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Appointment
- Professor of Corneal Diseases
- Institute of Ophthalmology
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Biography
Consultant surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Special interest in corneal transplantation and high failure
risk transplant patients: >150 lamellar and penetrating transplants
performed or supervised annually, in recipients ranging in age from early
infancy to the elderly. Cataract and lens surgical procedures include complex
cataracts and intraocular lens complications.
Trainees are subspecialist cornea & external diseases fellows, who proceed
to tenured consultant level posts in the UK or overseas. Two have been
appointed to endowed chairs: Albert Jun (Wilmer Institute, Johns Hopkins
University) and Ilse Claerhout (University of Gent).
Director, Cornea & External Diseases Service, 2001-2008
Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, 2009-2013
Teaching Summary
Extern examiner, Final Medical
Ophthalmology examination, University College Cork 2004, 2005, 2006
Examiner of nine PhD theses (two UCL).
Joint supervisor of 7 PhD and 2 MD students.
Regular lecturer on UCL courses:
Institute of Ophthalmology - MSc Biology of Vision, MSc Clinical Ophthalmology,
Fellowship Refresher
Institute of Child Health - Paediatric Ophthalmology: the Essentials.
- University of Aarhus, Denmark (visiting professor) 2006, 2011, 2012, 2016
- Southern African Soc Cataract & Refractive Surgery meetings 2007, 2009
- University of Porto 2007
- Boston University Medical Center (visiting professor) 2007
- University of Bilbao 2008
- Yerevan, Armenia 2011
- Kunming and Wulanhaote, China (visiting professor) 2012, 2013, 2015
- Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Boston (visiting professor) 2014
- Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University (visiting professor) 2015
Appointments
| 01-APR-1997 | Consultant surgeon | Cornea & External Diseases Service | Moorfields Eye Hospital, United Kingdom |
