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David Smadja

David Smadja


Dr

Ein Tal Hadassah Laser Institute
Habarzel 15th
Tel Aviv, Israel, Israel


About

David Smadja completed his Medical School and Residence Program in the Department of Ophthalmology at Bordeaux Hospital University, France and completed a Post Doctorate Research Fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery at the Cole Eye Institute, at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in 2010. He works as the head of the refractive surgery unit at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, and medical director at Ein-Tal Hadassah laser institutes. He is also the current elected president of the Israeli Society of Refractive Surgery. He serves in the executive committee of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and serves as the current chair of the international externship program of the ISRS. He is the recipient of multiples national and international awards including the Troutman award and Waring memorial award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS), the achievement award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the gold medal from the Indian Intraocular and Refractive Society (IIRS), the Colin Award from the French society of cataract and refractive society (SAFIR) and the outstanding prize from the Israeli society for vision and eye research (ISVER). In 2015, he joined the Nanotechnology Institute of Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, as an adjunct researcher associate at Prof Zalevsky’s laboratory. He is co-founder and medical director of 3 start-ups companies developing technologies in the field of nanotechnology for visual correction and AI for diagnostic support and is consultant for various ophthalmic companies and venture capitals.

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