Dr. Andrew Malem

Dr. Andrew H. Malem, MB BChir, MA, Cantab, FRCOphth, is a Staff Physician within the Ophthalmology Department of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Integrated Surgical Institute.

Dr. Malem studied medicine at the University of Cambridge (Gonville & Caius College), during which time he was awarded a Studentship to undertake research into oculomotor neurophysiology with the late Professor Carpenter.

Dr. Malem subsequently undertook all of his core ophthalmology training in Wessex, UK, where he was involved in teaching and training ophthalmology residents. He was awarded his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), following which he undertook further subspecialist Fellowship training.

Dr. Malem is one of the few people who has completed two separate subspecialist Fellowships in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. The first was completed at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, where he also taught Neurobiology and Human behaviour to undergraduate medical students as a College Supervisor at the University of Cambridge.

On completion of his Cambridge Fellowship, Dr. Malem continued working at Addenbrooke’s Hospital as a Locum Consultant before undertaking a second Fellowship at the world famous Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada. During his time in Toronto, Dr Malem trained in all aspects of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and conducted further neuro-ophthalmic research, for which he was awarded a research grant from the Department of Visual Sciences. Dr. Malem continues to collaborate with his colleagues at SickKids on ongoing research projects.

Dr. Malem is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthal-mologists (FRCOphth). He was one of the youngest ophthalmologists to be elected to the Panel of Examiners of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) and he examines UK and international ophthalmology candidates for the FRCOphth refraction and final Fellowship exams.

In 2022, Dr. Malem was awarded the inaugural David Laws Fellowship from the British Isles Pediatric Oph-thalmology and Strabismus Association (BIPOSA).