Consultant Profile
Professor Ananth Viswanathan
BSc(Hons), MBBS (Lond), FRCOphth, MD
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Speciality: Ophthalmology
Professional Profile
Having graduated from St Thomas’s Hospital in 1989 and completed a residency in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Mr Viswanathan is a Consultant Surgeon at Moorfields specialising in Cataract and Glaucoma. In addition to the clinical component of his work, Mr Viswanathan is active in teaching and research: he contributes in these areas locally, nationally and internationally.
Specialises In
Glaucoma
Cataract
Professional Memberships
BSc(Hons) in Neuroscience
MD in Visual Psychophysics in Glaucoma
PhD in Genetic Epidemiology
Member of Asia Pacific Glaucoma Guideline International Review Committee
Member of Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2 Management Committee (and Principal Applicant for Glaucoma)
Member of Medical Research Council Steering Committee on Glaucoma Screening Feasibility Study (and Study Collaborator)
Member of UK Genetic Testing Network Working Group
Member of the British Eye Study Group
Member of World Glaucoma Association Guidelines for Reporting and Publishing Committee
Editorial Board Member, International Glaucoma Review
Member of UK & Eire Glaucoma Society
Member of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Member of Statistical Genetics Group, Institute of Psychiatry. London
Member of the International Perimetric Society
Invited Expert, Lasker Foundation / International Retinal Research Foundation Initiative for Innovation in Vision Science