Geoffrey Rose

Background

Doctor Rose was born in 1955 in Purley (south London), England, son of Horace Edgar Rose, professor of engineering at King"s College London.

Education

He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacology, with first-class honours, in 1976. He attended the King"s College Hospital Medical School, University of London, finishing in 1979.

Career

With further training in Internal Medicine, he was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1982. He has a Master of Surgery (1990) for work on corneal endothelial changes after cataract surgery and a Doctor of Science (in Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery, 2004). His qualifications include Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Mississippi Doctor of Science Membership of the Royal College of Physicians Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons FRCOphth.

Doctor Rose is a Consultant Orbital, Lacrimal and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon and Director of the Adnexal Service at Moorfields Eye Hospital and has published over one hundred papers and articles on adnexal disease.

He is a frequent speaker at seminars and meetings around the globe and he has delivered many prestigious lectures. His most recent areas of research have included treatment of orbital amyloidosis, lacrimal drainage surgery, treatment of capillary hemangioma, monitoring of optic nerve glioma and ocular disease in lichen planus.

Achievements

• Doctor Rose received further training in ophthalmology at King"s College Hospital, Street Thomas Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, with award of Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Although primarily a clinician, Doctor Rose has carried out research into eye disease, a lifetime achievement which was recognised in 2001 when he was awarded a Doctor of Science degree, from the University of London.

Membership

He is currently the president of the British OculoPlastic Surgery Society (BOPSS), and a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, The Orbit Society and an honorary member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.