Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD, PhD
Associated Retinal Consultants
3555 W. Thirteen Mile Road
Suite LL-20
Beaumont Neuroscience Center Building
Royal Oak, MI 48073
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(248) 288-2280 office
Professional Affiliations
Academic Appointments- Professor,
- Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
- Beaumont Hospital,
- Royal Oak, MI
Education and Training
- Internship
- Duke University, Durham, NC, US
- Ophthalmology residency
- Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, US
- Additional fellowship
- Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, US
- Retinal fellowship
- Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, US
Biography
Dr. Mahmoud is a professor of Ophthalmology at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and the director of the vitreoretinal (VR) surgery fellowship at Associated Retinal Consultants in Royal Oak, MI. He moved from North Carolina in 2017 where he was the director of the VR fellowship at the Duke University Eye center and a tenured associate professor at Duke. He has developed many surgical techniques over the years with his fellows including the use of subretinal air to displace submacular hemorrhage in 2013 and developed and performed the first human autologous retinal transplantation in 2015. He also introduced chandelier buckles to the United States and in 2017, developed the ILM retracting door technique for macular holes. The nano subretinal gateway device was developed in 2019 to access the subretinal space without PPV to displace subretinal hemorrhage, but also for injection of gene therapy, drugs, removal of PFO and tumor biopsy. In 2022, the concept of using the epiretinal membrane to close large macular holes was introduced in cases of combined large holes with membranes. In 2023, he developed and performed the first combined amniotic membrane graft with autologous retinal transplant to treat large refractory myopic macular holes with some atrophy. For the last few years, Dr. Mahmoud has focused on running global studies to treat macular holes by working with surgeons around the world to develop guidelines to treat challenging holes using many techniques that have been developed over the years.
Dr. Mahmoud graduated Summa Cum Lauda, Valedictorian, from Ainshams University, finished his internship, residency and vitreoretinal fellowship at the Duke University Eye Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Club Jules Gonin, the Macula Society, the Retina Society, and the United States Masters Swimming Association. He is a reviewer for many Ophthalmology journals and a principal investigator on many clinical trials sponsored by the industry and the National Eye Institute. He has been invited as a guest speaker all over the world. Dr. Mahmoud is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is licensed in the states of California, Michigan, and North Carolina.
Dr. Mahmoud received the Edward K. Isbey, Jr., M.D. Resident Award for "Excellence in Clinical Care, Ethics, and Research" from the Duke Eye Center, the Retina Research Foundation/"Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence" award from ARVO, the "Senior Honor Award" and the "Presidential Honor Award" from the American Society of Retina Specialists, The “Achievement Award” from the AAO, the prestigious Robert A. Machemer research award from the Duke Eye Center, the "Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award" from the Kresge Eye Institute and the “Golden Globe Award” for residents’ education from the Duke Eye Center.
Dr. Mahmoud has been on the list of Best Doctors in America since 2009 and Castle Connolly Top Doctors in Ophthalmology. He was the director of the VR Surgery Fellowship at the Kresge Eye Institute in Michigan before moving back to Duke in 2011 to join the retina faculty. Wayne State University-Kresge Eye Institute established the "Tamer H. Mahmoud, MD endowed fellowship research award" in 2012. This award is bestowed yearly to the fellow presenting the best paper.
Dr. Mahmoud is a co-founder of the Arab-African Society of Retina Specialists (AASRS), and a co-founder of the Duke Fellows Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course. He served on the national Therapeutic Safety Committee (TSC) for monitoring of drugs and devices, and founded the North Carolina Retina Club (NCRC) in 2012 to allow interaction and collaboration between retina specialists in the state of North Carolina.