Extemporaneous Ophthalmic Preparations

Eman Ali Saeed Alghamdi, MPharm (Hon) Dr. Eman A.S. Alghamdi is a Drug and Poison Information Specialist at Prince Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is also assigned as a clinical pharmacist for the ophthalmology department at Prince Sultan Military Medical City. She is involved in formulary management (addition, deletion, and restriction); literature evaluation, implement protocol and policy for the safe and effective use of medication; coordinating investigational drug services, including participating in evaluating protocol, providing information to patient, caregivers and healthcare providers; coordinating adverse drug reaction with Saudi Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Dr. Alghamdi is currently a supervisor of pharmacy students and residents completing their clinical rotation. In addition, she teaches academic courses of pharmacology in The Nursing College in Prince Sultan Military College of Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She received her first bachelor degree in pharmaceutical science from King Saud University, Riyadh, in 2007, and her second bachelor in pharmacy from Griffith University in Gold Coast, Australia, in 2011. After that, she completed her master degree in pharmacy with Honors from The Griffith University in 2013. Dr. Alghamdi was awarded by Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland, for her outstanding achievement in her dissertation for the master. Abdulmalik Yahya Al Qahtani, MD Dr. Abdulmalik Y. Al Qahtani is a consultant ophthalmologist at Anterior Segment Division in Ophthalmology Department in Prince Sultan Medical Military City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also an Adjunctive Assistant Professor at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His main field of specialty is Cornea, Cataract and Refractive surgery. Dr. Al Qahtani was graduated from the college of medicine at King Saud University in Riyadh in 1997. In 2002, he was certified the Saudi Board in Ophthalmology followed by Subspecialty Certificate in Anterior Segment from King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH) in 2003. He was appointed as director of the Outpatient Department at King Saud Medical City, one of the largest hospitals in the Middle East, 2004-2006. He was also the Head of Ophthalmology Department in the same medical city, 2005-2008. After that, he became the Head of Anterior Segment Division in Ophthalmology Department in Prince Sultan Medical Military City in Riyadh, 2015-2016. Dr. Al Qahtani is an active contributor to a number of national, regional, and international ophthalmology conferences such as the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Mazen Mohammad Sinjab, MD, MSc, ABOphth, PhD, FRCOphth, CertLRS (London) Professor Mazen M. Sinjab is currently working as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Dr. Mazen Sinjab Eye Clinic, Dubai, UAE and at Al Zahra Medical Group, Damascus, Syria. His main field of specialty is Laser and Refractive Surgery, Cataract and Clear Lens Surgery, and Keratoconus management. He was certified in Laser and Refractive Surgery from The Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London, UK. Professor Sinjab was graduated with honors from the faculty of Medicine at Aleppo University, Syria, in 1993. After that, he had his Master Degree in ophthalmology with honors from Damascus University, Syria, in 1996, followed by the Certificate of Arab Board in Ophthalmology in 1997. In 2009, he had his Ph.D. degree with honors during the professorship program between Damascus University and Moorfield's Eye Hospital in London.

Section 1: Introduction to Extemporaneous Ophthalmic Preparations.- Chapter 1 Ocular Pharmacokinetics.- Chapter 2 Factors Affecting Bioavailability and Efficacy of Topical Eye Preparations.- Chapter 3 Ideal Characteristics of Ophthalmic Drug Delivery System.- Chapter 4 Inert Substances Used in the Proration of Ophthalmic Products.- Chapter 5 Preservatives Used in Ophthalmic Preparations.- Section 2: Extemporaneous Topical Ophthalmic Formulations.- Chapter 6 Topical Ophthalmic Drug Forms.- Chapter 7 Extemporaneous Compounding of Ophthalmic Products.- Chapter 8 American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP) Guidelines on Pharmacy-Prepared Ophthalmic Products.- Chapter 9 Formulations of Extemporaneous Topical Ophthalmic Preparations.- Chapter 10 Extemporaneous Ophthalmic Preparations in Ocular Oncology.- Section 3: Extemporaneous Intraocular Injections. Chapter 11 Extemporaneous Intravitreal Injections.- Chapter 12 Extemporaneous Intracameral Injections.- Chapter 13 Formulations of Extemporaneous Intraocular Injections.- Section 4: Extemporaneous Sub Conjunctival Injections.- Chapter 14 Equipment.- Chapter 15 Steps for subconjunctival injections.- Chapter 16 Formulations of Extemporaneous Intraocular Injections.