Surgical management of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy

Alistair Laidlaw is a Vitreoretinal Surgeons at St Thomas Hospital in London since 1998. His initial medical training was in Newcastle Upon Tyne, with a subsequent six years (including an MD) in Bristol, before a final three years of training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London.Alistair is active in research with over 70 published research papers to his name, mainly on retinal surgery. He has been involved in the development of vision measurement software and electronic medical records.

He has trained and inspired a generation of future Vitreoretinal Surgeons both as part of a formal fellowship training programme at St Thomas’ Hospital and through teaching events such the annual VR In A Day course.

Mr Laidlaw has been both Honorary Secretary and President of the British & Eire Association of Vitreo Retinal Surgeons. He has been an elected member of the board of Euretina for 6 years and has been elected as the next President of Euretina from September 2021.