Robert MacLaren

Robert E. MacLaren FRCOph FRCS VR is an English ophthalmologist.

He is Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford and Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. He is a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Oxford Eye Hospital and an Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Great Ormond Street Hospital. He is also an Honorary Consultant Vitreo-retinal Surgeon at the Moorfields Eye Hospital.

MacLaren is an NIHR Senior Investigator, or lead researcher, for the specialty of Ophthalmology. In addition, he is a member of the research committee of Euretina: the European Society of Retina specialists

He is a Fellow of Merton College, in Oxford and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is also a mentor for the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Robert MacLaren was born on 14 November 1966, at Epsom in Surrey. His father was a photographer, which prompted an early interest in optics. MacLaren was educated and trained at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, from 1985 to 1990, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and a Bachelor of Surgery (ChB). Dr. MacLaren then earned an academic doctorate, between 1992 and 1995, at the University of Oxford, where the PhD is known as a DPhil. The doctorate was for his work on optic-nerve regeneration. As an undergraduate, he also attended courses at Yale University, in the United States.

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