Diabetic Retinopathy: Screening to Treatment

Ramesh R. Sivaraj works as a Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interests in medical retinal diseases, intraocular inflammation & cataract surgery at the University Hospitals Birmingham. He was previously the Clinical Director & diabetic lead for the department and is currently the research lead for Ophthalmology at Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the Aston university and is involved in medical students and optometry students teaching program. He is a member of the International Medical Graduate's sub- committee at the Royal College of Ophthalmology. He in the principal investigator in several National Institute of Health Research sponsored trials in the West Midlands. Professor Paul M. Dodson currently serves as Professor of Medicine at Aston University and as a Consultant Physician in Medical Opthalmology and Diabetes with Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.

1: Alexander D. Wright: What is diabetes?
2: Paul Galsworthy: Diabetic retinopathy- reasons for screening
3: Navjot Gahir and Mirriam Shah: Anatomy of the eye and the healthy fundus
4: Paul M. Dodson: Diabetes and the eye
5: Rachel Stockwin & Emma Shepherd: Background diabetic retinopathy
6: Helen Wharton: Maculopathy
7: Prashant Amrelia: Pre-proliferative and proliferative retinopathy
8: Karen Whitehouse: Advanced diabetic eye disease
9: Jonathan M. Gibson: Other ophthalmic lesions in the fundus
10: David K. Roy and Prashant Amrelia: The screening episode - visual acuity, mydriasis, and digital photography
11: Karen Whitehouse: How to grade
12: Paul Galsworthy: The principles of a national diabetic retinopathy screening programme (DESP)
13: Rebecca Smith: Programme administration and fail-safe
14: Andrew Mills: Models of screening and IT
15: Karen Whitehouse: Training and accreditation for retinal screening and grading
16: Paul M. Dodson: Medical management of diabetic retinopathy
17: Alexander Wright and Paul M. Dodson: Patients of Concern
18: Sarita Jacob and Ramesh R. Sivaraj: Imaging in diabetic retinopathy
19: Ramesh R. Sivaraj & Jonathan M. Gibson: Ophthalmic treatment of diabetic retinopathy
20: Sobha Joseph and Ramesh R. Sivaraj: New treatment strategies for diabetic eye disease