Bio

Dr. Fouad El Sayyad is a Consultant in Cornea and Refractive Surgery with extensive training in both Egypt and the United States. After earning his medical degree from Cairo University, he completed a three-year clinical research fellowship at the renowned Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, focusing on glaucoma and cornea.

He further advanced his training with an ophthalmology residency at the University of Florida in Gainesville, followed by a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2018.

Dr. Fouad’s specialties include premium cataract surgery, keratoconus treatment, corneal transplantation with advanced techniques such as DMEK, and a variety of refractive surgery procedures, including Femto-LASIK, PRK, Femto-SMILE, and Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL) implantation.

His clinical and research interests focus on ocular imaging, keratoconus, and infectious keratitis, and he has over 20 internationally published research articles in the fields of cornea and cataract.

Dr. Fouad is currently based in Cairo, where he runs a private practice, offering advanced ophthalmic care to his patients with a focus on improving their vision and quality of life.

Publications

• Sayyad FE, Zeglam AT, Agarwal, SS; Cat Scratch Disease imitating a Toxocara Granuloma Mass of the Optic disc. Retina Cases Brief Rep. 2017 Nov 22 [Epub ahead of print.
• Budenz DL, Feuer WJ, Barton K, Schiffman J, Costa VP, Godfrey DG, Buys YM; Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study Group. Postoperative Complications in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study During Five Years of Follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Mar: 163:75-82.e3
• Beal, C,Sayyad FE, Hertz J. Conjunctival Tick bite. Digital journal of Ophthalmology. 2016 Nov 28 V22 N4
• Budenz DL, Feuer WJ, Barton K, Schiffman J, Costa VP, Godfrey DG, Buys YM; Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study Group. Postoperative Complications in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study during Five Years of Follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Mar;163:75-82.e3.
• Nanji AA, Sayyad FE, Galor A, Dubovy S, Karp CL. High-Resolution Optical Coherence Tomography as an Adjunctive Tool in the Diagnosis of Corneal and Conjunctival Pathology. Ocul Surf. 2015 Jul;13(3):226-35.
• Budenz DL, Barton K, Gedde SJ, Feuer WJ, Schiffman J, Costa VP, Godfrey DG, Buys YM; Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study Group. Five-year treatment outcomes in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study. Ophthalmology. 2015 Feb; 122(2):308-16
• Barton K, Feuer WJ, Budenz DL, Schiffman J, Costa VP, Godfrey DG, Buys YM; Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study Group.  Three-year Treatment Outcomes in the Ahmed Baerveldt Comparison Study. Ophthalmology. 2014 Aug;121(8):1547-1557.e1.
• Sayyad FE, Karp CL, Wong JR, Weiss MJ, Bermudez-Magner JA, Dubovy S. Marsupialized fungal mycetoma masquerading as conjunctival melanoma. Cornea. 2014 Jul;33(7):744-6
• Saheb H, Gedde SJ, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ; Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. Outcomes of glaucoma reoperations in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jun;157(6):1179-1189.e2
• Abou Shousha M, Perez VL, Fraga Santini Canto AP, Vaddavalli PK, Sayyad FE, Cabot F, Feuer WJ, Wang J, Yoo SH. The use of Bowman’s layer vertical topographic thickness map in the diagnosis of keratoconus. Ophthalmology. 2014 May;121(5):988-93.
• Thomas BJ, Galor A, Nanji AA, El Sayyad F, Wang J, Dubovy SR, Joag MG, Karp CL. Ultra high-resolution anterior segment optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis and management of ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Ocul Surf. 2014 Jan;12(1):46-58.
• Mwanza JC, Budenz DL, Godfrey DG, Neelakantan A, Sayyad FE, Chang RT, Lee RK. Diagnostic performance of optical coherence tomography ganglion cell–inner plexiform layer thickness measurements in early glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2014 Apr;121(4):849-54
• Aref AA, Sayyad FE, Mwanza JC, Feuer WJ, Budenz DL. Diagnostic Specificities of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer, Optic Nerve Head, and Macular Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Measurements in Myopic Eyes. J Glaucoma 2014 Oct-Nov; 23(8):487-93.
• Sayyad FE, Karp CL. Management of pigmented lesions. Ophthalmic Pearls – EyeNet, September 2013.
• Koval MS, El Sayyad FF, Bell NP, Chuang AZ, Lee DA, Hypes SM, Grover DS, Baker LA, Huddleston SM, Budenz DL, Feldman RM.  Risk factors for tube shunt exposure: a matched case-control study. J Ophthalmol. 2013;2013:196215.
• Nanji AA, Sayyad FE, Karp CL. Topical chemotherapy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2013 Jul;24(4):336-42
• Knape RM, Sayyad FE, Davis JL. Moxifloxacin and Bilateral Acute Iris Transillumination. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2013 Jan 14;3(1):10.
• Aref AA, Sayyad FE, Ayres B, Lee RK. Acute bilateral angle closure glaucoma induced by methazolamide. Clin Ophthalmol. 2013;7:279-82.
• Mwanza JC, Sayyad FE, Banitt MR, Budenz DL. Effect of Pupil Dilation on Macular Choroidal Thickness Measured with Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Normal and Glaucomatous Eyes. Int Ophthalmol. 2013 Aug;33(4):335-41.
• Mwanza JC, Sayyad FE, Aref AA, Budenz DL. Rates of False Positive Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Ganglion Cell Layer Optical Coherence Tomography Scans in Healthy Myopic Eyes: Cirrus versus RTVue. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012 Nov-Dec;43(6 Suppl):S67-74
• Mwanza JC, Sayyad FE, Budenz DL. Choroidal thickness in Unilateral Glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Sep 28;53(10):6695-701
• Mwanza JC, Durbin MK, Budenz DL, Sayyad FE, Chang RT, Neelakantan A, Godfrey DG, Carter R, Crandall AS. Glaucoma Diagnostic Accuracy of Ganglion Cell-Inner Plexiform Layer Thickness: Comparison with Nerve Fiber Layer and Optic Nerve Head. Ophthalmology 2012;119(6):1151-8
• Gedde SJ, Herndon LW, Brandt JD, Budenz DL, Feuer WJ, Schiffman JC, Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. Postoperative Complications in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study During Five Years of Follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol 2012;153(5):804-814.e1
• Gedde SJ, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ, Herndon LW, Brandt JD, Budenz DL, Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. Treatment Outcomes in the Tube Versus Trabeculectomy (TVT) Study After Five Years of Follow-up. Am J Ophthalmol 2012;153(5):789-803.e2
• Gedde SJ, Singh K, Schiffman JC, Feuer WJ, Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study Group. The Tube Versus Trabeculectomy Study: Interpretation of Results and Application to Clinical Practice. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2012;23(2):118-26
• Cheung CY, Zheng C, Ho CL, Tun TA, Kumar RS, Sayyad FE, Wong TY, Aung T. Novel anterior-chamber angle measurements by high-definition optical coherence tomography using the Schwalbe line as the landmark. Br J Ophthalmol. 2011;95(7):955-9