Ian Simmons is actively involved in basic science and clinical research at St James University Hospital in Leeds, nationally in the UK and internationally with links to Uganda.
Mr Simmons is the ophthalmic advisor to the UK Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group and has been involved in the internationally study of low grade gliomas one of the cancers that can affect the optic pathway in children. He has presented at national meetings on the subject of neuro-fibromatosis Type I, an inherited condition with a predisposition for developing optic pathway gliomas. In February 2009, he organised a national workshop on this condition and will hopefully be publishing a book on this subject in the latter part of 2009.
He has worked in conjunction with the academic unit for ophthalmology in Leeds on a research project to try and find out the genetic basis of squints.
Mr Simmons has given lectures at national meetings about the complications of squint surgery, visual development in children with brain tumours and the commissioning of eye care services in the NHS.
At the bottom of the section on research there should be the rest of the links that are on the links page. I would suggest that the links page itself is removed as it serves no extra purpose.
On the research page we can use the photograph of operating in Uganda.
