Biography
Sheikha Dr Noura Al Qassimi graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University (MBBS).
She did her internship in Al Ain hospitals, then left for Cairo, Egypt to pursue her master’s degree in Kasr El-Aini.
Sheikha Dr. Al Qassimi joined the residency program in the Ophthalmology Department at Bonn University Hospital where Prof Dr. Frank Holz is the Chief of the Ophthalmology Department. Her experiences included general ophthalmology and all the subspecialties including procedures and surgeries. After getting the German Board (FACHARZT), she completed 2 years Fellowship in the same department in Medical Retina
Then joined Moorfield’s Eye Hospital under Prof Dr. Sue Lightman’s supervision for an 18-month fellowship in Uveitis and Medical Retina as a full registered Doctor at the General Medical Council.
During that period, she was engaged in the clinical practice and research facility, as she conducted several multi-center research clinical trials.
She has a wealth of experience in diagnosing, investigating, and managing conditions such as Diabetic Retinopathy, Vascular retinopathy, retinal degenerations and dystrophies, macular diseases, and inflammatory eye diseases.
Currently, Sheikha Al Qassimi is a Devision Chief of Ophthalmology department and consultant in medical retina and uveitis at Shaikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi.
She is the President of the Emirates Medical Association and the Emirates Society of Ophthalmology and engaged in several retinal guidelines and research.
She is the Division Chief of the Ophthalmology Department at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City and member of the NIHS Ophthalmology Scientific Committee.
Dr Al Qassimi is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, The American Society of Retina Specialists, Euretina and International Uveitis Study Group.