View from BCLA: Serving as president

Serving as president of the BCLA is a huge honour. Personally, the chance to represent my peers is a real privilege while, professionally, it provides the perfect opportunity to bring ophthalmology and optometry ever closer.

This week I delivered my inaugural presidential address, a platform to showcase my ideas for the months and years ahead and to give a bit more background about my role and explore how the relationship between ophthalmology and optometry can not only grow but prosper.

I look forward to promoting greater unity between the two professions with my presidency.

The theme of my talk was teamwork, specifically teamwork with people from both professions featuring in that team. I used examples from research, corneal surgery and humanitarian work to illustrate the importance of teamwork and to highlight what can be achieved.