Curriculum Vitae
NI DHUBHGHAILL Sorcha Siobhán

Personal information

Education

Secondary education

Scoil Phubail Chúl Mhín

October 1993 to May 1999
Chúl Mhin – Coolmine, Dublin 15, Ireland

• Leaving certificate, 575/600 points achieved

Undergraduate education / Graduate education

The University of Dublin, Trinity College

September 1999 to May 2005
Trinity College – College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

• M.B.
• B.Ch.
• Ba.O
• B.A.
• Honours in Medicine
• Honours in Surgery (2.1)
• First class honours in Opthalmology

Degree conferred on 17 June 2005.

The University of Dublin, Trinity College

October 2008 to October 2009 Trinity College – College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

• Diploma in Statistics
• 1-year diploma course with 5 hours of lectures per week
• Base Module - 1st Class Honours
• Introduction to Regression - 1st Class Honours
• Design of Experiments

Postgraduate education

The University of Dublin, Trinity College

October 2006 to October 2011 Trinity College – College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

• Ph.D in Ophthalmology
• Genetic and environmental factors culminating in the development of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in population, in vitro and in vivo analyses

Ph.D conferred on 7 December 2012.

In vivo experiment experience

Surgical and intraocular laser experience in rodent retinal disease models - mouse and rat. Surgical experience in mini-pig corneal disease model.

Harvard Medical School

April 2021 to April 2022 Harvard Medical School – Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Postgraduate certificate in Surgical Leadership
• Awarded 1st place (of 180 candidates) in the Capstone Projects, the signiature assignment of the course
• Special recognition for Excellence on the Finance team assignment

Additonal training

• 2008, Certified completion of the Laboratory Animals in Science and Teaching (LAST) accreditation and Modules 1,2 and 3 UK accreditation (ASPA)
• 2008, Completed the Graduate Course in Immunology (TCD Department of Immunology) coordinated by Prof. Cliona O’Farrelly
• 2010, Alcon Basic Phacoemulsification Course (Hemell Hempstead UK) Completed February
• 2010, Microsurgical Skills Course ICO, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland November
• 2010, ICO Glaucoma skills workshop, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital December
• 2011, A rational approach to retinal detachment (Chair: B.Aylward), Joint AAO/SOE meeting, Geneva
• 2011, Dry AMD workshop (Chair: U. Chakravarthy), Joint AAO/SOE meeting, Geneva
• 2011, Neuro-ophthalmology Course, (Ms P. Logan) August, Beaumont Hospital
• 2012, Theoretical and practical instruction in performing the surgical procedure of Trabeculectomy (Prof P Shah), Birmingham.
• 2012, ESCRS wet lab – managing phaco complications, Milan, September 2012
• 2017, CME Novel Approaches in the management of Dry Eye Disease, Online course, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
• 2018, DMEK surgical wetlab - Netherlands Institute for Innovatie Ophthalmic Surgery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 2019, Holoclar Autologous corneal stem cell therapy investigators meeting, Rome, Italy

Training courses given

• 2015, ESCRS wet lab – Bag-in-the-lens cataract surgery, Wet Lab Teacher, Istanbul, February 2015
• 2015, ESCRS wet lab – advanced phacoemulsification, Barcelona, September 2015
• 2015, ESCRS wet lab – femtosecond laser cataract surgery, Barcelona, September 2015
• 2015, ESCRS wet lab – Bag-in-the-lens cataract surgery, Wet Lab Teacher, Barcelona, September 2015
• 2016, ESCRS wet lab – Bag-in-the-lens cataract surgery, Wet Lab Teacher, Athens, February 2016
• 2016, ESCRS wet lab – The primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, Wet Lab Teacher, Copenhagen, September 2016
• 2017, ESCRS wet lab – The primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, Wet Lab Teacher, Maastricht, February 2017
• 2018, ESCRS wet lab – The primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, Wet Lab Teacher, Vienna, September 2018
• 2018, ESCRS wet lab – DMEK Surgery, Wet Lab Teacher, Vienna, September 2018
• 2018, NIIOS Academy – Basic DMEK Surgical Course instructor, Rotterdam, October 2018
• 2019, ESCRS wet lab – The primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis, Wet Lab Teacher, Athens, February 2019
• 2019, ESCRS wet lab – DMEK Surgery, Wet Lab Teacher, Paris, September 2019

Career

Chair of Ophthalmology The Free University of Brussels (VUB), Head of the Department of Ophthalmology UZ Brussels

100% FTE August 2023 to present

Brussels University Hosptial VUB, Laerbekenlaan 101, Jette, 1090 Belgium

Senior Staff Member and BAP Professor University Hospital Antwerp

100% FTE September 2019 to July 2023 40% FTE September 2018 to August 2019 100% FTE December 2016 to August 2018

Antwerp University Hospital – Wilrijkstraat 10, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium

Corneal Surgeon NIIOS Melles Cornea Clinic

60% FTE September 2018 to September 2019
NIIOS Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery – Laan op Zuid 88, 3071 AA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Freelance Medical Science Writer

February 2015 to 2021 Regular article submissions for Eurotimes magazine and Eurotimes conference supplements

Staff Member University Hospital Antwerp

January 2015 to December 2016
Antwerp University Hospital – Wilrijkstraat 10, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium

Anterior Segment Fellowship

January 2012 to December 2014
Antwerp University Hospital – Wilrijkstraat 10, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium

• Anterior segment surgical rotation: Prof M.J. Tassignon

Registrar in Ophthalmology

January 2012 to December 2012
St. Vincent’s University Hospital – Dublin 2, Ireland

• Surgical registrar: Mr. P Barry, Mr. N. Horgan, Ms R. Khan including cataract surgery, oculoplastics, glaucoma, corneal and medical retinal clinics

Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology

January 2010 to December 2011
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital – Dublin 2, Ireland

• January to June 2010: Oculoplastics and Pediatric ophthalmology rotation: Professor L. Cassidy and Mr. P. Moriarty
• July to Dec 2010: Corneal pathology and Neuro-ophthalmology : Professor C. Murphy and Mr W. Power
• January to June 2011: Retinal rotation: Mr D. Kilmartin and Mr P. Barry
• July to Dec 2011: Glaucoma and cornea: Ms A. Doyle, Dr D. Curtin and Mr P. O’Brien

Clinical Tutor Ophthalmology

October 2006 to October 2011
Department of Ophthalmology, Trinity College, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital – Dublin 2, Ireland

Teaching Ophthalmology to undergraduates for 7-8 hours per week during the academic term plus the organisation and grading of structured clinical examinations.

Postgraduate Researcher (Ph.D) in Ophthalmology

October 2006 to October 2011
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital and the Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin – Dublin 2, Ireland

• Ph.D. project title: Genetic and environmental factors culminating in the development of Age- Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in population, in vitro and in vivo analyses
• Prinicipal investigator: Mr M. Cahill
• Heads of Department: Professor P. Humphries and Professor L. Cassidy

Locum Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology

April 2009 to December 2009
Adelaide, Meath and the National Children’s Hospital – Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland

Senior House Officer attending two clinic sessions (approximately 9 hours) per week general and pediatric ophthalmology.

Internship

July 2005 to June 2006
St. James Hospital – Dublin 2, Ireland

Completed rotations in general surgery, maxillofacial surgery, gastroenterology and medicine for the elderly.

• General surgery, July to September 2005
• Maxillo-facial surgery, October to December 2005
• General medicine and gastro-enterology, January to March 2006
• Medicine for the elderly, April to June 2006

Prizes and awards

Secondary education prizes and awards

• 1998 Irish Team, International Biology Olympiad held in Kiel Germany
• 1999 Irish Team captain, International Biology Olympiad held in Uppsala, Sweden

Undergraduate / Graduate prizes and awards

• 1999, Trinity College Entrance Exam Exhibitioner based on leaving certificate results
• 2003, 1st place in the Duke-Elder undergraduate prize open to all medical students in the UK and Ireland. Awarded by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• 2003, Alcon gold Medal, Welch Allyn prize, Trinity College, Dublin awarded by the Professor of Ophthalmology TCD for attaining 1st place in Ophthalmology
• 2003, Elected Trinity Scholar awarded for achieving overall 1st class honours in 3rd year medical examinations and on the basis of special study examination. Special topic: anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the eye (2003)

Professional prizes and awards

• 2011 Eithne Walls Memorial prize
• 2012 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Clinical research prize
• 2012 John Henehan Prize

Membership Examinations

• MRCSI (Opthalmology) Part 1 Collegiate exam passed 2006
• MRCSI (Opthalmology) Part 2 Written exam passed 2012
• MRCSI (Opthalmology) Part 2 Clinical exam passed 2012
• EBOD (European Board of Ophthalmology) passed, joint 3rd Place in Europe 2013
• FEBOS-CR (Joint ESCRS/EBO Subspecialist Examination in Cataract and Refractive Surgery) passed 2017

Memberships

• Board member of the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS)
• Board member of the Belgian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (BSCRS)
• Vice Chair and Co-opted Expert of the VV working group of the European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO)
• Committee member of the examinations committee of the Joint ESCRS/EBO subspecialist examination
• Committee member of the Education Committee (ESCRS)
• Committee member of the Cornea Committee (ESCRS)
• Committee member of the Digital Health Committee (ESCRS)
• Member of the Cornea Society
• Member of the American European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery (AECOS)
• Member of the Anterior Segment Expert Committee of the European Vision Institute Clinical Research Network (EVICR.net)

Editorial Work

• Editorial board for the Journal of EU Cornea since Feb 2019
• Editorial board for Eurotimes magazine since Oct 2018
• European (EBO) editor for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Basic and Clinical Science Course Section 11: Lens and Cataract

Educational Roles: Student Guidance and Supervision

• Bachelor thesis co-promoter: 2014-2015

  Irena Gripshi Universiteit Antwerpen
  “Onderzoek naar pijnervaring bij patienten die een cataractingreep ondergaan”

• Master thesis co-promoter: 2014-2015

  Bert Van den Bogerd, Universiteit Antwerpen
  “Optimized corneal endothelial cell cultiviation to address glocal corneal donor shortage”

• Master thesis external mentor: 2014-2015

  Benedicte Verbraeken, Karl De Groot Hogeshool – Product development
  “The development of a new surgical tool to take limbal biopsies”

• PhD Co-promoter: 2015-2019

  Steffi Matthysen, Universiteit Antwerpen
  “Towards the development of a biomimetic corneal stroma”

• PhD Promoter: 2015-2019

  Josephine Behaegel, Universiteit Antwerpen, Vrije Universiteit Brussels
  Karl De Groot Hogeshool – Product development
  “The bigger picture of ex-vivo cultivated limbal epithelial stem cell transplantation”

• PhD Promoter: 2016-2020

  Bert Van den Bogerd, Universiteit Antwerpen
  “Corneal Endothelial Tissue Engineering: from biological to synthetic scaffolds”

Awarded funding

• The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), Embark Initiative Postgraduate Research Scholarship scheme.
  Awarded 72,000 euro over three years
• The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Research Foundation, Capital Item expenditure award.
  Awarded 29,000 euro for an incubator, Argon laser and cigarette smoking apparatus
• Department of Ophthalmology Trinity Colleage Grant, 2008.
  Awarded 1,200 euro to facilitate conference travel expenses for the International Conference on Retinal Degeneration
• Trinity Trust Alumni Associatinon, travel award.
  Awarded 800 euro for ARVO conference 2009
• Eithne Walls Memorial award, travel award from the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital.
  Awarded 1000 euro to fund AAO/SOE conference Geneva 2011
• Irish College of Ophthalmology, Barbara Know travel bursary.
  Awarded 1000 euro to travel to NEOS 2010
• Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Clinical research prize 2012
  Awarded 1000 euro to attend conference to present research
• John Henehan Prize 2012 award presented as the European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) for essay titled The trials and tribulations of a young ophthalmologist
  Awarded 1000 euro
• Funds for Research In Ophthalmology (FRO) awarded by the Belgian Academy of Ophthalmology
  Awarded 10,000 euro to research the optical effects of explanted IOLs
• Prinicpal Investigator of the Horizon 2020 consortium “Arrest Blindness” https://www.arrestblindness.eu/ (total award 783.065 euro) for implementation of a multicentre clinical trial in corneal limbal stem cell therapy.
• Chief Investigator of the Belgian Endothelial Surgical Transplant of the Cornea (BEST Cornea) Clinical Study awarded by the KCE Clinical Trials mandate (total award 1.060.000 euro) ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05436665

Lectures

• The effects of cigarette smoke on the expression of pro and anti-angiogenic factors; relevance to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M. Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M. Humphries and P. Humphries
  2008 International Conference on Retinal Degeneration – Emeishan, China
• The changes in angiogenic factors expressed by cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19)
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M.Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M.Humphries, P.Humphries
  2009 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) – Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
• The effects of acute cigarette smoke exposure on retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19)
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill 2009 Irish College of Ophthalmologists (ICO) Annual Conference – Kilkenny, Ireland
  Awarded the Barbara Knox medal for Best Oral Presentation
• Cigarette smoking and Age-related Macular Degeneration
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M. Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M. Humphries and P. Humphries
  2010 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital BST Research presentation – Dublin, Ireland
  Awarded the Eithne Walls memorial medal for Best Research Presentation
• The frequencies of genetic polymorphisms in Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Irish Population
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M. Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M. Humphries and P. Humphries
  2010 RAMI Section of Ophthalmology Meeting – Dublin, Ireland
• Clinical Cases: Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, C. Murphy, W. Power.
  2011 Teaching Session, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital – Dublin, Ireland
• Long term bag in the lens follow up in the paediatric population
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, J. Van Looveren, MJ Tassignon
  2013 ICO annual meeting – Killarney, Ireland
• Bag in the lens cataract surgery in the diabetic population
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, N. Lauwers, M.J. Tassignon
  2013 ICO annual meeting – Killarney, Ireland
• Video Presentation: Pushing the boundaries with the Bag-in-the-lens technique
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M-J Tassignon
  2013 Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology annual congress – Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Surgical technique for limbal stem cell graft transplantation lecture plus wet lab instruction
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M-J Tassignon
  2014 Cost Action BM1302 Summer Training School – Nottingham, United Kingdom
• The BIL in the hands of a beginner
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2014 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Annual Meeting – London, United Kingdom
• Cultured limbal stem cell surgery – the Antwerp experience S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2015 From Cells to Tissues: Stem Cells, Tissue Repair and Tissue Engineering Conference – Dublin City University, Ireland
• Posterior continious curvilinear capsulorexis
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2015 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Annual Meeting – Barcelona, Spain
• Secondary lens implantation techniques: lecture and skills transfer course S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2018 The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery – Washington DC, USA
• Surgical alignment techniques - The ESCRS Academy Session
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2018 The Baltic Eye Surgeons Talk Show Vol 6 – Riga, Latvia
• Innovative Corneal Therapies - What’s Possible?
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2018 Hasselt Eye Group Meeting – Hasselt, Belgium
• Corneal Dystrophies S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2018 Master na Master Clinical lessons - Antwerp, Belgium
• Toric Intraocular Lenses: The Corneal Didactic course
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting – Athens, Greece
• When the unexpected happens: Postoperative Infections
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting – Athens, Greece
• Innovative corneal techniques - what’s new and what’s next
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital – Dublin, Ireland
• Management of posterior capsular rupture - The ESCRS Academy Session
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 Baltic Sea Ophthalmologist Society (BSOS)– Istanbul, Turkey
• An update on quarter DMEK surgery
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 NIIOS USA Cornea Evening – San Diego, California, USA
• Toric intraocular lenses and Live BIL Cataract Surgery
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2019 Belgian Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Spring Meeting – Liege, Belgium
• The learning curve of the Bag-in-the-Lens technique
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill
  2020 European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Summer Meeting – Amsterdam, Holland (Webinar)

Posters

• Characterisation of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) risk factors linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a widely used retinal pigment epithelial cell line (ARPE- 19)
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M.M. Humphries, and L. Cassidy
  2008 Irish College of Ophthalmologists (ICO) Annual Conference – Cavan, Ireland
• C1q is a cone cell survival factor in a mouse model of rod-cone photoreceptor degeneration
  M.M. Humphries, P.F. Kenna, M. Campbell, L. Tam, A-S Kiang, S.S. Níhubhghaill, G.J. Farrar, M. Botto, and P. Humphries
  2008 International Conference on Retinal Degeneration – Emeishan, China 2008.
• Cigarette smoke and the retinal pigment epithelium . relevance to AMD
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M. Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M. Humphries and P. Humphries
  2008 Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine Postgraduate Research Day, AMNCH – Tallaght, Ireland 2nd Prize Best Poster Presentation
• The frequencies of genetic polymorphisms in Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Irish Population
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M.T. Cahill, M. Campbell, L.Cassidy, M.M. Humphries and P. Humphries
  2010 RAMI Section of Ophthalmology Meeting | Dublin, Ireland
• Visual outcomes, device retention and complications observed with the Boston Keratoprosthesis
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, W. Power
  2011 Joint AAO/SOE meeting – Geneva, Switzerland
• Type 1 and 2 Boston Keratoprosthesis: RVEEH
  S.S. Ni Dhubhghaill, M. O’Rourke, W. Power
  2012 EUCORNEA Meeting – Milan, Italy

Publications

• Reversible and size selective opening of the inner Blood-Retina Barrier: A novel therapeutic strategy
  Campbell M, Nguyen ATH, Kiang AS, Tam LCS, Kenna PF, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Humphries MM, Farrar GJ, Humphries P.
  2009 Retinal Degenerative Diseases, 301-308
• An experimental platform for systemic drug delivery to the retina
  Campbell M, Nguyen ATH, Kiang AS, Tam LCS, Gobbo OL, Kerskens C, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Humphries MM, Farrar GJ, Kenna PF, Humphries P.
  2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (42), 17817-17822
• The pathophysiology of cigarette smoking and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Cahill MT, Campbell M, Cassidy L, Humphries MM, Humphries P.
  2010 Ade. Exp. Med. Biol. 664:437-46
• Validation of approaches to molecular therapy in RNAi-induced murine retinopathies
  Humphries P, Campbell M, Tam L, Humphries M, Nguyen A, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Farrar J, Kenna P, Kiang AS.
  2010 Transgenic Research 19 (1), 142-143
• On further development of barrier modulation as a technique for systemic ocular drug delivery
  Hanrahan F, Campbell M, Nguyen ATH, Suzuki M, Kiang AS, Tam LC, Gobbo OL, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Humphries M, Kenna P, Humphries P.
  2012 Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 723:155-9
• Managing diabetic macular oedema
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Collins N, O’Rourke M.
  2012 Article for Modern Medicine – Vol 42 (2)
• The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in newly referred diabetics: The experience of a hospital-based screening program
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, O’Rourke M, Collins N, Murphy S, Hayes F, Horgan N.
  2012 European Journal of Ophthalmology 22(3) 529
• Blink rate in ALS
  Byrne S, Pradhan F, Ni Dhubhghaill S, Treacy M, Cassidy L, Hardiman O.
  2012 Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 14 (4), 291-293
• Assessment of the Bag-in-the-lens technique in diabetic patients
  Lauwers N, Ni Dhubhghaill S, Mathysen D, Tassignon MJ.
  2013 Ophthalmologica 229: 212-8
• Do we have any effective measure to minimize PCO?
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S.
  2013 Acta Ophthalmologica 91. S252(2013)
• 3D Scheimpflug measurement of posterior chamber plate haptic phakic intraocular lens/crystalline lens gap profile
  Tassignon MJ, Rozema JJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S.
  2013 Acta Ophthalmologica 91 (8)
• Atypical sino-orbital inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with bone and cerebral invasion extending to the orbit
  Lauwers N, De Groot V, Kenis C, Dhubhghaill SN, Claes J, De Keizer RJ.
  2013 Eur J Ophthalmol. 24 (4), 608-610
• Normative values for corneal densitometry analysis by Scheimpflug optical assessment
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Rozema J, Jongenelen S, Ruiz Hidalgo I, Zakaria N, Tassignon MJ.
  2014 Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 55 (1), 162-168
• Bean-shaped ring segments for capsule stretching and centration of bag-in-the-lens cataract surgery
  Tassignon MJ, Dhubhghaill SN.
  2014 J Cataract Refract Surg. Jan; 40(1): 8-12
• Results of a phase I/II clinical trial: standardized, non-xenogenic, cultivated limbal stem cell transplantation Zakaria N, Possemiers T, Ni Dhubhghaill S, Leysen I, Rozema J, Koppen C, Timmermans JP, Berneman Z, Tassignon MJ.
  2014 Journal of Translational Medicine 2014, 12(58)
• On devices for creating a continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis Tassignon MJ, Tall M, Ni Dhubhghaill SS.
  2014 J Cataract Refract Surg. 40(10), 1754-1755
• Scheimpflug analysis of centration and bending of posterior chamber phakic intraocular lenses Tassignon MJ, Rozema JJ, Ni Dhubhghaill, SS.
  2014 The Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology 3 (3), 136-140
• Iris atrophy and erosion caused by an anterior-chamber angle-supported phakic intraocular lens
  Akil H, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Tassignon MJ.
  2014 J Cataract Refract Surg. – 41(1), 226-229
• Limbal stem cell deficiency, current treatment options and emerging therapies
  Haagdorens M, Van Acker S, Van Gerwen V, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Kopppen C, Tassignon MJ, Zakaria N.
  2015 International Journal of Stem Cells 08/2015
• Slowly progressive keratouveitis in a patient with known systemic leishmaniasis and HIV
  VanOs L, Cnops L, Van Esbroeck M, Ni Dhubhghaill S, De Keizer RJW, De Groot V, Tassignon MJ.
  2015 Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 23 (3), 248-251
• March consultation #2
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill SS.
  2015 J Cataract Refract Surg. – 41 (3), 687-689
• Repeatability and interdevice agreement or three different methods of keratometry: Placido, Scheimpflug, and Color LED Corneal Topography
  Hidalgo IR, Rozema JJ, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Zakaria N, Koppen C, Tassignon, MJ.
  2015 J Refract Surg. – 31 (3), 176-181
• Intraocular lens exchange technique for an opacified bag-in-the-lens
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Van Os L, De Keizer RJW, Taal M, Zakaria N, Tassignon, MJ.
  2015 J Cataract Refract Surg. – 41 (5), 924-928
• Automated detection of Fuch’s dytrophy through a machine learning algorithm using Pentacam data Hidalgo IR, Perez PR, Rozema JJ, Koppen C, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Zakaria N, Tassignon, MJ. 2015 Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. – 56 (7), 1641-1641
• Pediatric bag-in-the-lens implantation: Long-term follow-up.
  Van Looveren J, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Godts D, Bakker E, De Veuster I, Mathysen D, Tassignon, MJ.   2015 J Cataract Refract Surg. – 41 (8), 1685-1692
• Long-term visual acuity, retention and complications observed with the type-I and type-II Boston keraprostheses in and Irish population
  Duignan ES, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Malone C, Power W.
  2015 Br J Ophthamol – bjophthemol-2015-307443
• Optical coherence tomography in cultivated limbal epithelial stem cell transplantation surgery
  Zakaria N, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Taal M, Berneman Z, Koppen C, Tassignon MJ.
  2015 Asia Pac J Ophthamol – 12/2015
• Long‐term results of the phase I/II clinical trial: standardized, non‐xenogenic, cultivated limbal stem cell transplantation
  Behaegel J, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Tassignon MJ, Zakaria N.
  2015 Acta Ophthalmologica 93 (S255)
• Regarding the open ring–shaped guider for a continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Taal M, Tassignon MJ.
  2015 J Cataract Refract Surg. 41 (11), 2592
• Incidence of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment after bag-in-the-lens intraocular lens implantation
  Tassignon MJ, Van den Heurck J, Boven K, Van Looveren J, Wouters K, Bali E, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Mathysen DGP. 2015 J Cataract Refract Surg. 41 (11), 2430-2437
• Real-time intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography imaging confirms older concepts about the Berger Space
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill SS.
  2016 Ophthalmic Research 56 (4), 222-226
• Subjective grading of subclinical vitreous floaters
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Hidalgo IR, Rozema JJ.
  2016 The Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology 5 (2), 104-109
• Corneal Neovascularization: Update on pathogenesis and advances in treatment strategies
  Behaegel J, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Zakaria N.
  2016 International Journal of Medical and Biological Frontiers 22 (2), 157
• Evaluation of a Machine-Learning classifier for keratoconus detection based on Scheimpflug tomography
  Hidalgo IR, Rodriguez P, Rozema JJ, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Zakaria N, Tassignon MJ, Koppen C.
  2016 Cornea 35 (6), 827-832
• Eckhardt Keratoprosthesis for tectonic repair of a large corneal perforation
  Helsen S, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Zakaria N, Koppen C.
  2016 Cornea 35 (8), 1147-1149
• Stem Cell applications in corneal regeneration and wound repair
  Matthyssen S, Van den Bogerd B, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Zakaria N.
  2017 Neurological Regeneration, 213-255
• A method for quantifying limbal stem cell niches using OCT imaging
  Haagdorens M, Behaegel J, Rozema JJ, Van Gerwen V, Michiels S, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Tassignon MJ, Zakaria N.
  2017 British Journal of Ophthalmology, bjophthalmol-2016-309549
• Safety of cultivated limbal epithelial stem cell transplantation for human corneal regeneration
  Behaegel J, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Zakaria N.
  2017 Stem Cells International
• Xeno-free cultivation of mesenchymal stem cells from the corneal stroma.
  Matthyssen S, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Van Gerwen V, Zakaria N.
  2017 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 58 (5), 2659-2665
• Bean-Shaped ring segments as a capsule enhancement tool in complex bag-in-the-lens intraocular lens implantation
  Altenburg A, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Tassignon MJ.
  2017 J Refract Surg. 33 (7), 454-459
• Modified bean-shaped ring segments for suture fixation of the bag-in-the-lens intraocular implant
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Dogaroiu AC, Zakaria N, Tassignon MJ.
  2017 J Cataract Refract Surg. 43(8), 1003-1006
• Diagnostic challenges in Nocardia keratitis
  Behaegel J, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C.
  2017 Eye and Contact lens. In Press 5/12/2017
• Characterizing human decellularized crystalline lens capsules as a scaffold for corneal endothelial tissue engineering
  Van den Bogerd B, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Zakaria N.
  2017 J Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Med. In Press 21/12/2017
• A review of the evidence for in vivo corneal endothelial regeneration.
  Van den Bogerd B, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Tassignon MJ, Zakaria N.
  2018 Survey of Ophthalmology. 63 (2), 149-1657
• Scleral lenses reduce the need for corneal transplants in severe keratoconus.
  Koppen C, Kreps EO, Anthonissen L, Van Hoey M, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Vermeulen L.
  2018 American Journal of Ophthalmology. Vol 185, 43-37
• Corneal regeneration: A review of stromal replacements Matthysen S, Van den Bogerd B, Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Koppen C, Zakaria N.
  2018 Acta Biomaterialia In Press
• Primary descemetorhexis without endothelial keratoplasty to promote awareness and caution
  Van den Bogerd B, Ni Dhubhghaill SS
  2018 J Cataract Refract Surgery 44(3), 417
• Ultrathin Poly-DL-Lactic Membranes for Corneal Endothelial Transplantation
  Van den Bogerd B, Jasper Van Hoorick, Jürgen Van Erps, Hugo Thienpont, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Peter Dubruel, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Nadia Zakaria
  2018 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 59 (9), 1378-1378
• Regeneration of the anterior cornea through a standardized, non-xenogenic, cultivated limbal stem cell transplantation: Results of a phase II clinical trial
  Joséphine Behaegel, Carina Koppen, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Inge Leysen, Michel Haagdorens, Eline Melsbach, Jos J Rozema, Marie-José Tassignon, Nadia Zakaria
  2018 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 59(9) 2270
• Cultured Cells and Rock Inhibitor for Bullous Keratopathy
  Bert Van den Bogerd, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Nadia Zakaria
  2018 New England Journal of Medicine 379 (12), 1184-1185
• March Consultation #3
  Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Jos Rozema
  2019 J Cataract Refract Surgery 45 (3), 384-385
• Corneal epithelial restoration after penetrating keratoplasty in repeated failed cultivated limbal stem cell grafts.
  Joséphine Behaegel, Carina Koppen, Veerle Van Gerwen, Marie-Jose Tassingon, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill
  2019 Journal of EuCornea DOI: 10.1016/j.xjec.2019.03.001
• Ethical issues in living-related corneal tissue transplantation.
  Joséphine Behaegel, Sorcha Ní Dhubhghaill, Heather Draper
  2019 Journal of Medical Ethics May 23. pii: medethics-2018-105146. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-105146. Review.
• Pterygium Pathology: A Prospective Case-Control Study on Tear Film Cytokine Levels.
  SI Van Acker, M Haagdorens, E Roelant, J Rozema, T Possemiers, V Van Gerwen, M-J Tassignon, V De Groot, S Ní Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, N Zakaria.
  2019 Mediators Inflamm. Nov 12;2019:9416262. doi: 10.1155/2019/9416262. eCollection 2019.
• In vitro endothelial cell migration from limbal edge-modified Quarter-DMEK grafts.
  A Miron, D Spinozzi, S Ni Dhubhghaill, J T Lie, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles
  2019 PloS one 14 (11).
• Risk factors associated with high endothelial cell density decrease after Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty.
  K van Dijk, S Oellerich, H Lisanne, S Ni Dhubhghaill, L Baydoun, GRJ Melles
  2019 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 60 (9), 3813-3813.
• Axial length changes in healthy adult eyes.
  J Rozema, S Ní Dhubhghaill.
  2019 Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 60 (9), 4834-4834.
• Corneal Endothelial Cells Over the Past Decade: Are We Missing the Mark(er)?.
  B Van den Bogerd, N Zakaria, B Adam, S Matthyssen, C Koppen, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2019 Translational Vision Science & Technology Nov 15;8(6):13.
• Short-and Long-Term Results of Xenogeneic-Free Cultivated Autologous and Allogeneic Limbal Epithelial Stem Cell Transplantations.
  J Behaegel, N Zakaria, MJ Tassignon, I Leysen, F Bock, C Koppen, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2019 Cornea Dec 2019 - Volume 38 - Issue 12 - p 1543–1549
• Five-Year Graft Survival and Clinical Outcomes of 500 Consecutive Cases After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.
  RS Birbal, S Ni Dhubhghaill, VJA Bourgonje, J Hanko, L Ham, MJ Jager, S Böhringer, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles.
  2020 Cornea 39(3) 290-297
• Quarter-Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: One-to Two-Year Clinical Outcomes.
  RS Birbal, S Ni Dhubhghaill, L Baydoun, L Ham, VJA Bourgonje, I Dapena, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles
  2019 Cornea 39(3) 277-282
• In Vitro Evaluation of the Feasibility of Slit-Lamp Nd: YAG Laser Descemetorhexis.
  DC Dragnea, S Ní Dhubhghaill, VJA Bourgonje, I Dapena, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles, I Lavy
  2020 Cornea Feb;39(2):229-233.
• Exploring the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome for Corneal Endothelial Proliferation.
  B Van den Bogerd, N Zakaria, S Matthyssen, C Koppen, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2020 Stem Cells Int Feb; eCollection 5891393
• Development and Validation of an Open-Source Grading Tool for Outcome Assessment in Limbal Stem Cell Treatment J Behaegel, A Consejo, K Wouters, C Koppen, J De Cock, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2020 Cornea 39 (6) 787-792
• Bowman Layer Onlay Transplantation to Manage Herpes Corneal Scar.
  I Dapena, A Musayeva, D Dragnea, EA Groeneveld-van Beek, S Ní Dhubhghaill, JS Parker, K van Dijk, GRJ Melles.
  2020 Cornea Feb 17; 17/02/2020
• In Vitro Evaluation and Transplantation of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells Cultured on Biocompatible Carriers.
  D Spinozzi, A Miron, J T Lie, M Rafat, N Lagali, GRJ Melles, S Ni Dhubhghaill, I Dapena, S Oellerich.
  2020 Cell Transplantation Vol.29 Pages 0963689720923577
• Endothelial Cell Density Changes in the Corneal Center Versus Paracentral Areas After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty.
  A Musayeva, E Livny, DC Dragnea, L Ham, I Vasiliauskaitė, S Ní Dhubhghaill, K van Dijk, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles.
  2020 Cornea April 8; Epub ahead of print
• Clinically significant pseudophakic cystoid macular edema after bag-in-the-lens implantation.
  D Scheers, L Van Os, S Ní Dhubhghaill, K Wouters, MJ Tassignon.
  2020 J Cataract Refract Surg 46(4) 606-611
• Baseline Findings in the Retrospective Digital Computer Analysis of Keratoconus Evolution (REDCAKE) Project.
  M Jiménez-García, S Ní Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, D Varssano, JJ Rozema.
  2020 Cornea Jun 10; Cornea 40 (2), 156-167
• Age-related Axial Length Changes in Adults: A Review
  JJ Rozema, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2020 Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/opo.12728
• The Influence of Preparation and Storage Time on Endothelial Cells in Quarter-Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (Quarter-DMEK) Grafts In vitro
  D Spinozzi, A Miron, J Lie, S Oellerich, S Ní Dhubhghaill, GRJ Melles.
  2020 Cell and Tissue Banking 21 (4), 615-623
• Fifteen Years of IOL Exchange: Indications, Outcomes, and Complications.
  J Goemaere, C Trigaux, L Denissen, DC Dragnea, MT Hua, MJ Tassignon, S Ní Dhubhghaill.
  2020 Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 48 (12), 1596-1603
• Clinical and Surgical Outcome of a Supplementary Multifocal Intraocular Lens Implanted With a Bag-In-The-Lens IOL: 5-year Follow Up.
  T Verdonck, L Werner, S Ni Dhubhghaill, MJ Tassignon.
  2020 Ophthalmic Research 64, 503–511
• Proliferation Increasing Genetic Endineering In Human Corneal Endothelial Cells: A Literature Review
  W Arras, H Vercammen, S Ni Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, B Van den Bogerd.
  2020 Frontiers in Medicine 8
• Scheimpflug Densitometry in Keratoconus: A New Method of Visualising the Cone
  M Jiménez-García, S Ní Dhubhghaill, A Consejo, S Hershko, C Koppen, JJ Rozema.
  2021 Cornea 40 (2), 194-202
• Phacoemulsification After Descement Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: Incidence and Influence on Endothelial Cell Density
  I Vasiliauskaitė, S Ní Dhubhghaill, L Ham, K Van Dijk, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles
  2021 Journal of Refractive Surgery 37 (2), 119-125
• Forecasting Progressive Trends in Keratoconus by Means of a Time Delay Neural Network
  M Jiménez-García, I Issarti, EO Kreps, S Ní Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, D Varssano, JJ Rozema
  2021 Journal of Clinical Medicine 10 (15), 3238
• Preclinical Testing of Small Diameter Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty Grafts to Increase Tissue Availability
  S Ní Dhubhghaill, A Miron, JT Lie, I Dapena, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles.
  2021 Plos one 16 (2), e0246516
• Anterior Megalophthalmos Cataract Treated by Bag-In-The-Lens Implantation anf Customized Lens Power Calculation
  S Ní Dhubhghaill, B Ballet, JT Lie, C Janssen, MJ Tassignon, JJ Rozema
  2021 Journal of EuCornea Vol 10(1)
• Improving Endothelial Explant Tissue Culture by Novel Thermoresponsive Cell Culture System
  A Miron, D Spinozzi, J Lie, GRJ Melles, S Oellerich, S Ni Dhubhghaill
  2021 Current Eye Research 46 (3), 290-293
• Densitometry Marks Delineating the Affected Area in Keratoconus: Clinical Suitability of a New Descriptive System Based on its Repeatability and Reproducibility
  M Jiménez-García, S Ní Dhubhghaill, S Hershko, C Koppen, JJ Rozema
  2021 Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
• An Overview of Advanced In Vitro Corneal Models: Implications for Pharmacological Testing
  J Van Meenen, S Ní Dhubhghaill, B Van den Bogerd, C Koppen
  2021 Tissue Engineering Part B reviews DOI: 10.1089/ten.TEB.2021.0031
• Determining the Most Suitable Tomography-Based Parameters to Describe Progression in Keratoconus. The Retrospective Digital Computer Analysis of Keratoconus Evolution Project
  M Jiménez-García, EO Kreps, S Ni Dhubhghaill, S Hershko, C Koppen, JJ Rozema
  2021 Eye Contact Lens DOI: 10.1097/ICL.00
• Pterygium: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
  SI Van Acker, B Van den Bogerd, M Haagdorens, V Siozopoulou, S Ní Dhubhghaill, I Pintelon, C Koppen
  2021 Cells Vol 10(7) 1567
• Approaches for Corneal Endothelium Regenerative Medicine
  P Català, G Thuret, H Skottman, JS Mehta, M Parekh, S Ní Dhubhghaill, RWJ Collin, RMMA Nuijts, S Ferrari, VLS LaPointe, MM Dickman
  2021 Profress in Retinal and Eye Research
• Intraocular Bag-In-The-Lens Exchange: Indications, Outcomes and Complications
  DC Dragnea, J Goemaere, MJ Tassignon, S Ní Dhubhghaill
  2021 Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Characterisation of Gel-forming Mucins Produced In Vivo and in Ex Vivo Conjunctival Explant Cultures
  SI Van Acker, B Van den Bogerd, ZP Van Acker, A Vailionytė, M Haagdorens, C Koppen, S Ni Dhubhghaill, DA Dartt, I Pintelon
  2021 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (19), 10528
• New Developments in Corneal Endothelial Cell Replacement
  D Spinozzi, A Miron, M Bruinsma, I Dapena, V Kocaba, MJ Jager, GRJ Melles, S Ní Dhubhghaill, S Oellerich
  2021 Acta Ophthalmologica Vol 99(7) 712-729
• Outcomes of Human Leukocyte Antigen-Matched Allogeneic Cultivated Limbal Epithelial Transplantation in Aniridia-Associated Keratopathy-A Single-Center Retrospective Analysis
  J Behaegel, MJ Tassignon, N Lagali, A Consejo, C Koppen, S Ni Dhubhghaill
  2022 Cornea Issue 41(1) 69-77
• Influence of Author’s Gender on the Peer-Review Process in Vision Science
  M Jiménez-García, A Consejo, DC Dragnea, I Fambuena, S Hershko, I Issarti, EO Kreps, SI Van Acker, S Ní Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, JJ Rozema
  2022 American Journal of Ophthalmology
• Guidelines for the Initial Management of Acute Facial Nerve Palsy
  G Van Haesendonck, C Jorissen, M Lammers, I Ocak, T Menovsky, S Ni Dhubhghaill, OM Vanderveken, C Faris, V Van Rompaey
  2022 B-ENT Vol 18, 67-72
• A Deep Look into Animated Eyes
  JJ Rozema, S Ni Dhubhghaill
  2022 Journal of Optometry 15(2), 107
• Intraocular bag-in-the-lens Exchange: Indications, Outcomes and Complications
  DC Dragnea, RN Truta, J Goemaere, MJ Tassignon, SN Dhubhghaill
  2022 Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 48(5), 568-575
• Corneal Endothelial Wound Healing: Understanding the Regenerative Capacity of the Innermost Layer of the Cornea
  H Vercammen, A Miron, S Oellerich, GRJ Melles, S Ní Dhubhghaill, C Koppen, B Van den Bogerd
  2022 Translational Research (in press)
• Acanthamoeba Keratitis After Corneal Refractive Surgery: A Case Series and Literature Review
  NJ Lu, Q Kang, S Ni Dhubhghaill
  2022 Journal of Refractive Surgery Case Reports 2(2), e32-e37
• The Management of Chemosis after Blepharoplasty
  S Ni Dhubhghaill, C Faris
  2022 Facial Plastic Surgery: FPS
• Wave-like Calcification on the Posterior Surface of an Acrylic Hydrophilic Bag-in-the-Lens (BIL) implant
  SN Dhubhghaill, C Janssen, DC Dragnea, L Van Os, J Rozema, L Werner, D Van Dyck, MJ Tassignon
  2022 American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports Vol 28, 101693

Books and Book Chapters

• Diagnosis and treatment of uveitis – Chapter: Sympathetic Ophthalmia
  Ni Dhubhghaill SS, Power W.
  C.S. Foster and A.T. ISBN 9350255723 Vitale Elsevir press 2012
• Lens Epithelium and Posterior Capsular Opacification – Chapter: Prevention of PCO with the Bag-in-the-lens (BIL)
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S.
  S. Saika, L. Werner, ISBN-10: 443154299 Springer Publishers 2013
• Expert Techniques in Ophthalmic Surgery – Chapter: How to successfully perform the Bag-in-the-lens technique in cataract surgery
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S.
  P. Ichhpujani, ISBN-10: 9351525007 JP Medical Publishers 2013
• Posterior Capsular Rent: Genesis and Management – Chapter: The primary posterior continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis
  Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S. A. Chakrabarti, ISBN-10: 8132235843 Springer Publishers 2017
• Innovative Ocular Surgery: The Bag-in-the-lens Cataract Surgery – Editor and author of multiple chapters Tassignon MJ, Ni Dhubhghaill S, Van Os Luc, ISBN 978-3-030-03086-5 Springer Publishers 2019
• Cultivated Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation: Indications and Technique: Therapy and Surgery
  J Behaegel, S Ni Dhubhghaill, MJ Tassignon 2019 Corneal Regeneration, 277-290

Ongoing clinical trials

• OASIS Study
  Arena Pharmaceutical
• AMARANTH Clinical trial
  PAREXEL International
• MERCURIC Oncology study Oxford University clinical study
• MLEC Clinical trial Limbal stem cell clinical trial