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Current NHS consultant posts held

Professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist
The Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
NE1 4LP

Research interests

Corneal diseases
Stem Cells
Corneal transplantation
Keratoconus
Dry eye
Ocular allergy

Publications

FIGUEIREDO FC, GLANVILLE JM, ARBER M, CARR E, RYDEVIK G, HOGG J, OKONKWO A, FIGUEIREDO G, LAKO M, WHITER F, WILSON K. A systematic review of cellular therapies for the treatment of limbal stem cell deficiency affecting one or both eyes. The Ocular Surface. 2021 Jan 4;20:48-61. doi:10.1016/j.jtos.2020.12.008.

LOMAS R, CHANDRASEKAR A, MACDONALD-WALLIS C, KAYE S, RAUZ S, FIGUEIREDO FC. Patient Reported Outcome Measures for a Large Cohort of Serum Eye Drops Recipients in the UK. Accepted for publication Eye (London), Jan 2021 (EYE-20-1220R).

ARMSTRONG L, COLLIN J, MOSTAFA I, QUEEN R, FIGUEIREDO FC, LAKO M. In the eye of the storm: SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication at the ocular surface? STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, Jan 2021 (Article ID: SCT312921). Doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0543.

AHMMED AA; TING DSJ; FIGUEIREDO FC. Epidemiology, Economic and Humanistic Burdens of Ocular Surface Chemical Injury: A Narrative Review. Accepted for publication in The Ocular Surface. Feb 2021 (THEOCULARSURFACE-D-20-00557R1).

FIGUEIREDO FC, BAUDOUIN C, ROLANDO M, MESSMER EM, VAN SETTEN G, GARRIGUE JS, GARRIGOS G, LABETOULLE M. The Enduring Experience in Dry Eye Diagnosis: A Non-Interventional Study Comparing the Experiences of Patients Living with and without Sjögren’s Syndrome. Accepted for publication in Ophthalmology and Therapy Journal. March 2021 (OPTH-D-21-00009R1).

COLLIN J, QUEEN R, ZERTI D, BOJIC S, DORGAU B, MOYSE N, MOLINA MM, YANG C, DEY S, REYNOLD G, HUSSAIN R, COXHEAD JM, LISGO S, HENDERSON D, JOSEPH A, ROONEY P, GHOSH S, CONNON C, HANIFFA M, FIGUEIREDO FC, ARMSTRONG L, LAKO M. A single cell atlas of human cornea that defines its development, limbal progenitor cells and their interactions with the immune cells. Accepted for publication in The Ocular Surface. Mar 2021 (THEOCULARSURFACE-D-20-00587R2).

CARTES C, LAKO M, FIGUEIREDO FC. Referral Patterns of Patients with Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency to a Specialized Tertiary Center in the United Kingdom. Ophthalmol Ther. May 2021():1-11. Doi: 10.1007/s40123-021-00349-y.