Mr Mark Westcott

Consultant ophthalmic surgeon

Private

NHS

Westcott, Mark

Age ranges treated

  • Adults (age 16 and above)

Qualifications / Professional memberships

  • Fellow Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth)
  • American Academy of Ophthalmologists (International member)
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (Member)

Current NHS / University Post

  • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust (since 2003) )
  • Consultant Ophthalmologist, Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust (since 2003)
  • Senior Lecturer (Honorary), Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL (since 2007)

Medical training

  • St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, London
  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London
  • Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles
  • Doctoral Thesis (Doctorate of Medicine) from the Institute of Ophthalmology awarded 1997

Research interest / experience

  • Mark has published over 55 scientific papers and is a regular presenter at international meetings. His research interests cover infectious and non-infectious uveitis and visual loss in glaucoma.
  • Regular reviewer for the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Journal of Ocular Infection and Immunity, and Ocular Immunology and Inflammation.
  • Expert reviewer of major grant submissions for the French Ministry of Health – Groupements Interrégionaux pour la Recherche Clinique et l’Innovation (GIRCI).
  • Co-author of a popular textbook on uveitis “Practical Uveitis: Understanding the Grape”. Authors G S Williams, M Westcott. Published by CRC Press 2017. ISBN 1138035750.
  • Surgical Trainer for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists where he trains surgeons in microsurgery and phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Languages spoken

  • English
  • French

Private treatment

Mr Mark Westcott also provides private care

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Last updated
15th March 2024