{"id":14118,"date":"2023-10-01T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T10:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/?page_id=14118"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:03:06","slug":"rio-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/rio-history\/","title":{"rendered":"RIO History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14118\" class=\"elementor elementor-14118\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e69430d history elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e69430d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4274b25\" data-id=\"4274b25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d2992 iconbox-text-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-icon-box\" data-id=\"34d2992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-widget-icon-box\"><div class=\"wrapper-box-icon has_custom_image text-center image_box\"><div class=\"smicon-box iconbox-top\"><div class=\"boxes-icon\"><span class=\"inner-icon\"><span class=\"icon icon-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-27-at-14.13.21.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"  width=\"421\" height=\"502\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"content-inner\"><div class=\"sc-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading__primary\">Prof. Dr. Abdel-Mohsen Soliman<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"desc-icon-box\"><div class=\"desc-content\"> Professor of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University \u201cthe initiator and the donor of the Institute\u2019s land (4480 m2 ) overlooking the Nile River\u201d.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e10cdd2\" data-id=\"e10cdd2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d647a iconbox-text-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-icon-box\" data-id=\"07d647a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-widget-icon-box\"><div class=\"wrapper-box-icon layout_text_number text-center image_box\"><div class=\"smicon-box iconbox-top\"><div class=\"boxes-icon\"><span class=\"inner-icon\"><span class=\"text-number-icon\">2<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"content-inner\"><div class=\"sc-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading__primary\">On February 1989<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"desc-icon-box\"><div class=\"desc-content\">according to the Presidential Decree No 40, RIO was established as an independent research institute affiliated to the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt combines both clinical and research services and dedicated to ophthalmic research & management of eye diseases.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa34bc9\" data-id=\"aa34bc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b6bff iconbox-text-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-icon-box\" data-id=\"54b6bff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-widget-icon-box\"><div class=\"wrapper-box-icon layout_text_number text-center image_box\"><div class=\"smicon-box iconbox-top\"><div class=\"boxes-icon\"><span class=\"inner-icon\"><span class=\"text-number-icon\">3<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"content-inner\"><div class=\"sc-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading__primary\">On February 25, 1990, <\/h3><\/div><div class=\"desc-icon-box\"><div class=\"desc-content\">RIO organizational structure was approved by the Egyptian Central Agency for Organization and Administration.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc6f7b5 history elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc6f7b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f39836\" data-id=\"4f39836\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94bedac iconbox-text-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-icon-box\" data-id=\"94bedac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-widget-icon-box\"><div class=\"wrapper-box-icon has_custom_image text-center image_box\"><div class=\"smicon-box iconbox-top\"><div class=\"boxes-icon\"><span class=\"inner-icon\"><span class=\"icon icon-images\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-09-27-at-14.14.30.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"  width=\"458\" height=\"643\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"content-inner\"><div class=\"sc-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading__primary\">Prof. Dr. Magdolene El-Gamal, <\/h3><\/div><div class=\"desc-icon-box\"><div class=\"desc-content\">Professor of Microbiology, the first president of the Research Institute of ophthalmology.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0fa42f\" data-id=\"a0fa42f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932dab4 iconbox-text-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-thim-icon-box\" data-id=\"932dab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"thim-icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thim-widget-icon-box\"><div class=\"wrapper-box-icon layout_text_number text-center image_box\"><div class=\"smicon-box iconbox-top\"><div class=\"boxes-icon\"><span class=\"inner-icon\"><span class=\"text-number-icon\">5<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"content-inner\"><div class=\"sc-heading\"><h3 class=\"heading__primary\">On Sunday April 3, 1990, <\/h3><\/div><div class=\"desc-icon-box\"><div class=\"desc-content\">the institute was officially launched.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba3f471\" data-id=\"ba3f471\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d721b9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d721b9d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f2b52f\" data-id=\"1f2b52f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e6f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86e6f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"352\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asset-2.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-14132\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asset-2.png 352w, https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asset-2-300x59.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15ce455 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15ce455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In Egypt on the heart of Giza governorate and by the river Nile, Stands the Research Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO) In Egypt.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d698aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d698aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ead975\" data-id=\"9ead975\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5dc209 history elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"a5dc209\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.4.3 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-a5dc209\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided \">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-a5dc209\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><div id=\"story-35f5f3c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">Prof. Dr. Abdel-Mohsen Soliman<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-media  medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-04-at-14.04.17-217x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-04-at-14.04.17-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-04-at-14.04.17-500x690.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-04-at-14.04.17.jpeg 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p>Professor of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University, and a philanthropist who donated 4480 m2 of land overlooking the River Nile to lay the foundations of the Research Institute of Ophthalmology.<\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-65cb4fe\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">February<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">1989<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p>The Presidential Decree No. 40 established RIO as an independent research institute affiliated with the Ministry of Scientific Research in Egypt. The institute combines clinical and research services and focuses on Ophthalmic research &amp; management of eye diseases.<\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-14c1388\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">February 25 <\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">1990<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p>The Central Agency for Organization and Administration in Egypt ratifies the organizational structure of RIO<\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-b2b5fe4\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">Prof. Dr. Magdolene El-Gamal<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-media  medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Picture6-247x300-1-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Picture6-247x300-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Picture6-247x300-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Picture6-247x300-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p>Professor of Microbiology, the first President of the Research Institute of Ophthalmology<\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><div id=\"story-865a271\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-icon\">\r\n                <div class=\"twae-labels\" ><div class=\"twae-label-big\">Tuesday, April 3<\/div><div class=\"twae-label-small\">1990<\/div><\/div><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-clock\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-content\"><div class=\"twae-title\"><\/div><div class=\"twae-description\"><p>The official inauguration of the Research Institute of Ophthalmology<\/p><\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Dr. Abdel-Mohsen Soliman Professor of Ophthalmology, Ain Shams University \u201cthe initiator and the donor of the Institute\u2019s land (4480 m2 ) overlooking the Nile River\u201d. 2 On February 1989 according to the Presidential Decree No 40, RIO was established &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14118"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18840,"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14118\/revisions\/18840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rio-conference.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}