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Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC

Sally Letson Symposium Co-Chair
Participates in 1 Session

Dr. Saama Sabeti is a Cornea, Anterior Segment, Cataract, and Refractive Surgeon. She completed her undergraduate and medical studies at the University of British Columbia, residency training in Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa where she served as chief resident, fellowship training in Cornea and Anterior Segment at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, and Master of Public Health at Harvard University. 

Dr. Sabeti provides subspecialty clinical care at Precision Cornea Centre and performs ocular surface, corneal, and anterior segment surgery at The Ottawa Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. She performs cornea- and lens-based refractive surgery at Herzig Eye Institute Ottawa.

Dr. Sabeti has a strong passion for research, serving as Director of Precision Research Centre and as a Clinician Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She has presented and published numerous studies on national and international platforms. She actively supervises and mentors trainees pursuing projects in both clinical research as well as patient education. She greatly enjoys teaching and is involved in the clinical and surgical training of residents and fellows as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa, as well as the academic teaching of residents internationally as a guest lecturer through Eye Corps. 

Dr. Sabeti has had long-standing interests in public health, health policy, patient safety, and patient education, and currently serves as the Quality Improvement Lead for the Department of Ophthalmology at The Ottawa Hospital. She is particularly enthusiastic about sustainability initiatives and exploring waste reduction opportunities in the ophthalmic operating room, and has received a Quality and Patient Safety Grant from The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization to pursue these efforts. She also has a keen interest in global health and has volunteered abroad to serve at both grassroots and policy levels. She is an intern alumnus of the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva as well as a Global Health Fellow alumnus of the Duke University Global Policy and Governance Program.  

 

Financial disclosure: Dr. Sabeti has/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:

  1. Claris Biotherapeutics
  2. Kowa Pharmaceuticals
  3. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Sessions in which Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC participates

Sunday 18 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Cornea III: When cataract and cornea intersect
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Dr. Alfred Basilious (Panelist)

Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Panelist)

Dr. Alex Lichtinger MD, FACS (Panelist)

Dr. Mahshad Darvish (Moderator)

Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: To review intraoper...

Sessions in which Dr. Saama Sabeti, MD, MPH, FRCSC attends

Thursday 15 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
Welcome Reception
1 hour, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Québec City Convention Centre - Urban Space | Centre des congrès de Québec - Espace Urbain

Social Event | Activité Sociale

Please join us for a glass of cheer and help us celebrate th...

Friday 16 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts I
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Dr. Nupura Bakshi (Moderator)

Dr. Jim Farmer, MD, FRCSC, FRCPC (Moderator)

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Dr. Jacinthe Rouleau, University of Montréal CHUM (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)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Review how to appl...
President’s welcome
3 minutes, 8:00 AM - 8:03 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Phil Hooper MD (Speaker)

Local welcome - AMOQ
3 minutes, 8:03 AM - 8:06 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

8:05 AM
8:05 AM
Chair's welcome and introduction
3 minutes, 8:06 AM - 8:09 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Dr. Saroo Sharda (Keynote speaker)

8:55 AM
8:55 AM
QI - Focus on QI and safety
10 minutes, 8:57 AM - 9:07 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Wendy Hatch OD, MSc (Speaker)

9:05 AM
9:05 AM
Discussion
3 minutes, 9:07 AM - 9:10 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

9:10 AM
9:10 AM
COS Awards of Excellence: Poster Winners
30 minutes, 9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Dr. Cindy M. L. Hutnik, MD, PhD (Chair)

Evan Michaelov, MD, BSc (Hon) (Speaker)

Tina Felfeli, MD, PhD ( c ) (Speaker)

Dr. Manlong Xu, MD (Speaker)

9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Exhibition Hall
8 hours, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

 Our lively Exhibition Hall provides an opportunity f...
9:40 AM
9:40 AM
COS Lifetime Achievement Award
20 minutes, 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
  Part of: Current Concepts I

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Lorne Bellan, MD (Participant)

10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

Break | Pause

10:45 AM
10:45 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Dr. Lindsay Ong-Tone (Presenter)

Authors: Lindsay Ong‐Tone, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region.Author Disclosures: Lindsay Ong‐Tone...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Keynote speaker)

Jennifer Loh, MD (Keynote speaker)

 Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Explor...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Speaker)

10:55 AM
10:55 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Jennifer Loh, MD (Speaker)

11:05 AM
11:05 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

11:15 AM
11:15 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Speaker)

11:25 AM
11:25 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. William Trattler MD, Center for Excellence In Eye Care (Speaker)

11:35 AM
11:35 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

11:45 AM
11:45 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Andrew Robart (Presenter)

Authors: Andrew C. W. Robart1, Davin Johnson2, Erin Dohaney2. 1Memorial University,...
11:50 AM
11:50 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Paul Harasymowycz (Presenter)

Authors: Paul Harasymowycz, Christoph Kranemann, Sebastien Gagne, Adam Muzychuk, Eric Tam, Baseer Khan, Amandeep Rai, Nima Shah...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

11:55 AM
11:55 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Jennifer Loh, MD (Speaker)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Devesh Varma (Speaker)

12:05 PM
12:05 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Jean Chuo (Speaker)

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Lunch in the Exhibition Hall
1 hour 15 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

Lunch | Dîner

1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Keynote speaker)

Jennifer Loh, MD (Keynote speaker)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Review commo...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Speaker)

1:40 PM
1:40 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur

Jennifer Loh, MD (Speaker)

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Talk | Exposé

Aaditeya Jhaveri (Speaker)

1:50 PM
1:50 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

2:00 PM
2:00 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Dr. Steve Arshinoff (Presenter)

Authors: Steve A. Arshinoff . University of Toronto. Author Disclosures: Steve Arshino...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Diana Martinez (Presenter)

Authors: Diana Lucia Martinez1, Iqbal Ike Ahmed1, Matthew B. Schlenker2. 1Prism Eye...
2:05 PM
2:05 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Paper Presentation | Présentation d'article

Dr. Ali Salimi MD (Presenter)

Authors: Ali Salimi1, Raageen Kanjee2, Marko Popovic3, Cindy Hutnik4, Iqbal Ike Ahm...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

2:15 PM
2:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. William Trattler MD, Center for Excellence In Eye Care (Speaker)

2:25 PM
2:25 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Talk | Exposé

Jaqueline Slomovic (Speaker)

Dr. Nikki Rousta (Speaker)

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

David Wong (Speaker)

2:30 PM
2:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Talk | Exposé

Yuri V. Chaban (Speaker)

2:35 PM
2:35 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Moderator)

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

2:45 PM
2:45 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Discussion

3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Break in the Exhibition Hall
45 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

Break | Pause

3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Cataract III: Practice Patterns in 2023 and ISBCS
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, FEBO (Keynote speaker)

Jennifer Loh, MD (Keynote speaker)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Review the h...

Saturday 17 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts II
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. 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)

Dr. Robert Gizicki (Speaker)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Elucidate the caus...
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
Exhibition Hall
8 hours, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

 Our lively Exhibition Hall provides an opportunity f...
10:00 AM
10:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

Break | Pause

10:45 AM
10:45 AM
Canadian Ocular Regenerative Medicine Society
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Isabelle Brunette, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, PhD (Keynote speaker)

 Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session, participants will be able to:Describe how cultur...
Cataract IV: Surgical Video Symposium
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Sonia N. Yeung, MD, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Joshua C. Teichman, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Iqbal (Ike) Ahmed, MD (Moderator)

 Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Enhanc...
11:35 AM
11:35 AM
Updates in TASS and how it affects OR practices
40 minutes, 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM
  Part of: CSORN

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 204 B | Salle 204 B

Talk | Exposé

Simon P. Holland BSc, MD (Speaker)

12:15 PM
12:15 PM
Lunch in the Exhibition Hall
1 hour 15 minutes, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC

Lunch | Dîner

1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Chair)

Ralf R. Buhrmann, MDCM, MPH, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Padmaja Kumari Rani (Keynote speaker)

Dr. Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

Vishaal Bhambhwani, Northern Ontario School of Medicine & Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Speaker)

GVS Murthy, MD (Speaker)

 Learning Objectives
Cornea I: Medical Cornea and Ocular surface
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Dr. Clara C. Chan, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Moderator)

Dr. Allan Slomovic, MSc, MD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Elsie Chan, B.Sc (Med), Hon MBBS, (Hon) MPH, FRANZCO (Keynote speaker)

Vishal Jhanji, MD (Keynote speaker)

Dr. Jamie Bhamra (Panelist)

Rookaya Mather MB (Panelist)

Setareh Ziai (Panelist)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to: To understan...
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
Cornea II: Surgical Cornea
1 hour 30 minutes, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB

Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)

Elsie Chan, B.Sc (Med), Hon MBBS, (Hon) MPH, FRANZCO (Keynote speaker)

Vishal Jhanji, MD (Keynote speaker)

Kashif Baig, MD, MBA, FRCSC (Panelist)

Dr. Alfonso Iovieno, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS (Panelist)

Dr. Guillermo Rocha, MD, FRCSC, FACS (Panelist)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to: To review pa...

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B

Talk | Exposé

Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin (Chair)

Dr. Padmaja Kumari Rani (Keynote speaker)

Ralf R. Buhrmann, MDCM, MPH, PhD, FRCSC (Moderator)

Dr. Vivian Yin, MD, MPH, FRCSC (Moderator)

 Learning ObjectivesAt the end of this session participants will be able to:Describe the impact ...

Sunday 18 June, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00 AM
7:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
1 hour, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall Foyer | Foyer de la salle d'exposition

8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Current Concepts III
2 hours, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB

Dr. Rajiv Bindlish (Moderator)

Dr. 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)

 Learning Objectives:At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Understand current...