The St John Ophthalmic Association (SOA, Ltd)
Founded 2015
Registered office: 4 Charterhouse Mews, London EC1M 6BB
Board of Directors
Mr Guy Morton (Chair)
Dr Maged Abu Ramadan
Mr David Pyott
Mr Tim Jones
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.: Mr George Woods, MBA, HonRSCM, CStJ
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
