Drivers of Change: The Ophthalmologist Power List 2026

Gus Gazzard

Director of Surgery and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS; Professor of Ophthalmology at University College London, UK

Adnan Tufail

Professor of Ophthalmology, UCL; Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, UK

Andrzej Grzybowski

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury and Foundation for Ophthalmology Development, Poland

Anthony Khawaja

Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Professor of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London, UK

David Verity

Consultant Orbital and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK; Hospitaller, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem Visiting Professor, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Dennis SC Lam

President, Hong Kong C-Mer International Eye Care Group; Honorary Director of the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC) of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; Director of ZOC’s State Key Laboratory; Secretary-General and CEO of both the APAO and the APVRS; Editor-in-Chief, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology

Hasan Chichan

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Ophthalmic Surgeon, Clinical Lead for High-Volume Humanitarian Missions, Germany

Malik Y. Kahook

The Slater Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology; Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Ophthalmology; Chief, Glaucoma Service, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA

Pearse Keane

Professor of Artificial Medical Intelligence at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology Consultant Ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital; Director of the INSIGHT Health Data Research Hub, UK

Wanjiku (Ciku) Mathenge

Founding Director, RIIO iHospital and RIIO School of Ophthalmology, Rwanda, Africa; President, African Ophthalmology Council (AOC), Africa

Alain Saad

Vice-Head, Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France

Audina M. Berrocal

Associate Professor, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute USA

Carl Regillo

Director, Retina Service, WIlls Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA USA

Christina Y. Weng

Professor and Alice R. McPherson Retina Research Foundation Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and Fellowship Program Director, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

Christopher J. Rapuano

The Peter and Ruth Laibson Cornea Service Chief Endowed Chair; Chief, Cornea Service, Wills Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA

Damien Gatinel

Head of the Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Department, Hôpital Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris, France; Associate Professor, Abulcasis International University of Health Sciences, Rabat, Morocco

David RP Almeida

Founder & Principal, Erie Retina Research, AlmeidaPharma & CASEx Ecosystem, Erie Retina Research & The Centers for Advanced Surgical Exploration (CASEx), USA

David F. Chang

Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Private practice, Los Altos, California, USA

David T. Tse

Vice-Chair of Administration and Strategic Planning; Professor of Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Otolaryngology, and Neurosurgery; Dr. Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid Chair in Ophthalmic Plastic, Orbital Surgery, and Oncology Director, Dr. Nasser Ibrahim Al-Rashid Orbital Vision Research Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA

Eric Donnenfeld

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology New York University; Trustee Dartmouth Medical School, USA

Eui-Sang Chung

Chief Medical Director, SNU Eye Center, Seoul, South Korea

Farhad Hafezi

Chief Medical Officer, ELZA Institute, Dietikon, Zurich; Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Geneva; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, USC Roski Eye Institute; Visiting Professor, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China; Research Group Leader, Ocular Cell Biology Laboratory, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Research Professor, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Felipe A. Medeiros

Vice-Chair and Director of Research, Rodgers Endowed Chair, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, USA

Guillermo Amescua

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology, John A. Strobis Chair in Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine, USA

Harry W. Flynn

The J. Donald M. Gass Distinguished Chair in Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Florida, USA

Iqbal (Ike) K. Ahmed

Professor and John R and Hazel M Robertson Presidential Endowed Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah; Director, Alan S. Crandall Center for Glaucoma Innovation, John A. Moran Eye Center, USA; Director, Glaucoma & Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery (GAASS) Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada

James Bainbridge

Chair of Retinal Studies University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, UK

Jamie Craig

Director of the Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision Research; Chair and Academic Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, South Australia

Jayakrishna Ambati

Director, Center for Advanced Vision Science, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Virginia, USA

Jeffrey Goldberg

Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, USA

Justis P. Ehlers

Vice Chair, Operations, Cole Eye Institute; The Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair of Ophthalmic Research; Director, The Tony and Leona Campane Center of Excellence for Image-Guided Surgery and Advanced Imaging Research, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic, USA

Keith Barton

Professor of Ophthalmology, University College London; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Glaucoma Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

Liliana Werner

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair; Co-Director, Intermountain Ocular Research Center, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, USA

Marion R. Munk

Chief Scientific Officer, Gutblick Practice Group, Switzerland; Professor, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Mandeep S. Sagoo

Professor of Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Director of the Ocular Oncology Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Retinoblastoma Service, Royal London Hospital, London, UK

Mariya Moosajee

Professor of Molecular Ophthalmology at UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and The Francis Crick Institute, Consultant Ophthalmologist & Head of the Genetics Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.

Michael Mrochen

Co-Founder and CEO, Allotex; Founder, IROC Science to Innovation; Board Member, Schwind Eye Tech Solutions, Pallas Kliniken; Advisor, Swiss Vision Group, Switzerland

Nahum Ferera

CEO & Co-Founder, EyeYon Medical, Ness Ziona, Israel

Obeda Kailani

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, King’s College Hospital; Honorary Senior Lecturer, King’s College London, UK

Pedram Hamrah

Professor of Ophthalmology; Vice Chair of Academic Medicine; Director of Clinical & Translational Research; Co-Director of Cornea Services, University of South Florida (USF) Health, USA

Peter Thomas

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Director of Digital Development, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

Rajesh K. Rajpal

Chief Strategy and Medical Officer, Horizon Surgical System, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, George Washington University Medical Center, Founder, See Clearly Vision Group, USA

Ranya Habash

Ophthalmologist and Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute; Faculty Instructor, Clinical Informatics Management Program (MCiM), Stanford University, Chief Medical Officer, Helfie.ai, USA

Roger Zaldivar

Scientific Director of Instituto Zaldivar and CEO of RevaiCare, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sadeer B. Hannush

Attending Surgeon on the Cornea Service at Wills Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sheraz Daya

Chairman and Medical Director, Centre for Sight UK

Sobha Sivaprasad

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK

Victor L. Perez MD

Professor Ophthalmology, Microbiology and Immunology; Director, Cornea Research; Higgins Clark Chair in Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA

Xiulan Zhang

Professor of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center (ZOC), State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Sun Yet-sen University, China

Zheng Wang

Professor of Ophthalmology, Head of Refractive Surgery Committee, Aier Eye Hospital Group; Chief Medical Director, Aier Eye Hospital, Guangdong Province, China

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