Sobha Sivaprasad

Professor and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital; Director of NIHR Moorfields Clinical Research Facility, London, UK

What is an interesting or little-known fact about you? 

I love to read biographies of the younger Royal Family.

Why did you decide to pursue ophthalmology/your subspecialty? 

I liked it at medical school.

Who is someone in ophthalmology/your subspecialty that you feel has been particularly influential over the past 10 years? 

Professor Alan Bird.

What’s been the biggest breakthrough in ophthalmology/your specific field over the last 10 years? 

Anti-VEGF agents.

Is there a particular tool, technological advance, or instrument you would not have been able to live without over the past 10 years? 

OCT.

Do you have any strong opinions with which the rest of the field tends to disagree? 

Topical drops are required to replace intravitreal anti-VEGF injections.