Gus Gazzard

About Gus Gazzard

Director of Surgery, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust; Professor of Ophthalmology (Glaucoma Studies), UCL, London; Visiting Professor, New York University (Langone Health); Immediate Past President of UK & Ireland Glaucoma Society

What industry trends are catching your attention right now?

The continued impact of MIGS in the interventional glaucoma field with an increasing in quality of trials is exciting.

What is a little-known fact about you?

I’m still wondering how I got here!

Make a bold prediction for the future of ophthalmology.

Neuroprotective cell-therapies will be routine within a decade.

If you weren’t an ophthalmologist, what would you be doing instead?

Climbing mountains with my children.

How do you think AI and machine learning will impact ophthalmology?

We’ll have faster, more accurate, more certain diagnoses with less room for “in my opinion,” but an ever greater need for simple communication and compassionate discussion about risk and prognosis with anxious patients.

What global trends in eye health should ophthalmologists be aware of?

Global inequalities of access to care should make us all pause for thought.