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Education Background
Dr. Mounir Bashour, a biomedical engineering
graduate of Johns Hopkins University, completed his medical degree
at McGill University in Montreal. He then specialized in
ophthalmology at George Washington University in Washington D.C.,
after working for a year as an intern at New York Medical College
in Manhattan.
Dr. Bashour is one of the world’s few ophthalmologists to
have completed three post-doctoral fellowships: pediatric
ophthalmology; refractive surgery (both from McGill University);
and, the prestigious American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery fellowship in oculoplastics, at the
University of Toronto. Dr. Bashour also completed the Royal College
Clinician Investigator Program, a certificate of teaching in the
biomedical sciences, and a doctorate in biomedical engineering and
medical science, at the University of Toronto.
Refractive Experience
Dr. Bashour has been performing laser surgery
since 1994 and has extensive experience with several types of
lasers and microkeratomes. He has completed more than 45,000 LASIK
procedures and has also performed thousands of advanced custom
wavefront procedures. Dr. Bashour has worked in several laser
centers in Canada, including Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara
Falls, and Windsor. He was amongst the first ophthalmologists to
perform laser refractive procedures in the USA.
Dr. Bashour taught and performed surgery at the teaching hospital
of the University of Sherbrooke, where he was ophthalmology
clinical assistant professor, director of ophthalmic, plastic and
reconstructive surgery, and the director of pediatric
ophthalmology. He was also an assistant professor of ophthalmology
at McGill University.
Accomplishments & Awards
Dr. Bashour received the NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada) PGS Scholarship in 1998. He is an
accomplished researcher and speaker and has won several awards for
his work including ‘Best Scientific Paper’ for work on
the corneal epithelium in LASIK surgery at the American Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery in 2001. He is the editor of the
‘Wired Ophthalmologist’ section in the Techniques in
Ophthalmology journal.
Associations & Professional
Memberships
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Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
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Canadian Ophthalmology Society
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American Academy of Ophthalmology
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International Society of Refractive
Surgery
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American, Canadian and European Societies of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery
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American and European Societies of Ophthalmic,
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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American and International College of
Surgeons
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