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About Mr Ellabban

About Mr Ellabban

 

Mr Ellabban is a double-qualifiedĀ consultant ophthalmologist with a subspeciality interest inĀ Cataract surgery and Retinal diseasesĀ at Hull University Teaching Hospitals. Mr Ellabban has performed over 10,000 cataract procedures. He is also experienced in managing cataracts in challenging situations or combined with other procedures. He uses the latest technology in surgery and offers premium lens implants tailored to meet the demands of each patient’s clinical and personal needs.

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Mr Ellabban has diverse experience in retinal surgery and offers state-of-the-art retinal surgery for a range of retinal disorders, including macular hole, epiretinal membrane, floaters, and retinal detachment. He also provides intravitreal injection treatments for retinal disorders, including age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal vein occlusion. Mr Ellabban was trained across the UK, Japan, and Egypt. He completed a PhD from the world-renowned Kyoto University in Japan, focusing on macular diseases. He is a senior lecturer at Hull York Medical School and has more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed ophthalmic journals and co-authored 5 book chapters. His research was presented at major ophthalmology meetings across the world.

Mr Ellabban was invited as a guest speaker to many national and internal meetings. He participated in over 15 multicentre trials investigating new modalities for treatments for retinal diseases.

His main leisure interests are sports, including road biking and football, and he enjoys following Formula 1.

Professional Memberships

Research and Publications

Mr. Ellabban dedicates his career to patient care, but he also has a special interest in research. He has taken an active role in research throughout his training and continues to do so as a consultant. His research was presented in the major ophthalmology meetings across the world. He is a co-investigator in multiple multicentre trials.

  • Ellabban AA, Barry R, Sallam A. Surgical induction of posterior vitreous detachment using combined sharp dissection and active aspiration (Acta Ophthalmologica. 2016;94(6): e524-5).
  • Ellabban AA, Tsujikawa A, Matsumoto A, et al. Three-Dimensional Tomographic Features of Dome Shaped Macula by Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography (Am J Ophthalmol. 2013;155(2):320-328).
  • Ellabban AA, Tsujikawa A, Muraoka Y, et al. Dome-Shaped Macular Configuration: Longitudinal Changes in the Sclera and Choroid by Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography Over Two Years (Am J Ophthalmol, 2014;158(5):1062-70).
  • Ellabban AA, Patil A, Yorston D et al. Risk of Retinal Detachment during Labour: Beliefs Versus Evidence. (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. 2020;22:103-105).

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  • Mansour AM, Lopez-Guajardo LM Belotto S, Lima LH, Ellabban AA, et al. Recovery course of persistent posterior subretinal fluid after successful repair of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 Oct)
  • Iros M, Parolini B, Ozdek S, Ellabban AA, et al. Management of optic disc pit maculopathy: the European VitreoRetinal Society optic pit study (Acta Ophthalmologica, 2022;100(6):e1264-71)
  • Mansour H, Uwaydat S, Parodi M, Smiddy W, Ellabban AA et al. Recovery course of foveal microstructure in the nonsurgical resolution of full-thickness macular hole (Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthal, 2022).
  • Uwaydat SH, Mansour A, Ascaso FJ, Ellabban AA, Smiddy WE et al. Clinical characteristics of full-thickness macular holes that closed without surgery (British Journal of Ophthalmology 2022 Oct;106(10):1463-1468).
  • Ahmad K, Sallam AB, Saad AA, Ellabban AA. Fully Automated Direct Perfluorocarbon Liquid-Silicone Oil Exchange (Clinical Ophthalmology, 2020;14,4355-4358).
  • Patil A, Ellabban AA, Yorston D et al. Ocular Manifestations of Pregnancy and Labour: From the Innocuous to the Sight Threatening. (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, 2020;22:217–226).
  • Duddleston J, Chancellor J, Ellabban AA, et al. Optical Principles in Three-Dimensional Vitreoretinal Surgery and Laser Protective Eyewear (Ophthalmol Retina, 2020;4(2):224-225).
  • Romano MR, Parolini B, Allegrini D, Michalewska Z, Ellabban AA (EVRS Study Group) An International Collaborative Evaluation of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Different Therapeutic Approaches and Review of Literature. The European Vitreoretinal Society Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Study. (Acta Ophthalmologica 2020;98(5):e549-e558).
  • Zeydanli EO, Parolini B, Ozdek S, Bopp S, Adleman RA, Kuhn F, Sallam AB, Ellabban AA, (EVRS Floaters Study Group). Management of vitreous floaters: an international survey the European VitreoRetinal Society Floaters study report (Eye 2020;34:825-834).
  • Abdelghany A, Sallam MA, Ellabban AA. Assessment of Ganglion Cell Complex and Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma. (J Ophthalmol 2019: 8162825).
  • Steel DH, P. H. J. Donachie PHJ, Aylward GW, Laidlaw DA, Williamson TH, Yorston D, Ellabban AA (The BEAVRS Macular hole outcome group) Factors affecting anatomical and visual outcome after macular hole surgery: findings from a large perspective UK cohort. (Eye. 2021;35:316-325).
  • Ellabban AA, Patil A, Costen MT, Babar AR. Central Retinal Artery Occlusion During Vitrectomy: Immediate retinal Revascularization Following Induction of Posterior Vitreous Detachment (Am J Ophthalmol-Case reports 2018;5(9):38-40).
  • Zarranz-Ventura J, Ellabban AA, Sallam A et.al. Prevalence of foveolar lucency with different gas tamponades in surgically closed macular holes assessed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Retina. 2018;38 (9):1699-1706).
  • Lautredou C, Hardin J, Ellabban AA et al. Repeat Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema in Syphilitic Uveitis (Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2018; 7419823).
  • Theodoropoulou S, Ellabban AA, Johnston RL et al. Short-term safety of dexamethasone implant for treatment of macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion, in eyes with glaucoma or treated ocular hypertension (Graefe’s Arch Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2017;255(4):725-732).
  • Goyal S, Hardin J, Uwaydat SH, Ellabban AA, et.al. Review and update of cataract surgery in the diabetic eye (Expert Review of Ophthalmology, 2017:12(5), 359-371).

Conference Presentations

Mr. Ellabban regularly presents the outcomes of his research and clinical experience at major ophthalmology meetings worldwide.

  • 20-23/05/ 2024Ā Royal College of OphthalmologistĀ Annual Meeting, Belfast, UK
    IOL misadventures course.
  • 12-13/01/ 2024 Satpoort Retina Meeting, Santpoort, NetherlandsĀ IFully automated direct perfluorocarbon liquid-silicone oil exchange
  • 16/06/ 2023Ā State of the Art Refractive and Cataract Surgery (SARCS)Ā meeting, Hull, UKĀ Cataract surgery challenges: strategies of management..
  • 03-04/11/ 2022. British & Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons (BEAVRS), Belfast, UKĀ Inner Retinal Fenestration for optic disc pit maculopathy
  • 19-21/10/2023 Middle East Ophthalmology Meeting (MEOM), Dubai, UAE.Ā Recent trends in diabetic maculopathy management.

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  • Uwaydat SH, Mansour A, Ascaso FJ, Ellabban AA, Smiddy WE et al. Clinical characteristics of full-thickness macular holes that closed without surgery (British Journal of Ophthalmology 2022 Oct;106(10):1463-1468).
  • Ahmad K, Sallam AB, Saad AA, Ellabban AA. Fully Automated Direct Perfluorocarbon Liquid-Silicone Oil Exchange (Clinical Ophthalmology, 2020;14,4355-4358).
  • Patil A, Ellabban AA, Yorston D et al. Ocular Manifestations of Pregnancy and Labour: From the Innocuous to the Sight Threatening. (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, 2020;22:217–226).
  • Ellabban AA, Patil A, Yorston D et al. Risk of Retinal Detachment during Labour: Beliefs Versus Evidence. (The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. 2020;22:103-105).
  • Duddleston J, Chancellor J, Ellabban AA, et al. Optical Principles in Three-Dimensional Vitreoretinal Surgery and Laser Protective Eyewear (Ophthalmol Retina, 2020;4(2):224-225).
  • Romano MR, Parolini B, Allegrini D, Michalewska Z, Ellabban AA (EVRS Study Group) An International Collaborative Evaluation of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Different Therapeutic Approaches and Review of Literature. The European Vitreoretinal Society Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Study. (Acta Ophthalmologica 2020;98(5):e549-e558).
  • Zeydanli EO, Parolini B, Ozdek S, Bopp S, Adleman RA, Kuhn F, Sallam AB, Ellabban AA, (EVRS Floaters Study Group). Management of vitreous floaters: an international survey the European VitreoRetinal Society Floaters study report (Eye 2020;34:825-834).
  • Abdelghany A, Sallam MA, Ellabban AA. Assessment of Ganglion Cell Complex and Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Changes following Cataract Surgery in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma. (J Ophthalmol 2019: 8162825).
  • Steel DH, P. H. J. Donachie PHJ, Aylward GW, Laidlaw DA, Williamson TH, Yorston D, Ellabban AA (The BEAVRS Macular hole outcome group) Factors affecting anatomical and visual outcome after macular hole surgery: findings from a large perspective UK cohort. (Eye. 2021;35:316-325).
  • Ellabban AA, Patil A, Costen MT, Babar AR. Central Retinal Artery Occlusion During Vitrectomy: Immediate retinal Revascularization Following Induction of Posterior Vitreous Detachment (Am J Ophthalmol-Case reports 2018;5(9):38-40).
  • Ellabban AA, Barry R, Sallam A. Surgical induction of posterior vitreous detachment using combined sharp dissection and active aspiration (Acta Ophthalmologica. 2016;94(6): e524-5).
  • Zarranz-Ventura J, Ellabban AA, Sallam A et.al. Prevalence of foveolar lucency with different gas tamponades in surgically closed macular holes assessed by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (Retina. 2018;38 (9):1699-1706).
  • Lautredou C, Hardin J, Ellabban AA et al. Repeat Intravitreal Dexamethasone Implant for Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema in Syphilitic Uveitis (Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2018; 7419823).
  • Theodoropoulou S, Ellabban AA, Johnston RL et al. Short-term safety of dexamethasone implant for treatment of macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion, in eyes with glaucoma or treated ocular hypertension (Graefe’s Arch Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2017;255(4):725-732).
  • Goyal S, Hardin J, Uwaydat SH, Ellabban AA, et.al. Review and update of cataract surgery in the diabetic eye (Expert Review of Ophthalmology, 2017:12(5), 359-371).

  • 20-23/05/ 2024 Royal College of Ophthalmologist Annual Meeting, Belfast, UK
    IOL misadventures course.
  • 12-13/01/ 2024 Satpoort Retina Meeting, Santpoort, Netherlands
    IFully automated direct perfluorocarbon liquid-silicone oil exchange
  • 16/06/ 2023 State of the Art Refractive and Cataract Surgery (SARCS) meeting, Hull, UK
    Cataract surgery challenges: strategies of management..
  • 03-04/11/ 2022. British & Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons (BEAVRS), Belfast, UK
    Inner Retinal Fenestration for optic disc pit maculopathy
  • 19-21/10/2023 Middle East Ophthalmology Meeting (MEOM), Dubai, UAE.
    Recent trends in diabetic maculopathy management.

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