My Story

I have been a consultant eye surgeon for 17 years and involved in eye care for 26 years.  My specialist interests are in corneal disease and glaucoma. Every working day, I see people who are dealing with sight loss.  In my time I have seen how research has translated into clinical treatments which has now become routine practice. Research is therefore invaluable.

For those that know me, you will be aware what a challenge this will be for me! I am running the London Marathon for Fight for Sight as I want to help develop the future treatments to turn untreatable blindness into preventable sight loss and help preserve patients vision.

I would be really grateful for your help in raising as much as possible to help prevent sight loss and “Fight for Sight”!

The London Marathon has become an annual, inspiring and colourful fixture in the world’s sporting calendar since the inaugural race on 29 March 1981: a celebration of fun, fundraising and fancy dress.

Over the years more than a million people have completed the 26.2-mile course – which runs from Blackheath to The Mall, with a spectacular finish in front of Buckingham Palace, showcasing the very best that the capital city has to offer.

What’s more, these participants have raised over a billion pounds for charity and there have been countless amazing tales of human achievement throughout the event’s history – living up to its aim of helping participants ‘to have fun, and provide some happiness and sense of achievement in a troubled world’.