In the most prestigious awards for ophthalmologists, Moorfields has been honoured with five of the top ten in this year’s list, published today, and eleven in the top 50.
Every year, The Ophthalmologist selects a theme for its awards. This year’s was Drivers of Change, with a focus on achievements in the past 12 months, highlighting those making the most difference in the field today.
The recognition of the individuals reflects the huge amount of work put in by the teams of people who have contributed to our broad research portfolio.
Unusually, they nominated one individual as the most influential ophthalmologist; the winner of this accolade is Gus Gazzard. He responded to this, saying: “It’s tremendous be among so many colleagues from Moorfields being recognised for contributions to Ophthalmology. It shows the strength of our UCL-NHS collaborations”.
The eleven Moorfields staff honoured are:
Gus Gazzard, director of surgery and consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS; Professor of ophthalmology, UCL IoO (Institute of Ophthalmology). (No 1 overall)
Adnan Tufail, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust; professor of ophthalmology, UCL IoO. (Top 10)
Anthony Khawaja, Moorfields Eye Hospital honorary consultant ophthalmic surgeon and professor of ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL IoO. (Top 10)
David Verity, consultant orbital and oculoplastic surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; Hospitaller, the most venerable order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem; visiting professor, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Top 10, new to Power List)
Pearse Keane, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital; professor of artificial medical intelligence (AI) at UCL IoO; director of the INSIGHT health data research hub. (Top 10)
James Bainbridge, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital; chair of retinal studies, UCL IoO.
Keith Barton, consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, professor of ophthalmology at UCL IoO.
Mandeep Sagoo, consultant ophthalmic surgeon and director of the ocular oncology service, Moorfields Eye Hospital; professor of ophthalmology and ocular oncology, UCL IoO; consultant ophthalmic surgeon, retinoblastoma service, Royal London Hospital. (New to Power List)
Mariya Moosajee, consultant ophthalmologist and head of genetics service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, professor of molecular ophthalmology at UCL IoO and The Francis Crick Institute.
Peter Thomas, consultant ophthalmologist and director of digital development, Moorfields Eye Hospital. (New to Power List)
Sobha Sivaprasad, director of the NIHR Moorfields clinical research facility (CRF), consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and professor at UCL IoO.
The list covers colleagues from specialties not featured in previous years, including digital innovation and oncology, as well as humanitarian work.
Please click here to read more about each of the people recognised, including highlights from their submissions.