Adnan Tufail
Consultant telephone:
020 7566 2576
Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism:
Medical retina
Uveitis
Cataract
Year of first medical qualification:
1989
Location of initial medical training:
Guy's Hospital Medical School, University of London
Further key experience:
Two-year fellowship in medical retina at Moorfields Eye Hospital as well as a period with Prof Gass and the Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, USA
Spent 2 ½ years at the Jules Stein Eye Hospital, Los Angeles, USA, undertaking clinical training in uveitis as well as completing a higher research degree
Clinical and research lead at Moorfields Eye Hospital for treatments for age-related macular degeneration
Date joined Moorfields:
2002
Membership of professional /national/regional bodies:
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Member of The American Society of Retina Specialists
Member of the European Vision Institute retina panel
Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:
Consultant ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital (2002)
Honorary senior lecturer at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Research interests:
New treatments for choroidal neovascularisation (associated with age-related macular degeneration as well as other conditions) and novel treatments diabetic retinopathy
Involved in laboratory as well as clinical research into treating a number of rare retinal diseases
Languages spoken:
English, Urdu/Hindu (partial fluency) and Punjabi (understanding)