2013
● President, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2012
● Featured in Britain’s Top Children’s Doctors, The Times
2011
● Arthur Lim Gold Medal Lecture, Singapore National Eye Centre
● The Four Liveries’ Medal & Lecture. City of London
2010
● European Association for Vision and Eye Research Ophthalmic Research Award and Lecture, Greece
● Featured in Britain’s Top Doctors, The Sunday Times
2009
● Inaugural Optometric Glaucoma Society Research Excellence Award & Lecture, USA
● Pfizer Visiting Professorship and Lectures, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, USA
2008
● Featured in Britain’s Top Doctors, Tatler
● Made “Ambassador” for contributions to eye research and fundraising, Fight for Sight Charity
● Gold Medal for Career Achievements, 25th Anniversary, King Khaled Eye Hospital and Saudi Arabian Ophthalmological Society, Saudi Arabia
● 2nd Swan Professorship and Lecturer, University of Oregon, USA
2007
● Keynote Lecturer, “Healing after Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery”, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
● Best-in-Show award for“Advances in Trabeculectomy—the Moorfields Safer Surgery System”, American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans
● A*STAR Professorship, Asia-ARVO, Singapore
2006
● Featured in Top Surgeons in London, Evening Standard
● 12th Lang Lecture and Medal lecture, awarded every three years, The Royal Society of Medicine, UK
2005
● 19th International Lecturer, Ciba Vision, Japan 2nd Ostbaum Honor Lecture, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, San Francisco USA
● First Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) /Pfizer Translational research award. (First major ARVO award to a UK ophthalmologist since 1960 award to Sir Stewart Duke Elder). “Presented for excellence in translational research, defined as the application of fundamental scientific discoveries and novel technologies to the development and testing of solutions leading to the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of eye disease.”
● Richardson Cross Memorial Lecture, Southern Ophthalmological Society, UK
● Jubilee Medal, Swedish Ophthalmological Society of Medicine, Sweden
● American Academy Ophthalmology Achievement Award, USA
● Goodwin Brenin Lecture and Visiting Professorship, New York University School of Medicine, USA
● Alcon Research & Development Award for Scientific Excellence
2004
● Featured in Britain’s Top Doctors, The Sunday Times
● Winner Simfonec UK business challenge Icite company business plan to develop our MMP inhibitor patent
● Janice Krushner Memorial Lecture Main, International Glaucoma Association, UK
● 23rd Dame Ida Mann Lecture, Oxford University, UK
2003
● 12th Sir Stewart Duke Elder Lecture, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK
2001
● 11th George Giles Memorial Lecture, College of Optometrists, UK
2000
● First Hong Leong Professorship and Lecture, National University of Singapore
● International Glaucoma Review Award for “best research paper in glaucoma worldwide”
● Barbers Lecture, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
1999:
● Iris Fund Prize Lecture, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK
● Hunterian Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons, UK
1998
● Alcon Lecture Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists
1995
● Rogers Prize University of London
Prize awarded every two years for best research dissertation on "Advance in surgery"
1993
● Royal College of Ophthalmologists/ Iris Fund Prize, awarded once every three years "to an individual under 40 years of age in the UK for outstanding ability in ophthalmic research"