Academic Work & Publications
Dr Roland Seif is a faculty member in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Lebanese American University. His academic work complements a surgery-centered clinical practice and includes ophthalmic teaching, clinical research and collaborative work across glaucoma, anterior segment surgery and other ophthalmic disciplines.
Selected peer-reviewed publications
2026
The Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology — Extension from Lebanon (BETT-XL) Classification: A Multi-Center Validation in Modern Warfare.
Injury. 2026;113687. PMID: 42716854.
2024
A Case of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Triggered by Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine: Evidence of Pathogenesis of a Novel Mutation.
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2024;44(1):e201. PMID: 35830706.
2022
Size Matters: Ab Interno Canaloplasty Revision with Suture Trabeculotomy.
Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice. 2022;16(3):152–157. PMID: 36793263.
Strabismus Repair in Children with Varying Severity of Cerebral Palsy.
Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2022;37(2):265–267. PMID: 34779343.
An Unusual Presentation of Convergence Insufficiency in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease Stimulated by Deep Brain Stimulation.
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2022;26:101531. PMID: 35509285.
2021
Digital Marking for Toric Intraocular Lenses in a Patient with Cyclodeviation.
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine. 2021;2021:3671951. PMID: 33510921.
Novel Use for Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Diagnosing Foreign Body-Induced Chronic Conjunctivitis.
EC Clinical and Medical Case Reports. 2021;4(3):40–44.
2020
Novel Mutations of mtDNA m.14568G>A/m.14568C>T in MT-ND6 and m.7299A>G in MT-CO1: Evidence of Pathogenicity in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.
Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2020;40(4):566–568. PMID: 32358433.
Selected invited lectures & presentations
2025
24th Kuwait Conference of Ophthalmology
“Glaucoma through OCT’s Eye”
“Subconjunctival Filtration in Evolution”
2019
American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting — San Francisco
“Size Matters: Ab Interno Suture Canaloplasty Revision with Suture Trabeculotomy”
2018
International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery — Montréal
“Montreal Grand Round Circus”