Adnan Tufail

Medical Retina (including macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy), cataract, uveitis.

• The John Saunders Suite
  Practice Manager - Debbie Gilbreath -020 7566 2802

English, Urdu/Hindu (partial fluency), Punjabi (understanding)

1989

Guys Hospital Medical School, University of London

Moorfields Eye Hospital (SHO), and Moorfields/North Thames Rotation for Higher surgical training, fellowships in 1) Uveitis (1995-1997) Jules Stein Eye Institute UCLA with Professor Gary Holland, and 2) Medical retina 2000-2002 Moorfields Eye Hospital

Two year fellowship in medical retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital as well as a period with Prof Gass and the Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, USA.
Spent 2 ½ years at the Jules Stein Eye Hospital, Los Angeles, USA, undertaking clinical training in uveitis as well as completing a higher research degree during this time.
I am the clinical and research lead at Moorfields Eye Hospital for treatments for age-related macular degeneration.

2002

Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist. Member of The American Society of Retina Specialists. Member of the European Vision Institute Retina Panel

Consultant Ophthalmologist Moorfields Eye Hospital Started 2002. Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Institute of Ophthalmology UCL.

Current areas of interest are new treatments for choroidal neovascularisation (associated with age-related macular degeneration as well as other conditions) and novel treatments diabetic retinopathy. In am involved in laboratory as well as clinical research into treating a number of rare retinal diseases.