1. Robert E MacLaren was born on 14 November 1966 and is a British ophthalmologist who has led pioneering work in the treatment of blindness caused by diseases of the retina.
35 Facts About Robert MacLaren
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Robert MacLaren is Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford and Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology.
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Robert MacLaren is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Oxford Eye Hospital.
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Robert MacLaren is an Honorary Consultant Vitreo-retinal Surgeon at the Moorfields Eye Hospital.
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Robert MacLaren was born on 14 November 1966, at Epsom in Surrey.
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Robert MacLaren's father was a photographer, which prompted an early interest in optics.
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Robert MacLaren was educated and trained at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, from 1985 to 1990, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery.
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Robert MacLaren then earned an academic doctorate, between 1992 and 1995, at the University of Oxford.
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Robert MacLaren was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford in March 2009.
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Robert MacLaren has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists since June 2003.
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Robert MacLaren is a professor in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, the academic ophthalmology outstation of Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, which is part of the Medical Sciences Division and based in the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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Robert MacLaren is described as 'one of the stars' of the developing inter-disciplinary field of ophthalmic translational medicine.
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Robert MacLaren has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since March 2009.
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Robert MacLaren has been Honorary Consultant Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in London, since May 2006.
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Robert MacLaren has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh since July 1998 and was awarded their annual King James IV Professorship in 2007.
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Robert MacLaren is one of the first surgeons in the world to have made a successful retinal implant for visual prosthesis, sometimes described as creating: a 'bionic eye'.
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Robert MacLaren is a pioneer in robot-assisted surgery for ophthalmic operations.
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Robert MacLaren was the assistant surgeon to James Bainbridge and helped perform the world's first retinal gene therapy treatment.
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Robert MacLaren suggested that if the trial were successful, an electronic retina could become standard for patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
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Robert MacLaren warned that current devices were not suitable to treat age-related macular degeneration or diseases of the optic-nerve, such as glaucoma.
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On 8 June 2015, the improved Alpha AMS device was implanted in the first patient, again with Robert MacLaren carrying out the procedure, in Oxford.
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The operation proved the efficacy of the new technologies available, allowing the possibility of exploiting their potential to new scientific and a medical ends: Robert MacLaren said that with robotic systems, a whole new chapter of eye surgery had just begun.
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The OxBRC's NHS Host is the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, where Robert MacLaren is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and its Academic Partner is the University of Oxford, where Robert MacLaren is Professor of Ophthalmology.
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Additionally, in 2016, the NIHR appointed Robert MacLaren to be a senior investigator, or lead researcher, for the speciality of ophthalmology.
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Between March 2001 and April 2006, Robert MacLaren was a Resident Clinical Research Fellow at the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust, in London.
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Robert MacLaren is formally qualified, with a Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education from 2006.
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Robert MacLaren has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since June 2003.
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Robert MacLaren has held weekly tutorials in medical sciences for undergraduates since 1992: anatomy, genetics and cell biology for Year 1, and neuroanatomy and visual neuroscience for year 2; third year FHS topics relate to gene therapy, stem cells or visual neuroscience.
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Robert MacLaren supervises junior doctors training in ophthalmic surgery and DPhil research students.
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Robert MacLaren has received four rounds of funding, including its IPO on NASDAQ in September 2017.
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Robert MacLaren achieved the rank of major before retiring from military service in 2012.
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Robert MacLaren was posted to the Honourable Artillery Company and, in due course, became the Surgeon-Major: the Regimental Medical Officer.
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The term Surgeon-Major applied to all the unit's RMOs, most of whom were in General Practice, and it was coincidental that Major Robert MacLaren was primarily an occupational surgeon.
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Major Robert MacLaren served as locum RMO to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, at Knightsbridge in London.
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Robert MacLaren is married with three children: two boys and a girl.