Who we are

The St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group
Ophthalmic Association
(SOA, Ltd)

Founded 2015

Registered office: 4 Charterhouse Mews, London EC1M 6BB


Board of Directors

Mr Tim Jones (Chair)
Dr Maged Abu Ramadan
Mr David Pyott
Prof Lyndon da Cruz
Mr David Verity
Dr Ahmad Ma’ali


Honorary appointments

SOA Vice-Patron: Dr. Michael Dan, CM, OOnt, LLD, PhD (Hon)
SOA Clinical Lead: Mr David Verity, MD MA FRCOphth


Clinical Council

Order Hospitaller (Clinical Chair): Verity, David
US Hospitaller: Pyott, David
SJEHG CEO: Ma’ali, Ahmad
SJEHG MD: Iyad Habil
SJEHG Research Lead: Talbishi, Ala’a

ADVISERS
UK: Lyndon Da Cruz
USA: Charles Mosteller, Suzanne Freitag, Bita Esmaeli
SOA Chair, Africa: Grant Ladner
SOA Chair, Australia: Nitin Verma
SOA Chair, Canada: Michelle Khan
SOA Chair, Hong Kong: Hunter Yuen
SOA Chair, NZ: Richard Hart
SOA Chair, Scotland: Rob Peden
SOA Chair, Singapore: Sunny Shen
SOA Chair, Sweden: Elin Bohman


SOA – Middle East

Chair: Dr Iyad Habil, MD
Research Chair: Dr Ala’a Talbishi, MD
Allied Health Chair: Dr Ahmad Ma’ali, PhD

SOA – Asia Pacific

(1) Australia: Prof Nitin Verma, MD
(2) New Zealand: Mr Richard Hart, MD (Chair). Miss Catherine McMurray, MD (Hon Sec)
(3) Singapore: Prof Sunny Shen, MD, FRCOphth
(4) Hong Kong: Prof Hunter Yuen, MD

SOA – Africa

Chair: Dr Grant Ladner, MD
Hon Sec.: Dr Akiel Asvat, MD
Hon Scientific Adviser: Dr Mpopi Lenake, MD
Hon Treasurer: Dr Carol Willies, MD

SOA – Europe

England: Mr David H Verity, MD, MA, FRCOphth
Scotland: Mr Robert Peden, MD, MA, FRCOphth
Sweden: Dr Elin Bohman, MD

SOA – Americas

USA:
Chair: Mr David Pyott, CBE
Hon Sec: Dr Charles Mosteller, MD
Hon Treasurer: Dr Bruce Spivey, MD, MS, MEd

Canada: 
Chair: Dr Michelle Khan, MD


Advisory Positions

Royal College of Ophthalmologists Representative: TBA
Digital Director: Gore, Sri
On line editor: Graham Lee
SOCS Editors: Michelle Khan, Jonathan Than
SJEHG Clinical Research Coordinator: Iriqat, Salam
Alliance Johannine Orders: Bender, John
Historical & Cultural Adviser: Revd Canon Nicholas Porter
Digital Marketing & Social Media: Borg, Anouk


The St John Ophthalmic Association Ltd (registered Company number 12631428) is part of St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, Registered Charity Number 1139527