Samir Jabbour, MD, FRCSC, DABO

Samir Jabbour, MD, FRCSC, DABO is an ophthalmologist at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) and an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Montreal. He specializes in corneal disorders, cataracts, external eye diseases and refractive surgery. He performs state-of-the-art procedures in corneal surgeries, including all types of corneal grafts (DMEK, DALK, DSAEK, PKP) and limbal stem cell transplants.

After graduating with honours from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University, Dr. Jabbour completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Montreal. He then pursued two years of subspeciality training in Cornea, External Disease and Refractive Surgery at the prestigious Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland and at the world-renown Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, United Kingdom.​ 

Dr. Jabbour’s research interests include management of ocular surface disease, surgical techniques in keratoplasty and refractive surgery. He has published in many prestigious medical journals and has presented nationally and internationally at conferences. He teaches medical students and ophthalmology residents and is part of the Cornea & External disease fellowship at the CHUM.