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
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B
Talk | Exposé
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Prof. Laurent Kodjikian (Moderator)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Prof. Laurent Kodjikian (Moderator)
Prof. Bahram Bodaghi (Speaker)
Danny Gauthier, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)
Dr. Isabelle Hardy (Speaker)
Marc Lebetoulle, MD, PhD (Speaker)
Dr. Marie-Claude Robert, MD, MSc (Speaker)
Isabelle Schmit, MD, MSc, FRCSC (Speaker)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 308 B | Salle 308 B
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Prof. Laurent Kodjikian (Moderator)
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)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 306 AB | Salle 306 AB
Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher (Moderator)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 309 AB | Salle 309 AB
STC | CTC
Adam Muzychuk, MD, FRCSC (Speaker)
Yi Ning Strube (Moderator)
Annick Fournier, MD, FRCSC (Instructor)
Stephanie Dotchin, MD (Instructor)
Kamiar Mireskandari (Instructor)
Yi Ning Strube (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)
Dr. 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, Queen's University (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, Northern Ontario School of Medicine & Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (Instructor)
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
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)
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)
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
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)
Sessions in which Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher attends
Québec City Convention Centre - Québec City Convention Centre - Urban Space | Centre des congrès de Québec - Espace Urbain
Social Event | Activité Sociale
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 205 ABC | Salle 205 ABC
Diana V. Do, MD (Keynote speaker)
Dr. Cynthia Qian (Panelist)
Dr. Eric Tourville MD, FRCSC (Chair)
Dr. David Maberley, MD (Panelist)
Dr. Geoff Williams, Calgary Retina Consultants (Panelist)
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)
Business Meeting | Séance de travail
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)
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)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 205 ABC | Salle 205 ABC
Diana V. Do, MD (Keynote speaker)
Sunir J. Garg, MD, FACS, FASRS (Keynote speaker)
Dr. Shaheer Aboobaker (Moderator)
Dr. Wai-Ching Lam (Moderator)
Varun Chaudhary (Chair)
Dr. SriniVas Sadda (Speaker)
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)
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)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 205 ABC | Salle 205 ABC
Keynote Speaker | Invité.e d'honneur
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)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB
Talk | Exposé
Dr. Béatrice Des Marchais (Moderator)
Marie-Soleil Tremblay, FCPA, PhD (Keynote speaker)
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 202 | Salle 202
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)
Québec City Convention Centre - Exhibition Hall - Room 200 ABC | Salle d'exposition - Salle 200 ABC
Lunch | Dîner
Québec City Convention Centre - Room 307 AB | Salle 307 AB
Dr. Mona Koaik, MD (Moderator)
Dr. Ahmed Al-Ghoul, MD, MBA, FRCSC, DipABO (Panelist)
Dr. Davin Johnson, Queen's University (Panelist)
Dr. Darrell Lewis, MD, FRCSC (Panelist)