Professor Chris Hammond

Ophthalmologist in London

MA MD MRCP FRCOphth

GMC: 3274394

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Professor Chris Hammond is a highly experienced ophthalmologist based in London who has over 20 years of experience. He treats ophthalmological diseases like squint, myopia, and cataracts in both adults and children. In addition, Professor Hammond is one of the leading international researchers into the genetic epidemiology of common eye diseases, including cataracts, glaucoma, myopia (short sight), dry eye disease and age-related macular degeneration.

He's won several fellowships and awards, including the prestigious NIHR Senior Research Fellowship in 2008 for his innovative and groundbreaking research. Professor Hammond currently serves as frost chair of ophthalmology at King's College London and can be found at his private clinic or St. Thomas' Hospital. He has been the frost professor of ophthalmology at King's College London and a consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' since 2011.

He was a senior registrar at St Thomas' and completed his paediatric ophthalmology and strabismus fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, all in London. He was appointed as a consultant at Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust in 2000. Professor Hammond has previously been training as programme director and regional adviser for the London Deanery/RCOphth and is the ophthalmology lead for the London (South) Comprehensive Local Research Network. Professor Hammond's research group is based in the department of twin research at Guy's and St Thomas' and identifies genetic variants associated with these eye conditions, looking at environmental and genetic factors and their interactions.

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GMC: ‍3274394

Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Frost Chair of Ophthalmology, King’s College London, St Thomas’ Hospital, London (2011 - present)
• Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon St Thomas' Hospital (Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust)
• NIHR Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London (Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology) St Thomas’ Hospital, London (2008 - 2013)

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Sub-specialties

• Squint
• Paediatric ophthalmology
• Cataract surgery
• General ophthalmology
• Refractive error (high myopia)
• Children’s complex strabismus (squint)
• Adult strabismus (squint)

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Education

• MD (University of London) (2000)
• FRCOphth (Royal College of Ophthalmologists) (1993)
• MRCP (UK) (Royal College of Physicians) (1991)
• BM BCh (Oxford University) (1988)
• MA (Cambridge University) (1988)
• BA Hons (Cambridge University) (1985)

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Publications and conferences

• Medication use and dry eye symptoms: A large, hypothesis-free, population-based study in the Netherlands Wolpert, L. E., Snieder, H., Jansonius, N. M., Utheim, T. P., Hammond, C. J. & Vehof, J., Oct 2021, In: OCULAR SURFACE. 22, p. 1-12 12 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2021.06.009
• Prevalence of electronegative electroretinograms in a healthy adult cohort Jiang, X., Bhatti, T., Tariq, A., Williams, K. M., Chow, I., Dar, T., Webster, A. R., Hysi, P. G., Hammond, C. J. & Mahroo, O. A., 19 Jul 2021, In: BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 6, 1, e000751. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000751
• Exploratory study of the association between the severity of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and electroretinogram photopic negative response amplitude obtained using a handheld device Raharja, A., Leo, S. M., Chow, I., Indusegaran, M., Hammond, C. J., Mahroo, O. A. & Wong, S. H., May 2021, In: Life. 11, 5, 437. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3390/life11050437
• Genome-wide association study in almost 195,000 individuals identifies 50 previously unidentified genetic loci for eye color the 23andMe Research Team; the International Visible Trait Genetics Consortium, Mar 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 11, abd1239. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abd1239
• Self-Reported Symptoms of COVID-19, Including Symptoms Most Predictive of SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Are Heritable Williams, F. M. K., Freidin, M. B., Mangino, M., Couvreur, S., Visconti, A., Bowyer, R. C. E., Le Roy, C. I., Falchi, M., Mompeó, O., Sudre, C., Davies, R., Hammond, C., Menni, C., Steves, C. J. & Spector, T. D., 9 Feb 2021, In: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 23, 6, p. 316-321 6 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2020.85
• Association Between Medication-Taking and Refractive Error in a Large General Population-Based Cohort Patasova, K., Khawaja, A. P., Tamraz, B., Williams, K. M., Mahroo, O. A., Freidin, M., Solebo, A. L., Vehof, J., Falchi, M., Rahi, J. S., Hammond, C. J. & Hysi, P. G., 1 Feb 2021, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62, 2, p. 15 1 p., 15. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.62.2.15
• Change in the prevalence of myopia in Australian middle-aged adults across 20 years Mackey, D. A., Lingham, G., Lee, S. S. Y., Hunter, M., Wood, D., Hewitt, A. W., Mitchell, P., Taylor, H. R., Hammond, C. J. & Yazar, S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/ceo.13980
• Associations between fetal growth trajectories and the development of myopia by 20 years of age Dyer, K. I. C., Sanfilippo, P. G., White, S. W., Guggenheim, J. A., Hammond, C. J., Newnham, J. P., Mackey, D. A. & Yazar, S., Dec 2020, In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 61, 14, A1. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1167/IOVS.61.14.26
• Genome-wide association study of corneal biomechanical properties identifies over 200 loci providing insight into the genetic etiology of ocular diseases UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium, 15 Sep 2020, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 29, 18, p. 3154-3164 11 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article - peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddaa155

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Prizes and awards

• Alcon Research Institute Award (2014)
• International Glaucoma Association Fellowship (2013)
• Ridley Medal (2012)
• Elizabeth Paice London Deanery Award for best teaching institution, St Thomas’ Eye Dept (2012)
• NIHR Senior Research Fellowship (2008)
• Awarded the prestigious NIHR Senior Research Fellowship in recognition of his ground-breaking research (2008)

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Professional membership

• BMA

Languages spoken

English