Daniel Gore
Consultant telephone:
020 7566 2320
Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism:
- Corneal transplantation: full/partial thickness transplants (DMEK, DSAEK, DALK), including femtosecond laser transplants
- Lens surgery: cataract, refractive lens exchange (toric and multifocal lenses) and phakic intraocular lens implants (pIOL)
- Keratoconus surgery: cross-linking (CXL), ring implants (keraring), refractive CXL and transplants
- Astigmatism, corneal infections and scars
Year of first medical qualification:
2003
Location of initial medical training:
Imperial College London (St. Mary’s Medical School)
Date joined Moorfields:
2008
Membership of professional /national/regional bodies:
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists, fellow (FRCOphth)
- Certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery (CertLRS)
- General Medical Council (specialist register)
- Royal Society of Medicine, fellow (RSM)
- European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, member (ESCRS)
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, member (ARVO)
- United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS)
Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:
- Full time consultant in cornea and external disease and cataract surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
- Director of refractive surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Honorary clinical lecturer, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London.
Other professional achievements:
- 2016 UKISCRS Best Refractive paper
- 2015 Bayer educational grant award
- 2014 The Peel and Rothwell Jackson Postgraduate travelling fellowship
- 2014 Moorfields alumni association bursary
- 2014 Aylward QIPP prize winner, Moorfields Eye Hospital
- 2014 Moorfields Stars’ chief executive’s team of the year award
- 2013 Quality Care Award - Health Education North Central and East London
- 2013 Moorfields alumni association bursary
- 2011 Royal Society of Medicine, John Glyn prize finalist
- 2010 Royal Society of Medicine Ellison-Cliffe travelling fellowship
- 2009 Sir William Lister travel award
- 2008 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons film festival
- 2002 Wellcome Trust vacation research scholarship
Research interests:
- Doctoral thesis (MD) in new interventions for keratoconus
- Wavefront laser refractive surgery
- Corneal infections
- Corneal transplantation
Languages spoken:
- English