Current Appointments:   Associate Professor and Chair Dept Ophthalmology Queen's University, Chair CNIB-Baker Research Foundation, National Coalition for Vision Health, Immediate Past President Canadian Ophthalmological Society, American Association of University Professors, Canadian Association of University Professors, Ophthalmologist in Chief, Kinston General and Hotel Dieu Hospitals Lennox and Addington General Hospital Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital

Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award  2004
The Resident Teaching Merit Award For Surgical Teaching 2002
The Resident Teaching Merit Award For Surgical Teaching 1998
Nat Christi Medical Scholarship 1986-1989
Canadian Geriatrics Research Society Scholarship 1983-1986
Eldon Boyd Scholarship 1983

Research

Research Interests: Ophthalmic pharmacology, cataract surgery

Selected Publications:

 

Effect of prophylactic NSAID drops on cystoid macular edema after cataract surgery using optical coherence tomography.  Journal Cataract Refractive Surgery. in press

 

Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Persistent Organisms Without Inflammation After One Year of Topical Chlorhexidine. Cornea, in press

 

Proposed pathogenesis for the delayed postoperative opacification of the hydroview hydrogel intraocular lens.  Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 May;135(5):591-8

 

Prevalence of factor V Leiden and activated protein C resistance in central retinal vein occlusion. Retina. 2001;21(2):161-6.

 

Evaluation of a hand-held autorefractor in children younger than 6. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1998 Mar-Apr;35(2):107-9.

 

Ocular allergic disease. Drugs Today (Barc). 1998 Nov;34(11):957-71.

 

Nitric oxide: a unique biologic mediator. Can J Ophthalmol. 1997 Feb;32(1):12-6.

Videos

In the Clinic - Dr. Sherif El-Defrawy, MD on How to Use the Slit-Lamp to Examine the Eye

In the Clinic - Dr. Sherif El-Defrawy, MD on How to Use the Slit-Lamp to Examine the Eye (Part 2)