Year of first medical qualification: 1998
Location of initial medical training: Guys and St Thomas’ Medical and Dental Schools
Location of ophthalmology training: Emma Jones was educated at Millfield School, UK, before training in medicine at Guy’s and St.Thomas’ Medical School, London. She undertook a BSc in genetics in 1995, graduated in 1998 (MB BS) and subsequently undertook medical training in London to become a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of England (MRCP) in 1998. After this she began training in Ophthalmology in Oxford where she completed her Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists London (MRCOphth) and Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (FRCSEd).
Emma Jones continued to train in Ophthalmology at a number of premier Ophthalmology units in London and was given the prestigious position of Senior Ophthalmology Resident at Moorfields in 2009. After undertaking fellowships in glaucoma at St Thomas’ Hospital and Moorfields Hospital she has worked as a Consultant at Moorfields since 2011.
She undertook research into wound healing and glaucoma with Professor Khaw at the institute of Ophthalmology, which resulted in a publication in Nature Biotechnology on a new treatment to improve the surgical success in glaucoma surgery. She has also published a popular textbook for medical students on genetics.
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