Managing Complications in Glaucoma Surgery

Francis Carbonaro, MD, PhD, FRCOphth, is currently a Consultant Ophthalmologist at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. Dr. Carbonaro graduated as a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Malta in 1999 and subsequently specialized in Ophthalmology, gaining his doctorate from King's College London for a thesis entitled 'Genetic Epidemiology of Glaucoma Endophenotypes: A Twin Study.' He then worked as a Specialty Registrar in Ophthalmology at hospitals in and around London and was awarded his FRCOphth in 2011. Prior to joining the Mater Dei Hospital, his most recent position was as a Glaucoma ASTO Fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK. Dr. Carbonaro is a member of the editorial boards of Ocular Diseases & Therapeutics, Eye Reports, and Journal of Ophthalmology and has over 14 peer review publications.

Mr K. Sheng Lim is Head of the Glaucoma Service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London. He read medicine at Leicester University before training as an ophthalmologist in London, then specialising in Glaucoma after further training in Moorfields Eye Hospital & The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is currently involved in 12 glaucoma clinical trials as a chief or principal investigator and has delivered over 100 invited lectures nationally and internationally in the last ten years.

Mr Lim obtained his Doctorate in Medicine from University in London in 2001, after spending more than two years at the Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and University of Brighton researching a new type of implant for glaucoma treatments. He is now the research lead for the ophthalmology department at St Thomas' Hospital. His research is focused on pathophysiology and treatment of glaucoma.