Professor Martin Snead

Professor Martin Snead is a College Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at Magdalene.

Professor Martin Snead has a special interest in all aspects of retinal and vitreous surgery, with particular focus on retinal detachment repair, ocular trauma, macular surgery, the management of severe late complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and surgery for complications following cataract surgery.

He is Director of Vitreoretinal Research at Cambridge University, where he investigates the molecular pathology of retinal detachment, especially in bilateral and familial retinal detachment and the Stickler syndromes (www.vitreoretinalservice.org). He also serves as the service lead for the NHS England nationally commissioned Highly Specialised Services diagnostic service for patients and families affected by this disorder (www.specialisedservices.nhs.uk).

In addition, he is a panel member of the NHS England Rare Diseases Advisory Group (RDAG).

Research Interest

• Pathogenesis
• Surgical management and prevention of vitreoretinal disorders including retinal detachment and other vitreomacular disorders.

Qualifications

• MA
• MD
• FRCS
• FRCOphth

Professional Affiliations

• Registered with the General Medical Council (Reg. No. 2981453)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Fellow Cambridge Philosophical Society
• Member of the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons
• Member NHS England Rare Diseases Advisory Group [RDAG]
• Master, Oxford Ophthalmological Congress 2017
• Member Club Jules Gonin