Gerard McGowan
MBChB FRCOphth

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cataract and Vitreoretinal Surgeon

Awards Received

2014
Alcon Oustanding Poster Award
Scottish Ophthalmology Club
2014
ARVO M.I.T Outstanding poster award USA
2013
Saint Lazarus Trust Award
2013
Avro Pauline And Oswald Lapp Travel Award USA
For contribution to research and innovation in macular disease
2012
Scottish Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit Grant
2012
Dorey Bequest Scholarship Travel Award
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK
2011
Lachlan MacNeil Scholarship Travel Award
Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow

Publications

Most recent publications.

Incidence of submacular haemorrhage (SMH) in Scotland: a Scottish Ophthalmic Surveillance Unit (SOSU) study.
Al-Hity A, Steel DH, Yorston D, Gilmour D, Koshy Z, Young D, Hillenkamp J,McGowan G. Eye (Lond). 2019 Mar;33(3):486-491. doi 10.1038/s41433-018-0239-4. Epub 2018 Oct 29.PMID:30374150 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
QUIET PLEASE! Effect of distraction on simulated posterior segment surgical performance.
McGowan G, Jawaheer L, Young D, Yorston D. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar;256(3):519-523. doi: 10.1007/s00417-017-3891-7. Epub 2018 Feb 4.PMID: 29399709 Clinical Trial.
D-CHART: A Novel Method of Measuring Metamorphopsia in Epiretinal Membrane and Macular Hole.
McGowan G, Yorston D, Strang NC, Manahilov V. Retina. 2016 Apr;36(4):703-8. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000000778.PMID: 26441261
Vitrectomy with subretinal tissue plasminogen activator for submacular haemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration: retrospective case series of 45 consecutive cases.
González-López JJ, McGowan G, Chapman E, Yorston D. Eye (Lond). 2016 Jul;30(7):929-35. doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.65. Epub 2016 Apr 8.PMID: 27055681 Free PMC article.
Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess complicated by endogenous endophthalmitis: the importance of early diagnosis and intervention.
Moore PP, McGowan GF, Sandhu SS, Allen PJ.Med J Aust. 2015 Oct 5;203(7):300-1. doi: 10.5694/mja15.00107.PMID: 26424068 No abstract available.
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