Sample layout record A
Ophthalmology
- Practice
- Sample area
- Procedures
- SMILE Pro (sample)
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Licensing
- Not verified
Surgeons
SMILE Pro Eye Surgeons in Dubai
Choosing a surgeon is the decision that carries the most weight, and the one with the least reliable public information. This page explains how to verify a surgeon properly, and lists practitioners whose details we have confirmed against a primary source.
Verified records only No rankings No reputation claims
What a directory cannot tell you about a surgeon
Volume, seniority and reputation are not the same as surgical outcome. A busy surgeon is not automatically a better one, and a modest online presence is not evidence of a worse one. The things that genuinely matter: how they handle a case that does not go to plan, whether they will decline to operate: only appear in a conversation.
Use this page to check credentials, then use the questions below in the consultation.
Directory in progress
No verified surgeons are published yet
We are building this directory record by record. A surgeon appears here only after we have confirmed its details against a primary source: its licence status, the laser platform confirmed to be on site, the procedures it says it performs, and any price it publishes itself.
That takes time, and we would rather the directory be incomplete than wrong. Every placeholder you would otherwise see (an estimated price, an approximate rating, a plausible-sounding technology list) is exactly the kind of data we have decided not to publish.
- What we check before publishing. Licence status, practitioner registration, platform model, stated procedures and published pricing. Our verification standard.
- A clinic's own record is written by us, not by them. No clinic writes or approves its own editorial profile, and no clinic can pay for placement or for a removed safety note.
- Can't wait? Use the checklist instead: what to verify before choosing a clinic, and ask them directly. That works today.
These are not real clinics. They are layout placeholders so you can see how filtering works. No clinic named “Sample layout record” exists, and no real clinic appears in this preview.
Sample layout record B
Ophthalmology
- Practice
- Sample area
- Procedures
- SMILE Pro (sample)
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Licensing
- Not verified
Sample layout record C
Ophthalmology
- Practice
- Sample area
- Procedures
- SMILE Pro (sample)
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Licensing
- Not verified
Verification
How to check a surgeon yourself
This takes about five minutes per surgeon, and it is the highest-value five minutes in the whole process.
On the register
- Ask for the surgeon's practitioner licence number.
- Look it up on the relevant health authority register.
- Check the licence is current, not lapsed or restricted.
- Check the specialty matches what you are being told.
- Confirm the person registered is the person who will operate, not a similarly named colleague.
In the consultation
- Ask how many lenticule extractions they personally perform each year.
- Ask what proportion of their patients needed an enhancement last year.
- Ask what complications they have had and how those were managed.
- Ask who covers follow-up and who is on call out of hours.
- Ask whether they would operate on their own eye with your measurements.
What we will not publish about a surgeon
- Years of experience we cannot confirm against a source
- Post-nominals we have not seen evidence for
- Ratings, scores or rankings of any kind
- Adjectives about reputation: "leading", "renowned", "pioneer"
- Claims of being a specialist in a procedure they do not regularly perform
Why those omissions matter
Every unverified credential on a directory page reads as an endorsement, whether or not it was meant as one. Fabricated or borrowed credentials are common enough in medical directories that a reader has no way to tell the checked from the unchecked, so we publish only what we have checked, and leave the rest visibly blank.
Questions to ask your surgeon
Print this page and take it with you. Write the answers in the space next to each question while they are fresh: they are difficult to recall accurately afterwards, and you may want to compare answers between two clinics.
Your measurements
Suitability
The surgeon
The procedure
Afterwards
Your ticks are saved in this browser only. Nothing is sent to us, and we do not ask for medical details.
Important: These questions are designed to help you evaluate a provider. They are not a substitute for clinical advice, and the answers should be interpreted by a qualified ophthalmologist.
Choosing a surgeon
How do I choose a SMILE Pro surgeon?
Verify the surgeon’s licence and qualifications through the relevant register, ask how many lenticule extractions they have performed and how often they do them, ask what they do when a case does not go to plan, and pay attention to whether they are willing to tell you that surgery is not right for you.
Volume is not the same as quality, but a very low volume is a legitimate question. So is whether the person who assesses you is the same person who operates: in some clinics the assessment is done by a different practitioner from the one who performs the treatment.
Sources Dubai Health Authority
What questions should I ask before choosing SMILE Pro?
Ask which platform is installed and who operates it, what your corneal measurements are, how many of these procedures the surgeon performs and what their own revision rate is, exactly what the quote includes, who handles follow-up and out of hours care, and what the policy is if you need an enhancement.
There is a printable checklist of these questions available on this site. Take it to the appointment rather than trying to remember them under time pressure.
Who is eligible for SMILE Pro?
You may be considered if you are an adult with a stable prescription, short-sightedness or astigmatism within the range the platform and surgeon treat, a cornea of adequate thickness and normal shape, and a healthy ocular surface. Only a full ophthalmic assessment can determine whether that applies to you.
Factors that commonly rule refractive surgery out include an unstable prescription, keratoconus or suspicious corneal topography, significant dry eye, active eye disease, certain autoimmune conditions, and pregnancy or breastfeeding.
Eligibility is not a yes-or-no test that produces the same answer everywhere. Different surgeons have different thresholds, and some are willing to operate in marginal cases where others are not. You are entitled to ask about that.
Sources StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf
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