Alain Saad

About Alain Saad

Vice Head, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France

What is a little-known fact about you?

I used to be a beekeeper during my young university years, harvesting up to 400 kgs of honey. The order and precision of bees’ work are impressive.

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

Refractive surgery will become the most performed surgery with the increase in the prevalence of myopia and the improvement of treatment modalities.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist, what would you be doing instead?

Mediator – trying to find solutions and compromises in a conflict situation.