Professor Colin Willoughby

Professor Willoughby is a Professor of Ophthalmology in Ulster University and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust where he practices in cataract surgery and glaucoma.

Professor Willoughby is a Professor of Ophthalmology in Ulster University and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust where he practices in cataract surgery and glaucoma.

Professor Willoughby has trained in Liverpool and Canada and has worked as a clinical-academic in Queen’s University Belfast, the University of Liverpool, and Ulster University. He runs an active laboratory programme which uses genomic information and technologies to understand ocular biology and mechanisms, in health and disease states. The main aim of his research is to improve the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of two major worldwide blinding disorders: corneal blindness and glaucoma.

He is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the International Society for Eye Research and lectures nationally and internationally on glaucoma, corneal diseases and genetics.

Prof Colin Willoughby has over 100 published articles and reviews, cited over 3900 times

Current NHS Posts 

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Professor of Ophthalmology, Ulster University.

Personal profile

Professor Willoughby keeps busy through his work, however to relax he enjoys nice meals out, Formula 1, travelling and doing gardening when he can.

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