Keith R. Martin

About Keith R. Martin

Ringland Anderson Professor and Head of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Director, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge

A little-known or interesting thing about you...

I have a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate.

An instrument you would not have been able to live without over the past 10 years…

My piano.

One practical tip for a fellow expert...

There’s more to life (and glaucoma) than MIGS.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist…

I’m not sure, but it probably wouldn’t be another job in clinical medicine. I have always loved technology, and I am increasingly interested in finding ways to support innovation in vision and eye health that has real world impact – one of the key things we are trying to do at the Centre for Eye Research Australia and the University of Melbourne. I have really enjoyed my own journey with several start-up companies, particularly the opportunity to interact with lots of smart people with bright ideas in thriving biotech ecosystems in Cambridge and Melbourne – but thankfully I have been able to do this without giving up ophthalmology!