Faculty and Staff - Optometry (B.Optom)

Dr. Hadas Ben-Eli holds a Bachelor of Science in Optometry from Hadassah Academic College (now the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic Center), a Master of Science in Neuroscience and Behavior, and a Doctorate in Public Health from the Hebrew University.

Dr. Ben-Eli developed a psychophysical test for the early diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration using color vision, which earned her an award from the Israeli Society for the Study of Vision, and during her doctorate she examined risk factors and a possible common pathway for dry eye syndrome, Sjögren's syndrome, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. These studies were conducted in collaboration with the Department of Ophthalmology, the Department of Rheumatology, Hematology, and the Department of Oral Medicine at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center, and were published at international conferences and in renowned scientific journals.

Currently, Dr. Ben-Eli is the Head of the Department of Optometry at the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary Academic Center, a Lecturer in Ocular Pathology and Statistics in the Bachelor of Optometric Sciences, and coordinates the Master's Degree Clinical Seminar (Israeli and International) in the Department of Vision Sciences and Optometry.

In addition, Dr. Ben-Eli serves as the Director of the Optometry and Biometrics Service at Hadassah Medical Center.

Dr. Ben-Eli's research focuses on anterior segment diseases of the eye, such as dry eye disease and cataracts, and their impact on vision tests, vision tests in children, fitting and calculating intraocular lenses for candidates for cataract surgery, and fitting contact lenses for cases of complex eye diseases. These studies are conducted in collaboration with the provincial health bureaus at the Ministry of Health, with ophthalmologists from Hadassah Medical Center, with companies from the optics industry, and with researchers in the field of vision from abroad.