Peter Shah

Professor Peter Shah is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Supra-Regional Glaucoma Specialist. He is also the Director of Education for Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London Partners (“Eyes and Vision Theme”). He is Honorary Professor of Glaucoma at the Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement at the University of Wolverhampton. He is an internationally-recognised leader in Glaucoma Surgery, and also specialises in Complex Cataract Surgery. He has written 4 Ophthalmology textbooks and has authored over 70 research publications.

Professor Shah is a founder-member of the Midlands Glaucoma Society, past-chair of the British Eye Study Group and a serving member of the Council of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. As a teacher he has organised many national and international symposia and courses, including the annual Birmingham Glaucoma Masterclass , “Sailing A Safe Ship” (a leadership course for young Consultants which focuses on patient safety and risk management), the Royal College Glaucoma Surgery Masterclass and the Birmingham Trabeculectomy Wet-lab Academy. Professor Shah has a long-term interest in patient safety and risk management and is a national teacher in these areas. He is a past-Glaucoma section editor for “Eye” and is a reviewer for many international journals.

Professor Shah is the leader of the “ReGAE” team – Research into Glaucoma And Ethnicity – which aims to prevent avoidable glaucoma blindness in the diverse ethnic communities of the UK. He is also a member of a team of Eye Surgeons providing charitable support to an Ophthalmic Unit in Tanzania via “Sight For East Africa”. Professor Shah is Patron to the charity “Speight of the Art”, which aims to seek out future artistic skills and talent in children aged between 4 and 18, in all its various forms including portraiture, landscape, fashion design, architecture, graphic design, sculpture and modern art. It also aims to promote and encourage the involvement of all young people in art as a means of self expression; contributing to personal and community development.