Nir Shoham-Hazon

Affiliation

Miramichi EyeNB Centre of Excellence, Miramichi, NB, Canada

Biography

Dr. Shoham-Hazon is a Glaucoma and Advanced anterior segment surgeon (GAASS) in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, where he is the director of the Miramichi EyeNB Centre of Excellence and medical director of the Miramichi Surgical Centre of Excellence - a privately owned, publicly funded Ophthalmology OR. Dr. Shoham-Hazon completed his fellowship at the university of Toronto. He is actively involved in clinical and surgical research in the field of cataract and Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS). He is the past chair of EPSAC - eye physicians and surgeons of Atlantic Canada, where his goal was to implement equality for Ophthalmologists working in Rural Canada and raise awareness for Rural Ophthalmology. Part of his intent was to promote medical school and residency exposure to Ophthalmology in rural communities in New Brunswick. He recently received teaching awards of excellence from his hospital as well as the Dalhousie University medical school. Dr. Shoham-Hazon has academic affiliations with Dalhousie and Memorial universities as Assistant and Clinical Assistant Professor respectively.