Maryam I. Toma AL Najjar
McGill University, Jordan
Biography
Maryam I. Toma Al Najjar is the youngest ophthalmologist graduated in the Middle-East and obtaining the Arab Board of Health Specializations in Ophthalmology and the first Paediatric ophthalmologist who is internationally subspecialize in Ocular Genetics, Uveitis and Ocular immunology diseases besides the pediatric ophthalmology. She finished her medical degree at younger age at 22-year-old from Al - Nahrain University in Baghdad, Iraq. Later on, she graduated from McGill University with distinction in 2018. She discovered a new genetic mechanism for Leber Congenital amaurosis and her discovery was published in Nature Journal/Scientific reports in March 2018. She completed her Clinical Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship and Ocular Genetics Fellowship at McGill University while she finished the Uveitis and Ocular immunology Fellowship at University de Montreal. In addition to be a missionary ophthalmologist, she dedicated clinical scientist to fight blindness in everywhere. She is a multitalented physician, she plays Harp, Organ, Piano; and a skilled poet and painter.
Abstract
Abstract : Bilateral anterior uveitis due to latent reactivation of varicella zoster virus