Tim Jackson is a Consultant vitreoretinal Surgeon at King’s College Hospital in London. He is Professor of Retinal Research at King’s College London.
Professor Jackson is the editor of The Moorfields Manual of Ophthalmology; sits on NICE’s Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee; leads undergraduate ophthalmology teaching at King’s College London, and supervises PhD and MD projects in retinal research.
His main research interest is the design and execution of large multicentre retinal trials, in particular those investigating novel treatments of age-related macular degeneration. He also has a research interest in diseases of the vitreomacular interface, such as vitreomacular traction, epiretinal membrane and macular hole, and novel surgical retina innovations such as the retinal implant (so-called ‘bionic eye’). Tim is currently planning an international multicentre TIGER trial on management of SMH with prestigious EURETINA grant. He has more than 100 PubMed retinal / macular publications and certainly one of the most prolific academic vitreoretinal surgeons today.