How Much Vision Can We Save in the Future? Richard Gale
Event details
What does the Marathon des Sables teach us about endurance, hope and transforming outcomes in age-related Macular Degeneration?
In the Sahara Desert, every step forward is optional - and quitting is always rational. With research into age-related Macular Degeneration the challenge is different but can be just as tough; patients don't get to choose whether the race starts. Both demand the same thing - relentless endurance when the finish line is nowhere in sight.
Join Richard Gale, an internationally renowned expert in medical diseases of the retina, as he focuses on the critical question: how much vision can be saved in the future?
Richard will be taking part in the Marathon des Sables in 2027, raising money for the Yorkshire Macular Degeneration Fund.
The James Burgess Lecture
This event is presented in partnership with the Yorkshire Philosophical Society.
About the speaker
Professor Richard Gale is an internationally renowned expert in medical diseases of the retina, practising in York and North Lincolnshire. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology with the Hull York Medical School and the University of York, and an Honorary Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist with the York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Training in Yorkshire, Cambridge and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he completed a PhD in Macular Degeneration at the University of York. Having published over 100 papers he has particular interest in biomarkers, screening, artificial intelligence and clinical trials to improve the lives of those with Macular Degeneration. He works with many international organisations. He is a former President of the Medical Ophthalmology Society and established the Yorkshire Macular Degeneration Fund, with Dame Judi Dench as Patron.
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