Location Emeryville, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Dr Francis is an ophthalmologist clinician-scientist with expertise in ophthalmic genetics and retinal disease. Peter graduated from medical school in the UK and undertook residency in London, UK. He is fellowship trained in retina and genetics (Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, and Casey Eye Institute, USA). Dr Francis has held academic faculty
positions at St Thomas’ Hospital, London and most recently, Casey Eye Institute, Portland, USA in which he has gained extensive experience of translational medicine and early phase human clinical trials for retinal disease. He has published over ninety peer-reviewed articles, together with more than one hundred presentations at national and international meetings on many aspects of retinal disease including gene identification, gene and stem cell therapy. Peter is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (London) and member of both the Macula the American Ophthalmological Societies. He contributes chapters for several of prestigious textbooks including Duane’s Clinical Ophthalmology. He is the recipient of several awards including “best up-and-coming medical researcher in the United Kingdom 2002”.
