Prof John Marshall
Frost Professor of Opthalmology
Institute of Ophthalmology
Faculty of Brain Sciences
- Joined UCL
- 1st Oct 2009
Research summary
This work has resulted in over four hundred
research papers and numerous book chapters and books. I invented and
patented the revolutionary Excimer laser for the correction of refractive
disorders with in excess of 35 million procedures now having been undertaken
worldwide. I also created the world’s first Diode laser for
treating eye problems of diabetes, glaucoma and ageing. I
am editor and co-editor of numerous international journals. I
have been awarded the Nettleship Medal of the Ophthalmological Society of the
United Kingdom, the Mackenzie Medal, the Raynor Medal, the Ridley Medal, the
Ashton Medal, the Ida Mann Medal and the Lord Crook Gold Medal of the
Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers, the Doyne Medal of the Oxford Congress,
the Barraquer Medal of the International Society of Cataract and Refractive
Surgery, the Kelman Innovator Award of the American Society for Refractive and
Cataract surgery, and the Lim Medal of the Singapore National Eye
Centre. I have been visiting professor at numerous universities
on every continent.
Education
- University of London
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1968
- University of London
- First Degree, Bachelor of Science | 1965
Biography
Professor John Marshall is currently Frost Professor of Ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology in association with Moorfield's Eye Hospital, UCL,
Honorary
Distinguished Professor at Cardiff University,
Emeritus
Professor of Ophthalmology, Kings College London,
Frost
Visiting Professor, Optometry & Visual Science, City University
Honorary
Professor, School of Health Science, Caledonian University
From 1991 -2009 he was the Frost Professor of Ophthalmology and
Chairman of the Academic Department of Ophthalmology, at St Thomas' Hospital
.
From 1982-1991 he was Sembal Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at the
Institute of Ophthalmology.