Pearse Keane

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London; NIHR Clinician Scientist at Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, UK

Pearse is a retinal specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and a researcher at the University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of AMD and other complex macular diseases, and his research is focused on the application of new technologies to ophthalmology – from AI, to virtual reality, to advanced imaging. In 2016, Pearse was responsible for initiating the collaboration between Moorfields and Google DeepMind, with the aim of applying machine learning to OCT image analysis and in 2015, he was a awarded a “Clinician Scientist” award from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) – the first ophthalmologist in the UK to receive such an honor. He predicts that the combination of AI with comprehensive, automated eye examination using binocular OCT will reinvent the eye examination for the
21st Century.

Part of the Power List 2017

Thanks to the demographics of the developed world, the future of eyecare looks like it will be one of limited resources and rising patient burden.

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In 2018, The Ophthalmologist will be recognising the Top 100 pioneers and game-changers in the field of ophthalmology.

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