Contact information
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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Crossover to Photodynamic Therapy or Micropulse Laser After Failure of Primary Treatment of Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: The REPLACE Trial
Journal article
van Rijssen TJ. et al, (2020), American Journal of Ophthalmology, 216, 80 - 89
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"Genetic and clinical findings in an ethnically diverse retinitis pigmentosa cohort associated with pathogenic variants in EYS".
Journal article
Cundy O. et al, (2020), Eye (Lond)
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Next generation sequencing using phenotype-based panels for genetic testing in inherited retinal diseases.
Journal article
Shah M. et al, (2020), Ophthalmic Genet, 1 - 7
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Hydroxychloroquine hitting the headlines—retinal considerations
Journal article
Downes SM. et al, (2020), Eye
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Association of Clinical and Genetic Heterogeneity With BEST1 Sequence Variations.
Journal article
Shah M. et al, (2020), JAMA Ophthalmol