Saudi Glaucoma Group

Contact information
Ibrahim Aljadaan
P.O. Box 7191
11462 Riyadh
SAUDI ARABIA
Tel.: +966 614 821 234 ext. 3771
Fax.: +966 614 821 234 ext. 3727
E-mail: ijadaan@kkesh.med.sa
  

Board
Dawood Al RashedGeneral member
Naser Al YousofGeneral member
Saleh AlobeidanGeneral member
Osamah BadeebGeneral member
Saleh Abbas GhamdiGeneral member
Abdullah A JabartiGeneral member
Ibrahim Al JadaanChair
  

Organizational structure
Founding date (year) 1993
The society has statutes (bylaws) Yes
The statutes address financial accountability* No
* Is it clear how the flow of income and expense (including meetings) is and which officer or committee is responsible?  
The board members are elected
New members of the board are added by cooptation** Yes
** Cooptation means officers are appointed by the leadership without an election process involving the total membership  
The term of functioning for members of the board is 5 year(s)

Membership
The number of members of our society is approximately 25
Our society has an annual printed report No
Criteria for Membership
  1. Members must have had formal specialist training
    (i.e. established glaucoma fellowship training) in glaucoma
 No
  1. Members must have had informal specialist training (i.e. all forms of training outside established glaucoma fellowships) in glaucoma

    If not specialist / generalist ratio
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by publications
 Yes
  1. Members have a manifest interest in glaucoma as shown by the percentage of glaucoma patients seen (or by other criteria)
 Yes
  1. Members have expressed interest in glaucoma
 Yes
  1. Everyone can be a member without further qualification
 No
  1. We use other criteria
 No

Mission statement/goals
1. Keep members updated with what is new in the field of Glaucoma 2. Improve Glaucoma patient care and public awareness about this disease in our area 3. Organize Glaucoma sessions during the Saudi annual Symposium 4. Assist Glaucoma Research in our area

Liaisons with other organizations
Liaisons with a general ophthalmological society Yes
Liaisons with other organizations No

Guidelines
Code of practice on society - Industry relationships available No
Society guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma available No
Using guidelines made by an other organization 0

Miscellaneous
Research foundation No
On-line discussion forum (e.g. AGS-net) No

Society program
The Society program*** contains: organizing glaucoma meetings No
*** Program = total of activities of the Glaucoma Society  
The Society program contains: form of publication No
The Society program contains: other initiatives Yes
Current initiatives Monthly Journal Club
Are society-sponsored fellowships or research grants available? No

Meeting
Meeting frequency
Time of year
Meeting attendance
  • No. of foreign delegates
  • No. of local delegates
The ratio of glaucoma specialists to generalists that attend the meeting is
The meeting has oral paper sessions
The meeting has poster sessions
The meeting has discussion sessions
Presentation / discussion time ratio
Presentations are on original research
Presentations are updates / reviews
Presentations are both original research and updates / reviews
The meetings are mono – sponsored
The meetings are multi -  sponsored
Financial benefits from the meeting go to the Society
Financial benefits from the meeting go to individuals
Financial benefits from the meeting go to others

Glaucoma Patient Organizations
Our country has a Glaucoma Patient Organization 0
Additional remarks