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
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
Surgeon Adviser # 1: UK: Da Cruz, Lyndon (tba)
Surgeon Adviser # 2: USA: Freitag, Suzanne
Surgeon Adviser # 3: SOA Chair, Africa: Ladner, Grant
Surgeon Adviser # 4: SOA Chair, Australia: Verma, Nitin
Surgeon Adviser # 5: SOA Chair, Canada: Khan, Michelle
Surgeon Adviser # 6: SOA Chair, Hong Kong: Yuen, Hunter
Surgeon Adviser # 7: SOA Chair, NZ: Hart, Richard
Surgeon Adviser # 8: SOA Chair, Scotland: Peden, Rob
Surgeon Adviser # 9: SOA Chair, Singapore: Shen, Sunny
Surgeon Adviser # 10: SOA Chair, Sweden: Bohman, Elin
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
Academic Event Coordinator: Mathewson, Priscilla
SJEHG Clinical Research Coordinator: Iriqat, Salam
USA West Coast Liaison: Terzian, Jim
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
