Dr. Mona Dagher

Over 10,000 ocular procedures

Educational Background

Dr. Mona Dagher completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University where she received the Hilda Diana Oakley scholarship for ranking in the top five percent of women. She then completed her medical degree and specialization in ophthalmology at the Université de Montréal, graduating on the dean’s list. Dr. Dagher then pursued post-doctoral fellowship training in cornea, external eye diseases, and refractive surgery at the prestigious Harvard Medical School.

Refractive Experience

Dr. Dagher is an authority on intraocular procedures with specific interest in corneal and refractive surgery. She has brought her expertise on keratoprosthesis surgery (a revolutionary ocular prosthesis implanted to correct corneal blindness) to Canada after conducting considerable research and clinical work at Harvard Medical School. She has also trained eminent American surgeons to perform this surgery.

As one of the first Canadian surgeons to use the IntraLase femtosecond laser, Dr. Dagher has written extensively on the subject and presented at the International Conference of Femtosecond Laser in Ophthalmology. She is also well-versed in corneal collagen cross-linking (C3R), for patients with Keratoconus.

Dr. Dagher is currently an assistant professor at the Université de Montréal where she teaches ophthalmologists-in-training. She is on staff at the CHUM and the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital in Montreal, and was also an associate staff at the renowned Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Accomplishments and Awards

Throughout her academic training, Dr. Dagher was consistently on the honours list and received several scholarships. During her residency, she was given the Resident Research Award by the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation. More recently, she has received research grants from the Fonds de recherche de l’Université de Montréal, the E. A. Baker Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness, and the Fondation du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal to perform pioneering work.

Dr. Dagher has completed extensive research projects in the field of ophthalmology and more particularly, in corneal and refractive surgery. Dr. Dagher has published numerous articles and acts as a reviewer for ophthalmology journals. She has also authored numerous book chapters on the subjects of the cornea and external eye diseases. Dr. Dagher has been a guest lecturer at ophthalmology conferences, nationally and internationally.

After restoring sight to several Canadian patients, Dr. Dagher was chosen ‘Personality of the Week’ by La Presse newspaper and Radio-Canada.