Degree:
MD
Qualification:
B.Sc., M.B.B.S.(Lond.), M.D.(Aberd.), M.R.C.P.(UK), F.R.C.S.(Lond.), F.R.C.S.(Edin.), F.R.C.P.(Edin.), F.R.C.Ophth, FMedSci
Area of Expertise:
Uveitis
Biography:
Qualified from University of London, Charing Cross and Westiminster Medical School (BSc(hons), MBBS). Andrew undertook MRCP training prior to entering ophthalmology residency and finally lecturership with Professor John Forrester in Aberdeen Scotland to further his clinician-scientist training. He was an MRC Post Doctoral Fellow and then Senior Lecturer at University of Aberdeen until his move to University of Bristol in 2000 as Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology. In 2007 he was elected and awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
He remains an active researcher with over 200 peer review publications and lead laboratory and clinical research groups and he is currently on the Faculty of the National Institute of Health Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was instrumental in developing the infrastructure and research facilitates for the team to deliver opportunity and choice to our patients through research trials as well as ensure management of complex ocular inflammatory disease and surgical vitreoretinal disorders are evidence based are at the forefront.