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Professor Adnan Tufail
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Areas of expertise:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Member of The American Society of Retina Specialists
- Member of the European Vision Institute Retina Panel
Current NHS / University Post:
- Consultant Ophthalmologist Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, started 2002
- Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Institute of Ophthalmology UCL
Medical training:
- Guys Hospital Medical School, University of London
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- 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
Research interest / experience:
- 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.
- 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 two and half 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.
- Clinical and research lead at Moorfields Eye Hospital for treatments for age-related macular degeneration.
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