Dr. Eamon Sharkawi
CMO, Ophtalmologist FMH & Ophthalmic Surgeon
Dr Sharkawi trained as a physician and ophthalmologist in England from 1990 to 2008. He studied at the University of London, Cambridge and Oxford where he specialised in ophthalmic surgery.
From 2008 to 2018, he was in charge of the Glaucoma Unit at the Jules Gonin Ophthalmic Hospital in Lausanne, where he was also responsible for the surgical training of the heads of clinics and taught medical students at the University of Lausanne.
Dr. Sharkawi specializes in glaucoma and anterior segment surgery. He was the first surgeon in Switzerland to perform 360 degree trabecular microsurgery (ab interno) in adults and the first in Europe in infants. He has pioneered multiple surgical techniques in the field of glaucoma and cataract. He regularly organizes conferences on medical glaucoma and surgical techniques in Switzerland and abroad (in Europe and the United States). He is the author of several scientific publications(read more).
In 2018, he founded Swiss Eye Centre using private funds and works in collaboration with an excellent team of ophthalmologists and optometrists. Swiss Eye Centre is a partner of the Bois-Cerf Clinic in Lausanne, part of the Hirslanden Group.
- Since 2018: Director and Founder of Swiss Eye Centre for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma.
- 2008-2018 : Head of the Glaucoma Unit and Head of the Surgical Training of the Heads of Clinics, for cataract surgery, Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne.
- 2007-2008: Head of surgical fellows, Division of Glaucoma Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
- 2003-2007: Senior Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Western Eye Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of London, UK.
- 2000-2003: Specialization in Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford, UK.
- 1998-2000: Specialization in Internal Medicine at the University of Cambridge, UK.
- 2003: Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth)
- 2001: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP)
- 1998-2000: Specialisation in Internal Medicine at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1998 : USA Medical Certification: (USMLE) - Certified ECFMG
- 1996: Medical degree from the University of London, UK
- 1993: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of London, UK
- 1990-1996: Medical studies at the University of London, UK
- 2007: ARVO International Award, USA
- 2003: Scholarship from Medical Research Council, UK
- 1993: Distinction for Excellence in Anatomy, University College London
- 1992: Distinction for Excellence in Embryology, University College London
- 1992: Distinction for Excellence in Neuroanatomy, University College London
- 1992: Distinction for Excellence in Neurobiology, University College London
- 1991: Carter Prize in Immunology, University College London
- 1991: Merke Sharp and Dohme Prize in Biochemistry, University College London