El Hadi Ahmed El Sheikh

Professor
El Hadi Ahmed El Sheikh
الهادي أحمد الشيخ
Born(1933-06-28)28 June 1933
Shendi, Sudan
Died23 September 2009(2009-09-23) (aged 76)
Khartoum, Sudan
EducationAin Shams University (BSc, 1959)
University of London (PhD)
RelativesEl Shafiei Ahmed El Sheikh (brother)
AwardsGold Medal for Arts and Literature, Sudan
Az-Zubair Prize for Innovation and Scientific Excellence, Sudan
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Khartoum
World Health Organization
Moorfields Eye Hospital
UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

El Hadi Ahmed El Sheikh FRCOphth (Arabic: الهادي أحمد الشيخ; 28 June 1933 – 23 September 2009) was a Sudanese Professor of Ophthalmology at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Khartoum, and WHO's Research Fellow. El Sheikh established Abu-Hamad Town Hospital in 1962 and the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Khartoum in 1994. He was known for philanthropic work and organising eye care campaigns that offered free treatment for Sudanese and refugees.