Moorfields Eye Hospital

Mr Ahmad Ahmado

As Clinical Research Fellow and PhD student for the London Project, I have a special interest in subretinal surgery for RPE disease and an equal interest in the experimental approach to the project. My specific areas of interest are bio-engineered polymers as a substrate for cellular transplantation, retinal pigment epithelium differentiation markers including transepithelial resistance and impedance, Extracellular matrix substitutes for attachment and differentiation of in vitro RPE and RPE biology.

Key achievements

One of the clinicians who devised a strategy for subretinal substrate transplantation.

Growth and differentiation of ARPE19 on degradable engineered polymers

Measurment of ARPE19 impedance profiles on various substrates.

Comparison of peptide fragments as an extracellular matrix substitute.

Key publications

• Vugler, A., Lawrence, J., Walsh, J., Carr, A.J., Gias, C., Semo, M., Ahmado, A., da Cruz, L., Andrews, P. & Coffey, P.J. Embryonic stem cells and retinal repair. Mechanisms of development, 2007 in press.
• Da Cruz, L, Chen, FK, Ahmado, A, Greenwood, J, Coffey, P. RPE Transplantation and its role in retinal disease. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2007 in press
• Rubinstein A, Riddell CE, Akram I, Ahmado A, Benjamin L. Orbital Emphysema leading to blindness Archives of Ophthalmology Vol 123, Oct 2005;1452
• Shaikh, A, Ahmado, A, James, B. Severe Cough: a cause of late bleb leak Journal of Glaucoma, Volume 12, Number 2, April 2003:181-183

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