Dr. Yahya Ahmad Al Zahrani

Surgical Specialties Department
Main Hospital

Current Position
Consultant Ophthalmologist-Subspeciality
General Details
Gender:
Male
Languages Spoken:
Arabic, English

Education & Board Certificates
- 2015 Subspecialty in Ophthalmic Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA - 2010/2011 Subspecialty Fellowship Program in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, KKESH, Riyadh, KSA - 2010/2011 Subspecialty Fellowship Program in Uveitis, KKESH, Riyadh, KSA - 5 Nov. 2009 Saudi Board in Ophthalmology (SB-Ophth) - 22 Dec. 2009 KSU FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - 2003/2004 MMBS with overall grade very good with Honors Grade II.
Expertise or Specialty
- Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery - Ophthalmic Oncology - Uveitis

Research & Publications
1- Characteristics, Complications, and Surgical Outcomes of Panuveitis in 400 patients (727 eyes) over 25 Years: The KKESH Uveitis Survey Study Group. Poster Presentation at the 2013 ARVO Annual Meeting, Life-Changing Research, May 5-9, 2013, in Seattle, Washington. 2- High-Power Blue Handheld Laser Induced >Maculopathy Arevalo JF, Alsulaiman SM; Alrushood AA; Almasaud J; Alzaaidi S; Alzahrani Y; Ghazi NG; Abboud EB; Alrashaed S.: The Results of a Collaborative Retina Study Group. American Society of Retina Specialists 31st Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON, Canada.August 24th to 28th, 2013. 3- Retinal Detachment and Uveitis at a Tertiary Center Over 25 Years: The Results of a Uveitis Survey Study Group. Andres F. Lasave, MD, Ammar M. Al-Mahmood, MD, Sulaiman Mohammad Al Sulaiman, MD, Abdulaziz Adel Al Rushood, MD2 Yahya A Al-Zahrani, MD, Hassan A. Al Dhibi, MD, J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS, 2,3 and The KKESH Uveitis Survey Study Group* 4- Pattern of Uveitis in Behçet's Disease in a Tertiary Center **over 25 Years: The Results of a Uveitis Survey Study Group* >J. Fernando Arevalo, MD, FACS, Andres F. Lasave, MD, Ammar M.Al-Mahmood, MD, Sulaiman Mohammad Al Sulaiman, MD, Abdulaziz Adel Al Rushood, MD, Yahya A Al-Zahrani, MD, Hassan A. Al Dhibi, MD, and The KKESH Uveitis Survey Study Group* 5- Clinical Outcomes of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) Disease at a Tertiary Center in 194 patients: Arevalo JF, Lasave AF, Al Shamsi HN, Al Sulaiman SM, Al Rushood AA, Al-Zahrani YA, Al Dhibi HA, and The KKESH Uveitis Survey Study Group. A Uveitis Survey Study Group. 2012 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Chicago, IL. Nov. 10-13th 2012. 6- Primary Acquired Melanosis: Clinical, Histopathologic, and Optical Coherence Tomographic Correlation: Yahya A. Alzahrani MD, Hassan Abdul Aziz MD, Thomas Plesec MD, Arun D Singh, MD. Ocular Oncology and Pathology. 7- Full-Thickness Macular Hole Secondary to High-Power Handheld Blue Laser: Natural History and Management Outcomes. Alsulaiman SM, Alrushood AA, Almasaud J, Alkharashi AS, Alzahrani Y, Abboud EB, Nowilaty SR, Arevalo JF, Al-Amry M, Alrashaed S, Ghazi NG; King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Collaborative Retina Study Group. 8- Verteporfin photodynamic therapy for sporadic peripheral retinal capillary hemangioma. Yahya A. Alzahrani MD, Sean M. Platt MD, Arun D.Singh,MD. 9- Episcleral brachytherapy for Retinoblastoma. Yahya A. Alzahrani MD, Sean M. Platt MD, Arun D. Singh MD. 10- Cryptococcal iridociliary granuloma. Yahya A. Alzahrani, Hassan A. Aziz, Nabin K. Shrestha, Charles V. Biscotti, Arun D. Singh. Survey of Ophthalmology. survophthal.2015.12.005 11- Optic Nerve Assessment Using 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arun D. Singh, Sean M. Platt, Lisa Lystad, Mark Lowe, Sehong Oh, Stephen E. Jones, Yahya Alzahrani, and Thomas Plesecc. Ocul Oncol Pathol. 2016 Apr. 12- The outcomes and prognostic factors of vitrectomy in chronic diabetic traction macular detachment. Muneera A Abunajma, Hassan Al-Dhibi, Emad B Abboud, Yahya Al Zahrani, Essam Alharthi, Abdullah Alkharashi, and Nicola G Ghazi. Clin Ophthalmol. 2016; 10: 1653–1661. 13- Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Ocular Adnexa: Outcomes following Radiation Therapy. Platt S. Al Zahrani Y. Singh N. Hill B. Cherian S. Singh A.D. Ocul Oncol Pathol 2017;3:181-187. 14- Episcleral brachytherapy of uveal melanoma: role of intraoperative echographic confirmation Hassan A Aziz, Yahya A Al Zahrani, James Bena, Brandy Lorek, Allan Wilkinson, John Suh, Arun D Singh. bjophthalmol-2016-309153 15- Ocular injuries secondary to alexandrite laser-assisted hair removal. Asiri MS, Alharbi M, Alkadi T, Abouammoh M, Al-Amry M, ALZahrani Y, Alsulaiman SM. Can J Ophthalmol. 2017 Apr;52(2):e71-e75 16- Variable Presentations of Peripheral Exudative Hemorrhagic Chorioretinopathy. Wael A. Alsakran, Abdulaziz A. Alshamrani, and Yahya A. Alzahrani. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct-Dec; 26(4): 253–256. 17- Foveal congenital simple hamartoma of retinal pigment epithelium: A report of two cases. Abdulrahman H Badawi1, Moustafa Magliyah2, Khalid Allam3, Yahya A Alzahrani. Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol. 2020 July,27(2): 128-130. 18- Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumor in Ocular Albinism. Wael A. Alsakran, Nada H. Almadhi, Abdulaziz A. Alshamrani, Yahya A. Alzahrani. Am J Case Rep 2020; 21:e925926 :: DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.925926