Robert E MacLaren

Retinal detachment, age-related macular degeneration, myopia, diabetic eye disease, cataract surgery, macular holes and genetics.

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1990

University of Edinburgh (Wallace Prize recipient), with further undergraduate ophthalmology elective training at Yale University and PhD on Retinal Regeneration at the University of Oxford

Royal Berkshire Hospital Reading, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford, Western Eye Hospital London and Moorfields Eye Hospital London

Chief Resident, Moorfields Eye Hospital 2001-03, Fellow in Vitreoretinal Surgery, Moorfields 2003-04, Research Fellow in Medical Retina, Moorfields 2004-05

2001

Fellow and former King James IV Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons, Research Committee Member of the European Retina Society, Former Member of Council and Director of the British Medical Association

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford (2009), Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (2009), Consultant Ophthalmologist, Oxford Eye Hospital (2009), Honorary Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital (2006) Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (2007), Faculty Member and Founding Theme Leader of the Moorfields-UCL Ophthalmology Biomedical Research Centre , Sir Thomas Bodley Fellow of Merton College, Oxford

Intraocular lenses used in cataract surgery, retinitis pigmentosa, retinal diseases, age-related macular degeneration, stem cells, gene therapy, genetic screening, altitude retinopathy

Former Army Medical Officer with 1st Mechanised Brigade (active service in Yugoslavia), former Surgeon Major to the Honourable Artillery Company and (locum) Surgeon Major to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, Hyde Park, London (familiar with PULHHEEMS gradings). Lecturer on the Visual Perception of Art (Barbican Lecture Series) - “Why neurons prefer Vincent van Gogh to Yves Klein”.

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Links for further information:

Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology
UCL Vision
BBC News
Oxford Stem Cell Institute