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Susan Downes
MD, FRCOphth
Professor of Ophthalmology
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
- Senior Research Fellow
- Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology
Susan Downes is the Clinical Network Lead for Ophthalmology research in the Thames Valley and Clinical research Lead for Ophthalmology in the new Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute (SCNi).
Research
Susie researches inherited retinal degeneration and phenotype genotype correlation as well as treatment of age related macular degeneration and central serous chorioretinopathy and sleep studies in ocular disease, She has collaborative links worldwide in these fields with research and training.
Recent publications
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Outcomes and Adverse Effects of Voretigene Neparvovec Treatment for Biallelic RPE65-Mediated Inherited Retinal Dystrophies in a Cohort of Patients from a Single Center.
Journal article
Kiraly P. et al, (2023), Biomolecules, 13
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Heterozygous UCHL1 loss-of-function variants cause a neurodegenerative disorder with spasticity, ataxia, neuropathy, and optic atrophy.
Journal article
Park J. et al, (2023), Genet Med
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The Role of Inflammation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration-Therapeutic Landscapes in Geographic Atrophy.
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2023), Cells, 12
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Combined central serous chorioretinopathy, hypermetropia, short axial length, chorioretinal folds, enlarged/thickened ocular coats, with varying association of scleral changes (CHAFES).
Journal article
Downes SM. et al, (2023), BMC Ophthalmol, 23
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Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation in a Patient with Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Journal article
Kiraly P. et al, (2023), Genes (Basel), 14