Professor Gus Gazzard, Consultant OphthalmologistProfessor Gus Gazzard, Consultant Ophthalmologist
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Gus has run several clinical trials in glaucoma surgery. His research interests include angle closure glaucoma, randomised controlled trials of glaucoma treatments, and anterior segment imaging.

For a comprehensive listing of Professor Gazzard’s research and publications see his listing on the ORCID website here. 

  • Professor Gazzard was part of the world’s first randomised controlled trial to prove the effectiveness of the PRESERFLO™ MicroShunt Glaucoma Drainage System. Read more
  • He has the largest amount of experience in the U.K. and Europe with Hydrus micro-stent procedures, with over 350 devices implanted. Read more
  • Professor Gazzard in a leading author of multiple publications on Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) including influential Cochrane meta-analyses of all the available studies. Read more
  • He led the world’s largest, pivotal and highly influential study proving laser can be safely and effectively used for newly diagnosed open angle glaucoma patients as in the ground-breaking Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty (SLT) study. Read more
  • He has authored over 110 publications, and is currently working as the chief investigator on the LiGHT SLT Trial.
  • Prof. Gazzard is the author of ’this definitive review of the data on the main treatment for angle closure. You can read this ground-breaking paper on his research here
  • His particular areas of research are the diagnosis and surgical management of glaucoma and cataracts, with a particular interest in randomised controlled trials of treatment as well as the epidemiology and prevention of myopia.

Research experience includes:

  • Research into laser alternatives to drop treatments (laser trabeculoplasty, SLT), angle closure glaucoma and randomised controlled trials of treatment.
  • Two years research into the diagnosis and management of glaucoma ~ Institute of Ophthalmology, London and Singapore National Eye Centre leading to MD Thesis (2006, UCL)
  • Two year Surgical Glaucoma Fellowship ~ Moorfields

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Research

  • Iridotomy to slow progression of visual field loss in angle-closure glaucoma – Paper
  • SLT Trial Chief Investigator
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