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PROFESSOR DAWN SIM

Professor Dawn Sim

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Director of Telemedicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Professor at UCL.
Medical Director in Ophthalmology, Genentech
PhD research in Neurobiology
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Dermot Pierse prize, Royal Society of Medicine in 2009.
ARVO Awards in 2007 and 2015.
The Ophthalmologist Power 100 - 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Interview With Professor Dawn Sim

Detailed Bio

  • Medical Retina: Retinal vascular diseases, Diabetic eye disease, Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), Retinal imaging, Retinal therapies – laser and intravitreal injections, Teleophthalmology Cataract Surgery: Perioperative and surgical management of cataracts in medical retinal disease.

  • St George's Hospital University of London; BSc (Hons), MBBS (1999 - 2002). Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London; PhD research in the Diabetic Retinopathy Repair Project (2011-2014). Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston; Clinical research into teleophthalmology programs using widefield retinal imaging (2014). Medical Retina Fellowship (2014-2015). Moorfields Eye Hospital; Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Full-time (2015 - onwards).

  • General Medical Council (GMC). Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth). Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

  • Alcon Early Career Research Award. ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (2015). Patent: Depot Indocyanine Green Dye for visualizating inflammation. UCL Business (2014). European Retinal Panel. Allergan (2013-2015). Gold Sponsorship; Primer Design Ltd (2012). PhD Project Grant. Fight for Sight (2011-2014). Dermot Pierse prize. Royal Society of Medicine (2009). Young Investigator's Award. Asia ARVO (2007).

  • Read some of Dawn's blogs

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