Mr Samir Melki­ 
Medical Director, Ophthalmology

Email: SMelki@uk-sh.co.uk

Mr Melki obtained his PhD in molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA, where he subsequently completed his MD in May 1994. He completed his Transitional Internship and Residency in Ophthalmology at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC and became Chief Resident, Ophthalmology.

In July 1998 Mr Melki was Clinical Fellow, Cornea and Refractive Surgery at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and was Chief Fellow between 1999 and July 2000.

Since July 2000, Mr Melki has been on the clinical faculty at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Boston Eye Group, Brookline, Massachusetts. In 2004, he held a Visiting Professorship at Georgetown University Medical Centre.

Mr Melki joined Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre as Medical Director, Ophthalmology in July 2005.

Professional Experience

2009 – present     Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School, US
2005 – present     Medical Director, Ophthalmology, UK Specialist Hospitals, UK
2000 – 2009     Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, US
2000 – 2009     Director, Boston Eye Group, Brookline, Massachusetts, UK
1999 – 2000     Chief Fellow, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, US
1998 – 1999     Clinical Fellow, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard  Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, US
1997 – 1998     Chief Resident, Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, US
1995 – 1997     Resident, Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, US

Special Interests

• ­Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery

- Last updated March 2011