Dr John Buchan
Programme Director
United Kingdom
As an assistant professor in the International Centre for Eye Health in LSHTM, I have taken on the role as Programme Director for the MSc in Public Health for Eye Care. Along with this, I retain a clinical commitment as a consultant ophthalmologist in the NHS in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
I also serve as the Clinical Lead for the RCOphth National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) Cataract Audit, providing quality assurance for publicly funded cataract surgery in the UK (https://www.nodaudit.org.uk/), and prior to that I was the Principal Investigator on the RCOphth Way Forward project, identifying and disseminating progressive working practices across the UK (https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/standards-publications-research/the-way-forwa…).
In my clinical role I undertake high-volume cataract surgery and am responsible for the Emergency Eye Care provision in Leeds Teaching Hospitals. I am a founder member and former Vice President of the British Emergency Eye Care Society (www.BEECS.co.uk) and serve on the Council of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (https://www.ooc.uk.com/).
Until 2012 I worked for 4 years with CBM in Sierra Leone developing eye care services based in Freetown.
I also serve as the Clinical Lead for the RCOphth National Ophthalmology Database (NOD) Cataract Audit, providing quality assurance for publicly funded cataract surgery in the UK (https://www.nodaudit.org.uk/), and prior to that I was the Principal Investigator on the RCOphth Way Forward project, identifying and disseminating progressive working practices across the UK (https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/standards-publications-research/the-way-forwa…).
In my clinical role I undertake high-volume cataract surgery and am responsible for the Emergency Eye Care provision in Leeds Teaching Hospitals. I am a founder member and former Vice President of the British Emergency Eye Care Society (www.BEECS.co.uk) and serve on the Council of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress (https://www.ooc.uk.com/).
Until 2012 I worked for 4 years with CBM in Sierra Leone developing eye care services based in Freetown.
Affiliations
Department of Clinical Research
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Teaching
I am the module organiser for 3404 Non-Communicable Eye Diseases, and 3407 Implementing Eye Care: Skills and Resources along with being the Programme Director for the MSc PHEC, and also teaching on 3400 Epidemiological Methods Applied to Eye Diseases and the Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Nursing
Research
My research interests are centred around cataract surgery, but also issues around quality of international eye health service provision and sustainability.
RCOphth NOD, Report 10: Risk factors for post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis.
Low L, Shah V, Norridge CF, Donachie PH, Buchan JC.
Ophthalmology 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.021
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database study of cataract surgery: report 16, influence of remuneration model on choice of intraocular lens in the UK
Ting DSJ, Tatham AJ, Donachie PHJ, Buchan JC. Eye (Lond). 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02665-y
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database Study of Cataract Surgery: Report 12, Risk factors for suprachoroidal haemorrhage during cataract surgery.
Stewart S, Gruszka-Goh MH, Neo YN, Braga AJ, de Klerk TA, Lindfield D, A Nestel, PHJ Donachie and JC Buchan. Eye (Lond). 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02514-y
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database Study of Cataract Surgery: report 11, Techniques and Complications of Local Anaesthesia for Cataract Surgery in the United Kingdom.
Neo YN, Gruszka-Goh MH, Braga AJ, de Klerk TA, Lindfield D, Nestel A, PHJ Donachie, JC Buchan. J Cataract Refract Surg. Aug 21. 2023. DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001289
The Impact of Simulation-Based Trabeculectomy Training on Resident Core Surgical Skill Competency.
Annoh R, J Buchan, S Gichuhi, H Philippin, S Arunga, A Mukome, F Admassu, K Lewis, W Makupa, J Otiti-Sengeri, M Kim, D MacLeod, MJ Burton and WH Dean. J Glaucoma 32(1): 57-64. 2023. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002114
Statistical analysis plan for the phaco TIp position during clear corneal Phacoemulsification Surgery (TIPS) randomized controlled trial
Kaup S, Kondal D, Shivalli S, Buchan J. August 9th, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2933464/v1
Letter with Darren Ting to the Lancet.
Estimated Number of Cataract Surgeries Performed in Government Hospitals in Nigeria and Factors Affecting Cataract Surgical Activity
Aniemeka DI, Buchan J, Adeke AS, Dange A, Momoh N.
Niger J Ophthalmol 2023; 31(1): Epub Ahead of Print. DOI:10.4103/njo.njo_42_21
Cataracts
Cicinelli MV, Buchan JC, Nicholson M, Varadaraj V, Khanna RC. Cataracts.
Lancet 2023; 401(10374): 377-89.
Cataract services for all: strategies for equitable access from a global modified Delphi process
J Ramke, JC Silva, M Gichangi, T Ravilla, H Burn, JC Buchan, V Welch, CE Gilbert, MJ Burton, The Cataract Access Study Group. PLOS Global Public Health 3(2): e0000631.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000631
Addressing the environmental sustainability of eye health-care delivery: a scoping review.
Buchan JC, Thiel CL, Steyn A, et al.
Lancet Planet Health 2022; 6(6): e524-e34.
RCOphth NOD, Report 10: Risk factors for post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis.
Low L, Shah V, Norridge CF, Donachie PH, Buchan JC.
Ophthalmology 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.021
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database study of cataract surgery: report 16, influence of remuneration model on choice of intraocular lens in the UK
Ting DSJ, Tatham AJ, Donachie PHJ, Buchan JC. Eye (Lond). 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02665-y
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database Study of Cataract Surgery: Report 12, Risk factors for suprachoroidal haemorrhage during cataract surgery.
Stewart S, Gruszka-Goh MH, Neo YN, Braga AJ, de Klerk TA, Lindfield D, A Nestel, PHJ Donachie and JC Buchan. Eye (Lond). 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-023-02514-y
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database Study of Cataract Surgery: report 11, Techniques and Complications of Local Anaesthesia for Cataract Surgery in the United Kingdom.
Neo YN, Gruszka-Goh MH, Braga AJ, de Klerk TA, Lindfield D, Nestel A, PHJ Donachie, JC Buchan. J Cataract Refract Surg. Aug 21. 2023. DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001289
The Impact of Simulation-Based Trabeculectomy Training on Resident Core Surgical Skill Competency.
Annoh R, J Buchan, S Gichuhi, H Philippin, S Arunga, A Mukome, F Admassu, K Lewis, W Makupa, J Otiti-Sengeri, M Kim, D MacLeod, MJ Burton and WH Dean. J Glaucoma 32(1): 57-64. 2023. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000002114
Statistical analysis plan for the phaco TIp position during clear corneal Phacoemulsification Surgery (TIPS) randomized controlled trial
Kaup S, Kondal D, Shivalli S, Buchan J. August 9th, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2933464/v1
Letter with Darren Ting to the Lancet.
Estimated Number of Cataract Surgeries Performed in Government Hospitals in Nigeria and Factors Affecting Cataract Surgical Activity
Aniemeka DI, Buchan J, Adeke AS, Dange A, Momoh N.
Niger J Ophthalmol 2023; 31(1): Epub Ahead of Print. DOI:10.4103/njo.njo_42_21
Cataracts
Cicinelli MV, Buchan JC, Nicholson M, Varadaraj V, Khanna RC. Cataracts.
Lancet 2023; 401(10374): 377-89.
Cataract services for all: strategies for equitable access from a global modified Delphi process
J Ramke, JC Silva, M Gichangi, T Ravilla, H Burn, JC Buchan, V Welch, CE Gilbert, MJ Burton, The Cataract Access Study Group. PLOS Global Public Health 3(2): e0000631.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000631
Addressing the environmental sustainability of eye health-care delivery: a scoping review.
Buchan JC, Thiel CL, Steyn A, et al.
Lancet Planet Health 2022; 6(6): e524-e34.
Research Area
Eye health
Disease and Health Conditions
Cataracts
Eye health
Country
United Kingdom
Selected Publications
The opportunity of independent sector treatment centres for cataract training.
2024
Eye (London, England)
Endophthalmitis rates and risk factors following intraocular surgeries: can we turn big-data benchmarks into patient benefit?
2024
The British journal of ophthalmology
Equity, access, and carbon cost-effectiveness of bilateral cataract surgery.
2024
Lancet (London, England)
Eye Health Integration in Southern and Eastern Africa: A Scoping Review.
2024
Middle East African journal of ophthalmology
Reducing the carbon footprint of cataract surgery: co-creating solutions with a departmental Delphi process.
2023
Eye (London, England)
