Positions

Associate Residency Program Director, Department of Ophthalmology, UBC Faculty of Medicine, 2021

Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, UBC Faculty of Medicine, 2018

Comprehensive Ophthalmologist and Cataract Surgeon, Vancouver General Hospital, 2018

Qualifications

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, June 2018

Graduate of the Ophthalmology Residency Program of the University of British Columbia, June 2018

Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada, May 2013

Graduate of the MD Undergraduate Program of the University of British Columbia, June 2011

Honours and Awards

International Women’s Day 2023, recognized for Leadership and Advocacy, Vancouver Coastal Health

Resident Teaching Award 2020, UBC Department of Ophthalmology

Constance Eden Dingwall Scholarship in Ophthalmology

Eric L. Smith M.D. Memorial Prize in Ophthalmology

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada Book Prize

1^st Place Winner (Clinical Sciences), CFRI 2009 Summer Student Poster Competition

Research grant from the Child and Family Research Institute

Gwynne-Vaughan Memorial Award in Medicine, which recognizes outstanding achievement, personal qualities and character

Research grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to perform research at the Centre for Microbial Disease Research

National Scholarship from the University of British Columbia, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service

Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement

Beke Scholarship for the highest International Baccalaureate average attained per graduating class

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Noureddin GS, Iovieno A, Eslami M, Weaver T, Meadows H, Yeung SN. Quantification of aerosol generation during cataract surgery [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 30]. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2020;10.1097.

Eslami M, Noureddin GS, Pakzad-Vaezi K, Warner S, Grennan T. Resurgence of ocular syphilis in British Columbia between 2013-2016: a retrospective chart review. Can J Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec 27. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2019.11.002.

Noureddin GS, Yeung SN. The use of dry amniotic membrane in pterygium surgery. Clin Ophthalmol. 2016 Apr 18. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S80102. eCollection 2016. Review. 

Noureddin GS, Sasaki S, Butler AL, Tilley P, Roscoe D, Lyons CJ, Holland SP, Yeung SN. Paediatric infectious keratitis at tertiary referral centres in Vancouver, Canada. Br J Ophthalmol. 2016 Mar 30. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-308034.

Noureddin G. Cerebral Cortical Lesions and Eye Movements. In: Barton JJS, Canadian Neuro-Ophthalmology Group eTextbook of Eye Movements. 2010.

Invited Presentations

Noureddin GS. Managing the eye-tis: conjunctivitis, iritis and episcleritis in primary care. Presentation at: UBC CME on the Run; Dec 2, 2022; Vancouver BC.

Noureddin GS. Quantification of aerosol generation during phacoemulsification cataract surgery using light-scattering laser photometry. Presentation at: Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting; June 25, 2021.

Noureddin GS. Cataract Surgery. Presentation at: PHC Department of Family Medicine CME Rounds; Jan 19, 2021; Vancouver BC.

Noureddin GS. Repair and management of ocular trauma. Presentation at: FORE2019 UBC Ophthalmology Retreat; Oct 5, 2019; Osoyoos BC.

Noureddin GS. Family practice management of common diseases of the eyelid. Presentation at: UBC CME on the Run; Oct 5, 2018; Vancouver BC.

Noureddin GS. The aging eye: Issues for the elderly. Presentation at: UBC CME on the Run; Oct 5, 2018; Vancouver BC.

Noureddin GS. Pigmented Lesions of the Conjunctiva. Presentation at: Optometry Meeting; Sep 27, 2018; Williams Lake BC.

Noureddin GS. Hindsight is 20/20: Pearls I’ve learned in residency and beyond. Presentation at: FORE2018 UBC Ophthalmology Retreat; Sep 22, 2018; Osoyoos BC.

Noureddin GS, Rasmussen S, Hansen G, Paton KE. Germs in the eye: rare tumors, collaborative pathology, personalized oncogenomics, and maximizing outcomes. Presentation at: Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting; May 29 – June 3, 2018; Toronto, ON.

Noureddin GS, Sasaki S, Butler AL, Lyons CJ, Holland SP, Yeung SN. Pediatric infectious keratitis at tertiary referral centers in Vancouver, BC. Poster presentation at: World Cornea Congress VII; April 15-17, 2015; San Diego, CA. 

Noureddin G, Potts J, Hosking MC. Does the analysis of electrocardiogram intervals and pulmonary regurgitant fraction help in the decision algorithm for pulmonary valve replacement? Poster presentation at: Canadian Cardiovascular Congress: 62^nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society; October 24-28, 2009; Edmonton, AB.

Noureddin G, Potts J, Hosking MC. Left ventricular strain in children with cardiomyopathy: a speckle-tracking Doppler analysis. Poster presentation at: Summer Student Poster Day: Child and Family Research Institute; June 2009; Vancouver, BC.