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Emmanuel Halimi
Ophthalmic surgeon — Rueil-Malmaison
I trained in ophthalmology at Lille University Hospital (CHRU) and the Rothschild Foundation, then spent three years as a specialist registrar at Foch Hospital, where I went on to practise neuro-ophthalmology until 2024. I founded the Rueil Ma Vision practice in 2016.
My surgical practice grew around two areas: cataract surgery and refractive surgery, in the wake of a university diploma (DIU) in refractive surgery and phacoemulsification. Alongside my surgical work, I look after the diagnosis and treatment of the full range of ophthalmic conditions.
Career
From my residency in Lille to the practice in Rueil-Malmaison.
Thirteen years in practice since the end of my residency, eight of them at Foch Hospital alongside private practice.
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Since November 2016
Associate ophthalmic surgeon and founder — Rueil Ma Vision
Consultations, pre-operative assessments, laser treatments and intravitreal injections at the Rueil-Malmaison practice. I operate on cataracts and lens implants in the theatre at Clinique Les Martinets, across the road from the practice, and perform refractive surgery on the laser platform at the Institut Voltaire, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
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2016 – 2024
Attached physician in neuro-ophthalmology — Foch Hospital, Suresnes
Dr Pierre-Kahn's department. Eight years of specialist neuro-ophthalmology clinics, run alongside private practice.
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2013 – 2016
Specialist registrar in ophthalmology — Foch Hospital, Suresnes
Three years in a clinical post in Dr Pierre-Kahn's department, following my residency.
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2008 – 2013
Ophthalmology residency — Lille and Paris
A residency built around medical and surgical ophthalmology, with two deliberate detours: clinical genetics and vision testing.
Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild — Professor Sahel's department CHRU de Lille — Professor Rouland's department, three semesters of ophthalmology CHRU de Lille — vision testing and neuro-ophthalmology, Dr Defoort-Dhellemmes CHRU de Lille — clinical genetics, Professor Manouvrier CH de Lens — ophthalmology, then visceral and vascular surgery CH de Valenciennes — urology -
2001 – 2008
Medical studies — Université Paris 6, Saint-Antoine Teaching Hospital
The first and second cycles of medical school, completed with a master's (M1) in biological and medical sciences: clinical and epidemiological research methodology, physiology and integrated-systems biology.
Surgical experience
Since when, and on which platforms.
Two distinct surgical activities, begun three years apart, each on its own technical platform.
Since 2013
Cataract surgery
Removal of the lens by phacoemulsification and insertion of an intraocular implant. Also: phakic ICL implants, PreLex, add-on implants and YAG laser capsulotomy.
- Operating theatre
- Clinique Les Martinets, Rueil-Malmaison
- Phaco system
- Centurion, Alcon
Since 2016
Refractive surgery
Correction of myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia by corneal laser: LASIK, SMILE, trans-PKR and PresbyLASIK.
- Laser platform
- Institut Laser Ophtalmologique Voltaire, 11th arrondissement of Paris, where I operate
- Femtosecond laser
- VisuMax 800, Zeiss — SMILE hyperopia module
- Excimer laser
- Amaris 750S, Schwind
The choice of platform is not incidental: the SMILE module for hyperopia, CE-marked since 2024, exists only on the VisuMax 800. The consultation, the pre-operative assessment and all follow-up take place at the Rueil-Malmaison practice, wherever the procedure is carried out.
Listed on the register of the Medical Council of Hauts-de-Seine under no. 92/23003, and in the shared directory of health professionals (RPPS) under no. 10100555084. Both entries are public and can be verified online: 10100555084.
Training & qualifications
Six further qualifications.
Refractive surgery and cataract surgery for the operating itself; retinal imaging, neuro-ophthalmology, inflammation and contact-lens practice to set the right indications — and to spot the ones best left alone.
Specialty qualifications
- 2013DES in ophthalmologyDissertation: clinical presentation and management of acute myositis in non-specific orbital inflammation
- 2013European Board of OphthalmologyEuropean certification in ophthalmology
- 2013Doctorate in MedicineThesis: distribution of fundus spots in retinal mosaicism
Inter-university diplomas
- 2015Refractive surgery and phacoemulsificationUniversité Bordeaux 2
- 2014Retinal imaging and pathologyUniversité Paris 7
- 2014Neuro-ophthalmologyUniversité Paris 6
- 2011Contact-lens practiceUniversité Bordeaux 2
- 2010Ocular infection and inflammationUniversité Paris 7
Titles & publications
Publications and presentations.
Five published articles, two oral presentations and seven posters, mainly in neuro-ophthalmology, orbital disease and ophthalmic genetics.
Urgences ophtalmologiques
E. Halimi — EMC Akos, 2019
Five years follow-up of two sisters with type II sialidosis: systemic and ophthalmic findings including optical coherence tomography analysis
R. Rosenberg, E. Halimi, S. Defoort-Dhellemmes — Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2013
Présentation clinique et prise en charge des myosites aiguës dans les inflammations orbitaires non spécifiques
E. Halimi, P. Labalette — Journal Français d'Ophtalmologie, 2012
Ophtalmomyiase externe en France métropolitaine
R. Rosenberg, E. Halimi, P.-Y. Robert — Journal Français d'Ophtalmologie, 2012
Optic nerve sheath meningocele: case report
E. Halimi, S. Defoort-Dhellemmes — Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2012
Oral presentations
- Inflammations orbitaires non spécifiques : présentation clinique et prise en charge des myosites aiguësE. Halimi, S. Bouckehove, P. Labalette — Société Française d'Ophtalmologie, 2012
- Neuropathies optiques au cours des vascularites à ANCAI. Bouabane, A. Hui Bon Hoa, E. Halimi, P. Labalette — Société Française d'Ophtalmologie, 2012
Posters
- Isolated dominant familial ectopia lentis and FBN1 mutationEuropean Society of Human Genetics, 2013
- Décollement séreux rétinien et acide tranexamique au cours de la prééclampsieSociété Française d'Ophtalmologie, 2013
- Cavernomatose cérébrale familiale : à propos d'un casSociété Française d'Ophtalmologie, 2011
- Autour d'une tache rouge cerise — sialidose de type IISociété Ophtalmologique du Nord, 2011
- Un cas exceptionnel d'exophtalmie bilatéraleSociété Ophtalmologique du Nord, 2010
- Candidose oculaire : deux présentations cliniques pour un même diagnosticSociété Ophtalmologique du Nord, 2010
- Un train peut en cacher un autreSociété Ophtalmologique du Nord, 2010
Teaching
Passing it on.
Three years of residency tutorials in Lille, then postgraduate teaching for fellow ophthalmologists and GPs, in neuro-ophthalmology and on the complications of diabetes.
University teaching
- Ophthalmology residency tutorConférences Alpha et Calmette, Lille Faculty of Medicine, 2009 – 2012
Postgraduate teaching
- The complications of diabetesContinuing medical education for GPs in Courbevoie, November 2020 — see diabetes and the eye
- Neuro-ophthalmology emergencies: from case studies to practiceRound table, Levallois-Perret, May 2015
- Neuro-ophthalmology at FochContinuing medical education, ophthalmology department, Foch Hospital, February 2014
Commitments
Beyond the practice.
In much of the world, avoidable blindness is still, in large part, a matter of cataracts left unoperated. It is surgery I carry out every Tuesday in Rueil-Malmaison: it felt hard not to put it to use elsewhere too, for those who have no access to it.
Terres d'Ophtalmo
Member of this association of volunteer ophthalmologists, working against avoidable blindness and training local teams. terresdophtalmo.org
Médecins du Monde
Ophthalmologist at the reception, care and guidance centre in Saint-Denis, in Seine-Saint-Denis, for people living in precarity and without health cover.
Lille residency
President of the Lille ophthalmology residents' association and administrator of the Ophtalille website, set up for training and mutual support among residents.
A question about your eyesight?
Eye consultations, pre-operative assessments for refractive and cataract surgery, post-operative follow-up: at the practice, 96 avenue Albert 1er, Rueil-Malmaison.
Dr Emmanuel Halimi
Ophthalmic surgeon · RPPS 10100555084 · Medical Council of Hauts-de-Seine no. 92/23003
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