Sajjad Ahmad

Consultant telephone: 

020 7566 2320

Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism: 

• Cornea, cataract and external eye diseases

Year of first medical qualification: 

1997

Location of initial medical training: 

Newcastle Medical School

Further key experience: 

• PhD in stem cell biology; NIHR academic clinical lecturer

Date joined Moorfields: 

2016

Membership of professional /national/regional bodies: 

• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists;
• Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons

Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year: 

• Full time Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 2016;
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL, 2016;
• Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, St Paul’s Eye Unit, Liverpool, 2013;
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Liverpool, 2013

Other professional achievements: 

• US-UK stem cell collaboration award; clinical trials in cultured limbal stem cell transplantation for the cornea

Research interests: 

• Translational stem cell biology for corneal diseases; inflammatory eye diseases

Languages spoken: 

• English
• Urdu
• Hindi
• Punjabi

Any other personal interests/background information that may be relevant: 

• Gym and travelling