Mr Colin Willoughby
Mr Colin Willoughby FRCOphth, MD
Mr Colin Willoughby left Northern Ireland to attend medical school at the University of Liverpool, qualifying with a Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) First Class in Anatomy in 1988, and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Honours (MBChB Hons) in 1991. He commenced ophthalmology clinical training in 1993 in Liverpool and obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) in 1996. His subsequent training continued in Liverpool and included a corneal fellowship for one year and training as a Specialist Registrar in ophthalmology until 1999, when he became Lecturer in Ophthalmology at the University of Liverpool.
Colin completed a fellowship programme in Ocular Genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. His initial research focussed on the ectodermal dysplasias, inherited disorders of the skin and cornea, gaining his Doctorate in Medicine (MD) in 2004 from the University of Liverpool. Colin now has a clinical and lab-based programme of research on the genetics of cataracts, glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, keratoconus and other corneal diseases. He has published numerous high-ranking scientific papers in ophthalmology and genetics, written 3 book chapters, acts as a referee for twelve international ophthalmology journals as well as reviewing research grants for government and charitable funding bodies.
Currently, Colin is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast.
