Professor Ananth Viswanathan
Conditions I treat
Locations I work from
Insurers I work with
- Allianz
- Aviva
- AXA PPP
- Cigna
- CS Healthcare
- Exeter Friendly Society
- Healix Health Services
- Vitality
- Western Provident Association (WPA)
Age ranges treated
- Adults (age 16 and above)
Qualifications / Professional memberships
- BSc(Hons) in Neuroscience
- MD in Visual Psychophysics in Glaucoma
- PhD in Genetic Epidemiology
- Member of Asia Pacific Glaucoma Guideline International Review Committee
- Member of Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 Management Committee (and Principal Applicant for Glaucoma)
- Member of Medical Research Council Steering Committee on Glaucoma Screening Feasibility Study (and Study Collaborator)
- Member of UK Genetic Testing Network Working Group
- Member of the British Eye Study Group
- Member of World Glaucoma Association Guidelines for Reporting and Publishing Committee
- Editorial Board Member, International Glaucoma Review
- Member of UK & Eire Glaucoma Society
- Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Member of Statistical Genetics Group, Institute of Psychiatry. London
- Member of the International Perimetric Society
- Invited Expert, Lasker Foundation / International Retinal Research Foundation Initiative for Innovation in Vision Science
Current NHS / University Post
- Consultant Surgeon (Glaucoma), Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Honorary Visiting Professor, City University, London
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ophthalmology, London. Starting year 2003
Medical training
- St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
Research interest / experience
- Vision (visual psychophysics) in glaucoma: early detection, progression
- Quality of life / disability in glaucoma
- Complex genetics in common eye disease
- Chairman of EGS GlaucoGENE (European Genetic Epidemiology network)
- Chairman of UK Glaucoma Early Diagnosis Programme
- Co-Chair of World Glaucoma Association Promulgation Committee
- Member of Honorary Medical Advisory Panel to the Secretary of State on Visual Disorders and Driving
Languages spoken
- English
Note: Professor Viswanathan does not undertake surgical procedures for glaucoma but does offer the full range of non-surgical treatments.
Contact Professor Ananth Viswanathan
Practice manager: Ellie Jackson
Last updated
20th October 2026