
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher is Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), Full Professor of Ophthalmology at the Université de Montréal, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at McGill University.
She currently serves as President of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS), where she has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2012. Her contributions have included serving as Chair of the Annual Meeting Planning Committee, Board Liaison to Residents and Young Ophthalmologists, co-host of the EyeCan podcast for two seasons, developer of the EyeNovation webinar series, and current lead for the COS cornea learning modules on the Practice Resource Centre.
A dedicated educator and mentor, Dr. Harissi-Dagher teaches medical students, ophthalmology residents, and both clinical and research fellows in cornea. She also supervises and mentors MSc and PhD students in vision science research.
She completed her undergraduate studies at McGill University, earning the Hilda Diana Oakley Scholarship as the top-ranking female student. She obtained her medical degree and specialization in ophthalmology at the Université de Montréal, graduating on the Dean’s Honour List. She then pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in cornea, external eye diseases, and refractive surgery at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.
A pioneer in keratoprosthesis surgery in Canada, Dr. Harissi-Dagher was named Personality of the Week by La Presse and Radio-Canada for her visionary work restoring sight through the Boston Keratoprosthesis.
Her research focuses on the Boston Keratoprosthesis, corneal transplantation, and refractive surgery. She has published over 140 scientific papers, authored numerous book chapters on corneal and external eye diseases, and serves as a reviewer for several leading ophthalmology journals. A sought-after international speaker, she has presented at many of the world’s most prestigious ophthalmology conferences and has received numerous awards recognizing her contributions to the field.
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
Friday 10 June, 2022
- 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)
Saturday 11 June, 2022
- 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)
- 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)
Sunday 12 June, 2022
- 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)
Sessions in which Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher attends
Thursday 9 June, 2022
Friday 10 June, 2022
Saturday 11 June, 2022
- 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)