Professor peng tee khaw biography of williams

In the second of our interviews in this series, Eye News speaks to Professor Sir Peng Tee Khaw, Professor of Glaucoma and Ocular Healing, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Director of the National Institute for Health Research, Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Director of Research and Development at Moorfields Hospital UCL Partners Director of Eyes and Vision, and Knight of the Realm.

Professor Sir Peng Tee Khaw.

You received the first knighthood in ophthalmology in 50 years.

David garway-heath

Top 10 ophthalmologist in the world

Best ophthalmologist in the world

Professor and Consultant Eye Surgeon (Director National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS.

The original news release was published June.

Can you explain how it came about? What did you say to the Queen?

I had no idea that I had been proposed for an honour. The first I knew about it was when I received a letter from the Cabinet Office just after I returned home from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting in Seattle, USA, having just completed my term as the first UK President of ARVO.

I was still jet lagged and thought I must be dreaming when I