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• Newcastle University: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/

Current NHS consultant posts held

Professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist
The Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
NE1 4LP

Research interests

Corneal diseases
Stem Cells
Corneal transplantation
Keratoconus
Dry eye
Ocular allergy

Publications

SANDHU SS, SMITH J M, DOHERTY M, JAMES A, FIGUEIREDO FC. Do Topical Ophthalmic Corticosteroids suppress the Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Post Penetrating Keratoplasty Patients?. Eye (Lond). 2012 May;26(5):699-702.

CARR AJ, NG W-F, FIGUEIREDO F. MACLEOD RI, GREENWOOD M. Sjogren's syndrome - an update for dental practitioners. Br Dent J. 2012; 213(7):353-7.

SULLIVAN BD, CREWS LA, MESSMER EM, FOULKS GN, NICHOLS KK, BAENNINGER P, GEERLING G, FIGUEIREDO F, LEMP MA. Correlations between commonly used objective signs and symptoms for the diagnosis of dry eye disease: clinical implications. Acta Ophthalmol. Decemebr 2012. doi: 10.1111/aos.12012. [Epub ahead of print].

OSEI-BEMPONGN C, FIGUEIREDO FC, LAKO M. The limbal epithelium of the eye – A review of limbal stem cell biology, disease and treatment. Bioessays. 2013, Mar, 35(3): 211-219.

BAYLIS O, ROONEY P, FIGUEIREDO F, LAKO M, AHMAD S.. An investigation of donor and culture parameters which influence epithelial outgrowth from human cadaveric limbal explants cultured on amniotic membrane. J Cell Physiol. 2013; 228(5):1025-30.



FIGUEIREDO G, KOLLI SP, AHMAD S, GALES K, FIGUEIREDO F. The Urrets-Zavalia Syndrome following penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013; 251 (3): 809-815.