Mark Gillies
retinal clinician
Healthcare
Opthea
Australia
Biography
Prof Mark Gillies is a retinal clinician with a distinguished 25-year history in the research of retinal disease. The first Australian ophthalmologist to be awarded a PhD, he studied in Boston and London before joining the University of Sydney’s Save Sight Institute, where he leads the Macular Research Group. He has been a scientific advisor to the Macular Photocoagulation Study Group, the world’s leading investigator-initiated study group for retinal diseases, and is currently Scientific Manager of the MacTel Project, an international project to identify a cure for Macular Telangiectasia Type 2.
Research Interest
ophthalmology
