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Professor Sir Peng Khaw
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Areas of expertise:
- Honorary Doctor of Science (Anglia Ruskin University)
- Fellow of the College of Optometrists (Honorary)
- Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (Elected)
- Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (Elected)
- Fellow of the Society of Biology (Elected)
- Fellow Royal College Physicians London (Elected)
- Fellow Royal College Surgeons England
- Fellow Royal College Ophthalmologists
- Fellow Royal College Surgeons and Physicians (Glasgow)
- Diploma Ophthalmology (Royal College of Surgeons England)
- Member Royal College Physicians (UK)
- Awarded Senior Investigator (one of 200 in the UK) status by the National Institute for Health Research (2008, re-awarded in 2013)
- Department of Health Platinum Clinical Excellence Award (one of 200 in the UK)
Current NHS / University Post:
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 1993
- Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular healing, University College London, since 1997
- Director, National Institute for Health Biomedical Research Centre since 2007
- Director of Research and Development since 2008
- Programme Director "Eyes and Vision Theme" UCL Partners since 2009
Medical training:
- Southampton University Medical School
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Research interest / experience:
- Glaucoma surgery techniques, new anti-scarring agents, stem cell therapy, tissue regeneration
- Fellow in paediatric glaucoma 1989-1994, concurrent with PhD in ocular wound healing and advanced therapies to prevent scarring
- Largest tertiary referral experience for surgery in complex young adult and paediatric glaucoma in the UK
- Developed several new treatments and surgical techniques from discoveries in the laboratory used around the world, including the Moorfields Safer Surgery Sytem for glaucoma
- Director, National Institute of Health Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalology
- Supervised over 35 PhD and MD theses
- Raised over £100 million for research and buildings including funding for the world’s largest Children’s Eye Hospital and translational research clinical centre
- Voted onto the Ophthalmologist Top 100 power list, which recognises the achievements of the top 100 most influential people who have made the biggest impact in the field of ophthalmology
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