Ophthalmic genetics journey: from Saudi Arabia to Belgium

On Friday December 8th 2017 Basamat ALMOALLEM, a Saudi ophthalmologist in training, successfully obtained her PhD in Health Sciences on the basis of her doctoral thesis ‘Unraveling the molecular basis of genetically heterogeneous developmental eye disorders’. Her findings unveiled examples of care valued by both patients and clinicians in the field of ophthalmic genetics. She has taken great steps towards tackling some of the challenges ophthalmic genetics is facing today.