Optometry Unit
Optometry Unit:
The Optometry Unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital provides comprehensive and diverse services through a fully integrated and specialized optometry team. The unit offers assessment and management of various visual disorders. Our optometrists evaluate and treat refractive errors by prescribing corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses for both adults and children. They also assess and manage strabismus, diplopia, and amblyopia, in addition to prescribing therapeutic contact lenses, including rigid and semi-rigid lenses, for keratoconus and irregular corneal conditions.
The unit is also distinguished by its Low Vision Clinic, which provides specialized visual aids designed to enhance residual vision and enable patients with low vision to perform daily tasks with greater independence.
Chief of Unit:
Dr. Khalid Fahad Jamous
Consultant Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – University Medical City
kjamous@ksu.edu.sa
Optometry unit members:
Ms. Noura Ibrahim Al-Habdan
Senior Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Abdulaziz University Hospital
nhabdan@ksu.edu.sa
Mrs. Reem Salem Alqahtani
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Abdulaziz University Hospital
rsalqahtani@ksu.edu.sa
Ms. Rania Ali Alswayed
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – University Medical City
ralswayed@ksu.edu.sa
Mr. Ahmed Abdulhameed Alturkistani
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Abdulaziz University Hospital
aalturkistani@ksu.edu.sa
Mrs. Sara Abdullah Alsulaiman
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Abdulaziz University Hospital
saalsulaiman@ksu.edu.sa
Mr. Naif Saleh Almohsen
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Abdulaziz University Hospital
nalmosen@ksu.edu.sa
Mrs. Salma Ibrahim Aldabaan
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Khalid University Hospital
saldabaan@ksu.edu.sa
Ms. Njoud Salem Alturki
Optometrist
Department of Ophthalmology
College of Medicine – King Khalid University Hospital
nalturki1@ksu.edu.sa
Optometry Unit:
Medical Education & Training:
The Optometry Unit plays a pivotal role in advancing education, training, and professional development within the Department of Ophthalmology through structured academic and clinical programs targeting residents, optometry students, and optometry specialists and technicians.
1) Ophthalmology Residents.
Participation in specialized clinical optometry lectures as part of the Basic Science Course at the commencement of the ophthalmology residency/fellowship.
Contributions to the longitudinal resident education program, including:
Delivering case-based interactive teaching sessions (CTR) that bridge theoretical knowledge with clinical practice.
Providing in-clinic supervision and hands-on training in refractive error assessment and basic management principles, with formal skills documentation.
Serving on the Optometry Committees for the Department of Ophthalmology’s Fellowship Examinations at King Saud University.
2) Optometry Students.
Training undergraduate optometry students from the College of Applied Medical Sciences in contact lens courses, with rotational assignments across optometry clinics throughout the academic year at King Abdulaziz University Hospital and King Khaled University Hospital.
Supervising and co-supervising senior graduation research projects for male and female optometry students.
Providing clinical training for optometry interns from the College of Applied Medical Sciences – King Saud University at King Abdulaziz University Hospital and King Khaled University Hospital.
3) Recurring Academic Activities of the Unit.
Designing and delivering an advanced training program in specialty contact lenses.
Holding a biweekly academic meeting (every two weeks) at King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
Contributing to equivalency examinations for postgraduate degrees (master’s and PhD) within the framework of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
Participating in the planning and organization of optometry-focused lectures and workshops within the Annual Ophthalmology Conference of the Saudi Ophthalmology Society.
