Lecturers

The Claud Worth medal is awarded every year for “a lifetime distinction in paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus”. It is usually preceded by the delivery of the eponymous lecture, The Claud Worth Lecture at the annual meeting of BIPOSA.

The recipients so far are :

2001 – Professor Creig Hoyt, University of California
2002 – Professor Ray Buncic, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto,
2003 – Professor Scott Lambert, Emory Eye Centre, Atlanta Georgia
2004 – Professor Michael O’Keeffe, RVEEH, Dublin
2005 – Professor Tony Moore, Moorfields Eye Hospital
2006 – Professor Brenda Gallie, University of Toronto
2007 – Professor Heléne Dolfus, Faculté de Medécine de Strasboug
2008 – Professor Edward Buckley, Duke University, North Carolina
2009 – Dr Glen Cole, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
2010 – Dr Christopher J Lyons, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver
2011 – Professor Ed Wilson, Storm Eye Institute, South Carolina, USA
2012 – Professor Alex Levine, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
2013 – Professor Michael Repka, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore
2014 – Mr John Elston, Oxford Eye Hospital
2015 – Dr Carol Shields, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia
2016 – Professor Sir Peng Khaw, Moorfields Eye Hospital
2017 – Professor Elias Traboulsi, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
2018 – Professor Chris Lloyd, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
2019 – Dr. Asim Ali, Toronto
2022 – Miss Gill Adams, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
2023 – Dr Stacy Pineles, UCLA, California
2024 – Prof Jugnoo Rahi, ICH, London