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SULAIMAN ABDULAZIZ HAMOD AL DAKHIL

Associate Professor
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Optometry Department

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    Scientific qualifications

    • B.S. in Optometry from King Saud University B. Optom
    • M. Optom from the University of New South Wales, Australia
    • PhD in Optometry from Glasgow Caledonian University in the United Kingdom

    Research interests

    • Myopia control
    • Pediatric Optometry
    • Accommodation response with Optical correction
    • Pupil size variation

    Published research

    • Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Visual Impairment: Evidence from Duhknah, a Rural Community in Saudi Arabia (2025-08-07)
    • Choroidal thickness measurements in different ethnicities using swept-source optical coherence tomography: repeatability and assessment (2021-07-09)
    • Choroidal Thickness and Postural Stability in Young Adults: Exploring Ocular Contributions to Balance and Fall Prevention (2026-01-01)
    • Accommodation response characteristics in young, adult, emmetropic, and myopic subjects during multifocal contact lens wear (2023-06-01)
    • Dual focus contact lenses produce inaccurate steady-state accommodation responses in emmetropic subjects (2015-08-01)
    • Childhood visual impairment in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia: prevalence, causes, and risk factors (2025-10-17)
    • Role of Ethnicity and Age in Corneal Curvature and Thickness Changes Following Corneal Cross-Linking for Keratoconus (2026-03-01)
    • The effects of color and neutral density filters on dynamic accommodation in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (2025-08-11)
    • Quantitative Analysis of Early Retinal Changes and OCT Parameters in Diabetic Subjects With and Without Retinopathy (2025-02-01)
    • Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors Associated with Visual Impairment in Qbah, a Rural Community in the Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia (2025-02-01)
    • Understanding post-operative refractive outcome in pediatrics after IOL implantation: factors and predictors (2024-09-04)
    • Near vision symptoms and their association with refractive error and binocular vision function among medical sciences students (2026-06-30)
    • Short-term impact of natural daylight exposure on choroidal thickness in emmetropic young adults (2026-01-01)
    • Choroidal Thickness and Postural Stability in Young Adults: Exploring Ocular Contributions to Balance and Fall Prevention (2026-01-01)
    • Childhood visual impairment in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia: prevalence, causes, and risk factors (2025-12-01)
    • Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors of Visual Impairment: Evidence from Duhknah, a Rural Community in Saudi Arabia (2025-08-01)
    • Therapeutic efficacy of two tear supplements in the management of dry eye disease in Saudi Arabia: The Twaiq Mountain Eye Study II (2025-04-01)
    • Quantitative Analysis of Early Retinal Changes and OCT Parameters in Diabetic Subjects With and Without Retinopathy (2025-02-01)
    • Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors Associated with Visual Impairment in Qbah, a Rural Community in the Qassim Region of Saudi Arabia (2025-02-01)
    • The effects of color and neutral density filters on dynamic accommodation in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (2025-01-01)
    • Understanding post-operative refractive outcome in pediatrics after IOL implantation: factors and predictors (2024-12-01)
    • Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Corneal Ectasia at Multiple Medical Centers in Saudi Arabia: A Hospital-based Study (2024-07-01)
    • Near vision symptoms and their association with refractive error and binocular vision function among medical sciences students (2026-06-30)
    • Role of Ethnicity and Age in Corneal Curvature and Thickness Changes Following Corneal Cross-Linking for Keratoconus (2026-03-01)
    • Childhood amblyopia: A systematic review of recent management options (2024-01-01)
    • Results of inferior oblique muscle myectomy with tucking into Tenon’s capsule, cohort prospective study (2024-01-01)
    • Heterophoria, fusional vergence, and near point of convergence in Sudanese hospital-based population (2024-01-01)
    • Morphology and thickness of corneal endothelial cells in young Sudanese individuals with myopia (2023-01-01)
    • Clinical Spectrum of Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy in South Indian Subjects Observational Study (2023-01-01)
    • The prevalence of strabismus and visual outcomes in children with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: medical record review (2022-11-01)
    • The Clinical Characteristics of Amblyopia in Children Under 17 Years of Age in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia (2022-08-18)
    • Comparison of Measured Fusional Vergence Amplitudes using Prism Bar and Synoptophore in Sudanese Patients with Near Exophoria (2022-01-01)
    • Corneal curvature, anterior chamber depth, lens thickness, and vitreous chamber depth: their intercorrelations with refractive error in Saudi adults (2022-01-01)
    • Choroidal thickness measurements in different ethnicities using swept-source optical coherence tomography: repeatability and assessment (2022-01-01)
    • Visual function of drivers and its relation to the occurrence of road traffic accidents in Saudi Arabia (2021-12-26)
    • Evaluation of visual function requirements for public jobs in Saudi Arabia (2021-12-26)
    • The Effect of Optical Defocus on the Choroidal Thickness: A Review (2021-01-01)
    • Charge syndrome associated with ocular abnormalities: A case report with treatment of amblyopia and refractive correction (2021-01-01)

    Teaching materials

    • Clinical methods
    • Optical clinic
    • Optics 1,2,3
    • Children's optics

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