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Publication Date: 15 June 2009
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Professor Peng Tee Khaw consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields; appointed as one of the new programme managing directors of UCL Partners
Professor Peng Tee Khaw consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology has been appointed as one of six new programme managing directors and will lead on the research theme of eyes and vision for UCL Partners. Professor Khaw is also Director of the affiliated National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Specialist Biomedical Research Centre, and Director of Research and Development at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
“I am delighted to have been offered the opportunity to lead ophthalmic research and development across our new academic health science partnership,” says Professor Khaw. “The UK is at the forefront of ophthalmic research in the world, translating basic science into better sight, and I look forward to enhancing this further in collaboration with other members of UCL Partners”.
Professor Khaw new appointment was one of seven key appointments for UCL Partners (UCLP), Europe’s largest academic health science centre, which were announced on the 12 June, including a managing director of the partnership Professor David Fish and a further five programme directors who will lead on other research themes in infectious diseases; neurological disorders; child health; women’s health; and immunology and transplantation.
Professor Khaw is also on the board of trustees of the Association for Research into Vision and Ophthalmology. His research interests include new surgical techniques, having developed the Moorfields safer glaucoma surgery system and new therapies to prevent ocular scarring, some of which are now in use in the UK and around the world.
He has published more than 350 papers, chapters and books including the ABC of Eyes– the most popular ophthalmology book in the UK for GPs and medical students. He and his group have received many awards, including the first international ARVO USA Pfizer translational medicine prize in 2005 for developing basic laboratory discoveries through to several new clinical treatments and techniques.
UCLP comprises five of London’s biggest and best known hospitals and research centres: UCL (University College London), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH), Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
It was designated as one of the UK’s first academic health science centres by the Department of Health in March 2009 after a rigorous selection process, and will bring together the combined skill and expertise of its clinicians and researchers to focus on the identified themes. Appointments for the cardiovascular and cancer themes are pending and will be announced in the near future.
For more information of the other appointments that have been made please go to
www.ucl.ac.uk/media/press-releases/
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Notes for Editors
About Moorfields
· Opened in 1805, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the world’s leading centres for ophthalmic treatment and teaching. It is the oldest and largest specialist eye hospital in the world, and became one of the UK’s first NHS foundation trusts in 2004.
· With our research partner, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, we are embarking on an exciting programme of research in order to find cures for diseases currently untreatable. UCL Partners, of which both organisations are an integral part, was recently named as one of the first academic health science centres in the country.
· We treat the entire range of eye diseases from cataract, corneal and retinal conditions to complex diseases, dealing with almost 400,000 patient visits in 2008/09.
· For further information about Moorfields, please visit
About UCL Partners
· For further information, please visit the UCL Partners website at www.uclpartners.com or contact Neil Goodwin, Project Director, UCL Partners, on +44 (0)7831 886 834 or at
