Mr Sajjad Ahmad

Qualifications / Professional memberships

• MB BS Newcastle University Medical School.
• FRCOphth Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London.
• PhD in stem cell biology, Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University.
• Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.

Current NHS / University Post

• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London.
• Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Department of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool.

Medical training

• Corneal, cataract and ocular surface disease specialist who studied at Newcastle University Medical School.
• Early ophthalmology training in Newcastle up Tyne.
• Corneal fellowship with Professor Stephen Kaye at St Paul's Eye Unit, Liverpool.
• Corneal fellowship with Professor John Dart at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon/Senior Clinical Lecturer at St Paul's Eye Unit, Liverpool.

Research interest / experience

• Mr Ahmad is dual trained in ophthalmology and clinically relevant laboratory research.
• He was awarded a PhD in stem cell biology from Newcastle University in 2007 for his work on developing a novel stem cell therapy for corneal burns. This has led to pivotal European and national trials.
• Held an NIHR academic clinical lecturer post at Newcastle University and a senior clinical lecturer post in the Department of Eye and Vision Science at the University of Liverpool.
• His current research, based at the Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, is in the development of novel therapy for corneal endothelial disease.

Languages spoken

English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi