Practical Medical Retina

Dr. Christiana Dinah is the macula service and research lead at Central Middlesex Hospital. She is the Director for Research and Innovation at LNWH and the Director for the newly established NIHR North West London Commercial Research Delivery Centre. She is also an honorary senior clinical lecturer at Imperial College, London. She completed her medical retina fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital and then became a consultant at Central Middlesex Hospital, where she set up the award-winning research department.Dr. Dinah has served as chief investigator or principal investigator in over 25 clinical trials, from Phase I to Phase IV. She has been involved in writing national guidelines, including the NICE guidelines for diabetic retinopathy. Her research interests are in AMD and retinovascular diseases, and she is passionate about patient-centric research design and inclusion in clinical research.Professor Gwyn Samuel Williams attended medical school at King’s College London and completed his ophthalmology training on the Wales circuit. He undertook a year’s fellowship in medical retina and uveitis at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and from June 2016 onwards, he has been a consultant in Swansea, specialising in medical retina and inflammatory eye disease. He is an honorary Associate Professor at Swansea University, and from 2020 to 2023, was Llywydd of the RCOphth in Wales and Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology to the Welsh Government. At present, he is Associate Dean and Head of the School of Ophthalmology in Wales. He has a keen interest in reading, writing and hiking through the beautiful Welsh countryside, and was Plaid Cymru’s candidate for the 2019 and 2024 elections in his constituency of Swansea West.

It's a fantastic book which I very much enjoyed. It's not one for complete beginners (e.g you have no idea about the anatomy of the retina yet or you've not looked at an Oct before). It's also not one you would use for exams. However, it's great for getting a handle on core medical retina topics whether you're an ophthalmology trainee, general ophthalmologist looking to refresh their medical retina knowledge, or an optometrist. Highly recommend. Dr Zaria Ali, Research Fellow (Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK), Section Editor (Eye News).

• 1 Introduction 2 Imaging and Investigations in Medical Retina 3 Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration 4 Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration 5 Myopic and Other Secondary Neovascular Membranes 6 Diabetic Retinopathy and Maculopathy 7 Retinal Vein Occlusions 8 Central Serous Chorioretinopathy 9 Inherited Retinal Dystrophies and Genetic Conditions 10 Other Important Medical Retina Conditions 11 Service Planning 12 Morality and Ethics in Medical Retina