Dr Andrew Tatham MD, FRCOphthbook an appointmentConsultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Co-founderQualifications: MD, MBA, MSc, FRCOphth, FEBO, FEBOS-CRS, CertLRS
Personal website: www.drtatham.com
Consulting times: Alternate Monday evenings, Tuesday afternoons. Other may be available on request.
Position
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion Edinburgh
NHS Scotland Career Research Fellow
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
President UK and Eire Glaucoma Society
Clinical Profile
Dr Tatham is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion and a specialist in cataract and glaucoma surgery. He has over 20 years of experience in ophthalmology and was trained at two of the world’s leading eye hospitals – Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, USA. He was ranked first in Europe in the 2011 European Board of Ophthalmology examination and has received research awards from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK and Eire Glaucoma Society. In 2015, he was the only UK ophthalmologist to receive an innovative research award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). In 2016 he co-authored the glaucoma chapter of “Training in Ophthalmology” from Oxford University Press with Professor Sir Peng Khaw.
Dr Tatham is experienced in cataract and glaucoma surgery. He can tailor surgery to your needs and offers toric and multifocal intraocular lenses, which can reduce the need for spectacles following surgery. He continuously audits his results, with outcomes better than national benchmarks.
Dr Tatham has a particular interest in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, otherwise known as MIGS (Xen, iStent), and was the first to introduce these procedures in Scotland. MIGS, which is similar to keyhole surgery, is safer and has a quicker recovery time than conventional glaucoma surgery. Dr Tatham also performs laser, trabeculectomy and glaucoma drainage device surgery, performing more than 150 glaucoma procedures per year.
Treatments Offered
• Small incision cataract surgery
• Premium lens technology (multifocal, toric, extended-range of vision)
• Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (Xen, iStent)
• Glaucoma laser surgery (SLT, PI)
• Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy, Ahmed and Baerveldt tubes)
Professional body memberships
• Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• European Board of Ophthalmology
• European Glaucoma Society
• American Glaucoma Society
Professional Awards
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists Foulds’ Trophy 2015
• ARVO Innovative Research Award 2015
• Bayer Educational Grant Award 2015
• Chinese Ophthalmological Society Best Paper Award (2nd author) 2014
• Scottish Ophthalmological Club Best Paper Award 2014
• UK and Eire Glaucoma Society Best Paper Award 2013
Professional Responsibilities
• Invited Member, World Glaucoma Association Consensus Meeting, 2016.
• Module Lead, University of Edinburgh Primary Care Ophthalmology MSc.
• OCT Course Director, European Glaucoma Society Meeting, Prague 2016.
• Invited faculty member at World and European Glaucoma Societies, and Chinese Ophthalmological Society
• Steward for “EyeCare”- Edinburgh and Lothians’ eye care charity.
• Peer reviewer for journals including Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology and PLOS One.
• Examiner, European Board of Ophthalmologists.
Research Interests
• Preventing glaucoma blindness through early diagnosis, and personalized treatment
• “Drop free” treatment of glaucoma (slow release implants, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery)
• Driving simulation and quality of life
Recent Publications
Dr Tatham has authored almost 180 peer-reviewed publications (> 3,369 citations).
The full list is available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Tatham
Selected recent publications
1. Ansari AS, Tatham AJ, Amerasinghe N, Gazzard G. Building consensus on MIGS: insights from a UKEGS survey. Eye (Lond). 2025;39(11):2107-2109. doi:10.1038/s41433-025-03852-9
2. Azuara-Blanco A, McCorry N, Tatham AJ, et al. European Glaucoma Society research priorities for glaucoma care. Br J Ophthalmol. 2024;108(8):1088-1093. doi:10.1136/bjo-2023-323648
3. Gibbon S, Muniz-Terrera G, Yii FSL, et al. PallorMetrics: Software for Automatically Quantifying Optic Disc Pallor in Fundus Photographs, and Associations With Peripapillary RNFL Thickness. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2024;13(5):20. doi:10.1167/tvst.13.5.20
4. Katsimpris A, Baumeister SE, Baurecht H, Tatham AJ, Nolde M. Cannabis use and the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma: a Mendelian randomization study. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):19605. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45872-z
5. Katsimpris A, Baumeister SE, Baurecht H, Tatham AJ, Nolde M. Central corneal thickness and the risk of primary open-angle glaucoma: a Mendelian randomisation mediation analysis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2024;109(1):52-57. doi:10.1136/bjo-2023-324996
6. Kolko M, Tatham AJ, Lim KS, et al. Phase 3, Randomized, Comparison Study of Intracameral Bimatoprost Implant 10 µg and Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025;272:19-37. doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2024.12.026
7. Olyntho MAC, Jorge CAC, Castanha EB, et al. Artificial Intelligence in Anterior Chamber Evaluation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Glaucoma. 2024;33(9):658-664. doi:10.1097/IJG.0000000000002428
8. Rubio AP, Dunn J, Borthwick J, et al. Beyond the dataset: integrating public voices in data science. Res Involv Engagem. 2026;12(1):2. doi:10.1186/s40900-025-00752-w
9. Stewart C, Wu H, Alagappan U, et al. Feasibility of in-home monitoring for people with glaucoma: the I-TRAC mixed-methods study. Health Technol Assess. 2024;28(44):1-163. doi:10.3310/GTWD6802
10. Ting DSJ, Tatham AJ, Donachie PHJ, Buchan JC. 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. Eye (Lond). 2023;37(18):3854-3860. doi:10.1038/s41433-023-02665-y
11. Tochel C, Bernabeu MO, McTrusty A, et al. SCONe: a community-acquired retinal image repository enabling ocular, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disease prediction. BMJ Health Care Inform. 2025;32(1):e101236. doi:10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101236
12. Tochel C, Pead E, McTrusty A, et al. Novel linkage approach to join community-acquired and national data. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2024;24(1):13. doi:10.1186/s12874-024-02143-3
13. Yii F, Nguyen L, Strang N, et al. Factors associated with pathologic myopia onset and progression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2024;44(5):963-976. doi:10.1111/opo.13312
Recent Invited Lectures
