyen MD (Participant)
- Katie Luneau MD (Participant)
- Katarzyna Biernacki MD (Participant)
- Dr. Simon Couture (Participant)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Participant)
- Ghassan Cordahi MD (Participant)
- Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau (Participant)
الجمعة 14 يونيو, 2019
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Current Concepts I
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Manfred Zierhut MD (Participant)
- Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Tamara Fountain MD (Participant)
- Donald T. H. Tan MBBS, FRCSG, FRCSE, FRCOphth, FAMS (Participant)
- Arthur B. Cummings MMed(Ophth), FCS(SA), FRCSEd, PCEO (Participant)
- Alan Proia MD, PhD (Participant)
- Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Participant)
- Hélène Boisjoly CM, MD, MPH, FRCSC, DABO (Participant)
- Yvonne Buys (Participant)
- Dr. Isabelle Laliberté (Participant)
- Lucie Opatrny MD (Participant)
Tricky Transplant Time!
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
السّبت 15 يونيو, 2019
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts II
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
الأحد 16 يونيو, 2019
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Current Concepts III
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Tara McCannel MD, PhD (Participant)
- Vivian Yin MD, MPH (Moderator)
- Aki Kawasaki MD, PhD (Participant)
- Carlos Torres MD, FRCPC (Participant)
- Suzanne S. Gilbert PhD, MPH (Participant)
- Paolo Rama MD (Participant)
- Walter Wittich PhD, FAAO, CLVT (Participant)
- Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS (Participant)
- Jonathan D. Solomon MD (Participant)
الجمعة 26 يونيو, 2020
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Current Concepts I
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
السّبت 27 يونيو, 2020
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Current Concepts II
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Michael Coote MBBS, FRANZCO, GAICD (Keynote speaker)
- Justin Mora, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Fiona Costello, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Rohit Shetty, DNB, FRCS, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Phil Hooper MD (Speaker)
- Dr. Francis Price, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
الأحد 28 يونيو, 2020
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts III
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Lisa Gould MD (Moderator)
- Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)
- Jennifer Loh, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Jill Foster, MD, FACSC (Keynote speaker)
- Careen Lowder MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Fiona Rowe PhD, DBO, CGLI Cert. Ed. (Keynote speaker)
- David Sarraf, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Nancy Holekamp, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Cornea Challenges: When and How to Alter the Cornea
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Dr. Rohit Shetty, DNB, FRCS, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Moderator)
- Jennifer Ling (Speaker)
- Dominique Geoffrion (Speaker)
- Paul Dubord (Speaker)
- Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Panelist)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Panelist)
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Francis Price, MD (Keynote speaker)
الخميس 24 يونيو, 2021
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الجمعة 25 يونيو, 2021
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Current Concepts I
11:00 -
12:30 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Stephanie Dotchin , MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Joshua Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Jean Deschênes (Moderator)
- Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)
- Navdeep Nijhawan MD, FRCSC, DABO (Moderator)
- Justin Mora MD (Keynote speaker)
- Ramesh Kekunnaya MD, FRCS (Keynote speaker)
- Thomas Kohnen MD (Keynote speaker)
- Graham Barrett MD, FRACO, FRACS (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Yuri McKee, MD, MS (Keynote speaker)
- Careen Lowder MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Hardeep Mudhar MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Jill Foster MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
الأحد 27 يونيو, 2021
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts II
11:00 -
12:30 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS (Keynote speaker)
- Micah Luong (Moderator)
- Danah H. Albreiki, MD MD (Moderator)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Vivian Yin MD, MPH (Moderator)
- Lisa Gould MD (Moderator)
- Robert Gizicki MDCM, FRCSC, DABO (Moderator)
- Fiona Rowe PhD, DBO, CGLI Cert. Ed. (Keynote speaker)
- Vivek Patel, MD MD (Keynote speaker)
- Rohit Shetty DNB, FRCS, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Francis Price MD (Keynote speaker)
- S. Grace Prakalapakorn MD, MPH (Keynote speaker)
- Michael Coote MBBS, FRANZCO, GAICD (Keynote speaker)
- Leon Herndon MD (Keynote speaker)
- Sophie Bakri MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
الجمعة 10 يونيو, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts I
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Alan McNab (Keynote speaker)
- Marcia Anderson (Keynote speaker)
- Sander Dubovy (Keynote speaker)
- Carol Shields MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Presenter)
- Thuy Doan MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)
- Navdeep Nijhawan MD, FRCSC, DABO (Moderator)
- Dr. Colin Mann (Speaker)
- Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)
- Anuradha Mishra MD, MEd (Speaker)
Q & A for paper presentations
15:45 -
15:50 |
5 minutes
السّبت 11 يونيو, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Introduction
7:00 -
7:02 |
2 minutes
Current Concepts II
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Andrea Molinari (Keynote speaker)
- Sophie Deng (Keynote speaker)
- Pradeep Ramulu (Keynote speaker)
- Carla Siegfried (Keynote speaker)
- Anthony Khawaja (Keynote speaker)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Irit Bahar (Keynote speaker)
- Bala Ambati (Keynote speaker)
- G Robert La Roche MD (Speaker)
- Kamiar Mireskandari , MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Moderator)
- Dr. Jing Wang (Moderator)
- Gus Gazzard (Keynote speaker)
STC: Cornea & External Disease Techniques for the Minor Procedure Room
12:30 -
14:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Davin Johnson (Speaker)
- Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Speaker)
- Dr. Alfred Basilious (Speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Speaker)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Speaker)
- Dr. Michael Ashenhurst (Speaker)
- Samir Jabbour (Speaker)
- Peter Huang (Speaker)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Speaker)
الأحد 12 يونيو, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Introduction
7:00 -
7:02 |
2 minutes
Current Concepts III
7:00 -
9:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Michael Ip (Keynote speaker)
- Jacquelyn Jetton O'Banion (Keynote speaker)
- Julie Falardeau MD (Keynote speaker)
- Kendall Donaldson (Keynote speaker)
- William Dixon (Speaker)
- Lauren Dalvin (Keynote speaker)
- Steven Safran (Keynote speaker)
- Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Varun Chaudhary (Moderator)
- Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau (Moderator)
- Hall Chew (Presenter)
الخميس 15 يونيو, 2023
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SCO SFO Symposium
13:30 -
15:40 |
2 hours 10 minutes
الجمعة 16 يونيو, 2023
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts I
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)
- Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau (Moderator)
- Phil Hooper MD (Speaker)
- Thomas J. Cummings, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Santosh Honavar, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Lynn Gordon (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Saroo Sharda (Keynote speaker)
STC: Mastering Ocular Trauma: Techniques and sutures for surgical repair.
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (Moderator)
- Annick Fournier, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Stephanie Dotchin , MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Kamiar Mireskandari , MBChB, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, PhD (Instructor)
- Yi Ning Strube , MD, MS, FRCSC, DABO, FAAP (Instructor)
- Dr. Vivian Hill (Instructor)
- Matthew Quinn, MD (Instructor)
- Dr. Alfred Basilious (Instructor)
- Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Instructor)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Instructor)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)
- Peter Huang (Instructor)
- Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Instructor)
- Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO (Instructor)
- Dr. Davin Johnson (Instructor)
- Dr. Maya Tong (Instructor)
- Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Instructor)
- Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Instructor)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Instructor)
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Dr. Stephanie Baxter (Instructor)
- Rookaya Mather MB (Instructor)
- Setareh Ziai (Instructor)
- Dr. Mona Koaik, MD (Instructor)
- Dr. Marie-Eve Légaré MD (Instructor)
- Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Instructor)
- Dr. Emmanuelle Chalifoux (Instructor)
- Kian Madjedi (Instructor)
- Vishaal Bhambhwani (Instructor)
السّبت 17 يونيو, 2023
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts II
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Michael Brodsky, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Diana V. Do, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS (Keynote speaker)
- Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Padmaja Kumari Rani (Keynote speaker)
- Jennifer Loh, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Keynote speaker)
- Robert Gizicki MDCM, FRCSC, DABO (Speaker)
Cornea II: Surgical Cornea
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
الأحد 18 يونيو, 2023
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Current Concepts III
8:00 -
10:00 |
2 hours
- Dr. Rajiv Bindlish (Moderator)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)
- Dr. Marvi Cheema (Moderator)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
- Lama Al-Aswad, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Elsie Chan, B.Sc (Med), Hon MBBS, (Hon) MPH, FRANZCO (Keynote speaker)
- Vishal Jhanji, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Pinar Özdal, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Terry Schwartz, MD (Keynote speaker)
- Dr. Inder Paul Singh (Keynote speaker)
- Marie-Soleil Tremblay, FCPA, PhD (Keynote speaker)
الجمعة 20 يونيو, 2025
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السّبت 21 يونيو, 2025
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Sessions in which Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher attends
الخميس 9 يونيو, 2022
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الجمعة 10 يونيو, 2022
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Refractive Surgery and Keratoconus
9:45 -
11:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
COS Annual General Meeting
11:15 -
12:30 |
1 hour 15 minutes
السّبت 11 يونيو, 2022
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
President’s Luncheon (Invite Only)
11:15 -
12:30 |
1 hour 15 minutes
STC: Cornea & External Disease Techniques for the Minor Procedure Room
12:30 -
14:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
- Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)
- Dr. Davin Johnson (Speaker)
- Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Speaker)
- Dr. Alfred Basilious (Speaker)
- Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Speaker)
- Dr. Louis Racine MD (Speaker)
- Dr. Michael Ashenhurst (Speaker)
- Samir Jabbour (Speaker)
- Peter Huang (Speaker)
- Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Speaker)
الأحد 12 يونيو, 2022
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الخميس 15 يونيو, 2023
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الجمعة 16 يونيو, 2023
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The Lions' Lair: Retina Research Proposals
6:30 -
8:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Cataract I: Trends in refractive cataract surgery and IOL selection
10:45 -
12:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Cataract II: Multidisciplinary considerations in cataract surgery
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Cataract III: Practice Patterns in 2023 and ISBCS
15:45 -
17:15 |
1 hour 30 minutes
السّبت 17 يونيو, 2023
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Looking Beyond VEGF Suppression: Optimizing the Patient Journey
6:30 -
8:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
Cornea I: Medical Cornea and Ocular surface
13:30 -
15:00 |
1 hour 30 minutes
الأحد 18 يونيو, 2023
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