QUALIFICATIONS

FARVO Assoc. for Research in Vision &Ophthalmology, Washington (2010)
FRCS (Hon) Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1996)
MD University College Cork (1992)
FRCOphth Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (1988)
FRCS Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow (1987)
MB, BCh, BAO   University College Cork (1982)

APPOINTMENTS

Professor of Ophthalmology University College Dublin 2004 -To date
Consultant Ophthalmologist Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin 1998 -To date
Consultant Ophthalmologist Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh 1993 -7
Senior Lecturer University of Edinburgh 1993 -7
Glaucoma Clinical Fellow Moorfields Eye Hospital, London 1992
Senior Registrar/Lecturer St Paul’s Eye Hosptal, Liverpool 1990 -2
Glaucoma Research Fellow New England Medical Centre, Boston1988 -9
Registrar, Ophthalmology King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor1986 -8
SHO, Ophthalmology King’s College Hospital, London 1985 -6
SHO, Ophthalmology The London Hospital, London1985 -5
SHO, Neurosurgery Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, London 1984 -5
Anatomy Demonstrator University College Cork 1983 -4

INVITED LECTURES (5 years)

24: What is going on in the Optic Nerve Head
in Human Glaucoma
School of Optometry, University of California, Berkerley,USA
Feb 2017
23: Optic Disc Cupping in Glaucoma Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, USA
Oct 2016
22: Fibrotic Mechanisms in Glaucoma: Lamina Cribrosa      and Trabecular Meshwork ISER, Tokoyo,
Sept 2016
21: Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma: Genes and Environment Moorfields Eye Hospital Alumni Meeting, London,
March 2016
20: Mechanisms of Optic Nerve Damage in Glaucoma Atlantic Coast Symposium, Halifax, Canada, Sept 2015
19: Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma Atlantic Coast Symposium, Halifax, Canada, Sept 2015
18: Epigenetics and Neuroprotection in Glaucoma Oxford Congress, July 2015
17: Optic Disc Cupping in Glaucoma: Lab perspective RVEEH Dublin, June 2015
16: Autophagy in the Lamina Cribrosa in Glaucoma ARVO, Denver, May 2015
15: OCT imaging in Glaucoma Optometry Symposium, DIT, Dublin, Feb 2015
14: Mechanisms in Glaucoma Fibrosis EVER, Nice October 2014
13: Role of RPE cell in Optic Nerve Cupping Glaucoma Research Society, Wyoming, August 2014
12: Biomarkers in Glaucoma European Glaucoma Society, Nice, June 2014
11: Oxidative Stress in Glaucoma Moorfields Alumni, ARVO, Orlando, May 2014
10: Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial
Dysfunction in Glaucoma
Basel, November 2014
09: Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute University of Indianapolis, October, 2013
08: Loris and David Rich Lecture Department of Ophthalmology, Birmingham,
University of Alabama, October 2013
07: Optic Nerve Fibrosis in Glaucoma Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, October 2013
06: Therapeutic Targets in Lamina Cribrosa
Re-modelling in Glaucoma
Western Eye Hospital/Imperial College Alumni Day,
London, June 2013
05: Update on Stents and Tubes in Glaucoma Surgery Irish College of Ophthalmologists, Killarney, May 2013
04: Fibrosis in Glaucoma. ARVO, Seattle, May 2013
03: Role of CTGF in matrix changes in
pseudo-exfoliation Glaucoma
ARVO, Seattle, May 2013
02: Mechanobiology of the Lamina Cribrosa International Society for Eye Research, Berlin, July 2012
01: Role of Lamina Cribrosa Cells in ECM
alterations in Glaucoma
ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, May 5, 2012

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Irish College of Ophthalmology International Society for Eye Research
UK and Eire Glaucoma Society European Glaucoma Society
Glaucoma Research Society Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology