Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9570

Honey: Clinical applications and scope as an alternate antibacterial therapy in multi-resistant ocular bacterial infections especially involving MRSA


4th International Conference on Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology

July 14-16, 2014 DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI Airport, USA

Shamim Ahmad

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Clin Exp Ophthalmol

Abstract :

Lu Chen graduated from Shandong Medical University and undertook ophthalmology residency at Shandong Eye Institute & Hospital in China. She received her Ph.D. in ophthalmology & visual sciences from University of Louisville, Kentucky, and postdoctoral training at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School. Chen is an Associate Professor with tenure and Morton D. Sarver Endowed Chair at University of California, Berkeley. She also holds joint faculty positions at the Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology at University of California, San Francisco, and the Schepens Eye Research Institute, Mass Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School.

Biography :

Shamim Ahmad obtained his Ph.D. at the Department of Microbiology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow in 1982. Currently, he is serving as Professor of Ocular Microbiology and Officer in-charge & Teacher in-charge (Administrative Affairs) at Ocular Microbiology Section, Institute of Ophthalmology, JN Medical College, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India since January 10, 1983. Prof. Ahmad had has also served as Faculty for more than 5 years on deputation at Faculties of Medicine in the Department of Clinical Microbiology, Al-Arab Medical University, Libya and Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. Prof. Ahmad is the recipient of at least 6 International Fellowships including "DAAD?(W.Germany), "JSPS"(Japan), "ROYAL-SOC.-London" (UK), "DAAD"(Germany), "TUBA"(Turkey) and "SAIA" (Slovak Republic) as a visiting Professor. He is honored to be Chief Editor/Member/Reviewer in the Editorial team of 30 International journals of world repute, his current research interests being antibiotic resistance, MRSA and honey as antibacterial in ocular infections.

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