Abdelaziz Abdelaal
MD, GCSRT
- Institution
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Biography
Dr Abdelaziz Abdelaal is an ophthalmology researcher and clinician–scientist based in Egypt. He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, and completed postgraduate training in clinical research through the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program at Harvard Medical School, with a focus on clinical trial and survey design. He is the Founder of the Tanta Research Team, an international research and training initiative dedicated to ophthalmology and evidence-based medicine.
Dr. Abdelaal has extensive collaborative research experience with leading international institutions, including the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Doheny Eye Institute (UCLA), and Mayo Clinic. His main research interests include glaucoma, ocular vascular and inflammatory disorders, and systematic reviews and meta-analyses in ophthalmology. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications with over 2,000 citations, including articles published in Eye, Ophthalmology Glaucoma, and the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. He has received several competitive research and travel awards from international ophthalmology and academic societies. Dr. Abdelaal is actively involved in peer review and editorial activities and serves on the editorial boards of several international scientific journals.
