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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Inherited retinal disease pathway in the UK: a patient perspective and the potential of AI.
Journal article
Wong W. et al, (2025), Br J Ophthalmol
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Sleep and mood in central serous chorioretinopathy.
Journal article
Yang Y. et al, (2025), Eye (Lond)
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Next-generation phenotyping of inherited retinal diseases from multimodal imaging with Eye2Gene.
Journal article
Pontikos N. et al, (2025), Nat Mach Intell, 7, 967 - 978
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Quantification of Fundus Autofluorescence Features in a Molecularly Characterized Cohort of >3500 Patients with Inherited Retinal Disease from the United Kingdom.
Journal article
Woof WA. et al, (2025), Ophthalmol Sci, 5
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Real-world six-month outcomes in patients switched to faricimab following partial response to anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema.
Journal article
Borchert GA. et al, (2024), Eye (Lond)