Professor Lyndon da Cruz

Age ranges treated

• Adults (age 16 and above)

Qualifications / Professional memberships

• Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists
• Fellow of Royal college of Ophthalmologists, Australia
• Fellow of Royal college of Ophthalmologists, London UK
• Member Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Current NHS / University Post

• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital
• Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children
• Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London

Medical training

• Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia
• Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, UK
• Moorfields Eye Hospital, London

Research interest / experience

• Artificial retina (Bionic Eye)
• Cell transplantation for macular and retinal dystrophies
• Translocation surgery for Age related Macular Degeneration
• Gene therapy for inherited retinal dystrophies
• Vitreoretinal surgical fellow, Royal Perth Hospital
• Vitreoretinal surgical fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital
• Medical retinal fellow, Moorfields Eye Hospital
• PhD – retinal gene therapy, Perth Western Australia

Languages spoken

English