Mr Robert Peden

Mr Robert Peden is a highly respected consultantophthalmicandoculoplasticsurgeon based in Edinburgh. He specialises in cataractsurgery, eyelidcysts and entropionandectropionrepair. He is also renowned for his expertise in ptosis as well as cosmeticeyesurgery, including blepharoplasty.

After completing an MA in physiology at the UniversityofOxford, Mr Peden qualified in medicine at Bart’sandTheLondonSchoolofMedicineandDentistry and the UniversityofLondon in 2010. He then pursued further training at a number of renowned centres in Edinburgh and on London’s Harley Street. He additionally undertook advancedclinicalfellowships at the esteemed Addenbrooke’sHospital in Cambridge and MoorfieldsEyeHospital in London, where he gained invaluable expertise in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery. Mr Peden is an appointed fellow of the RoyalCollegeofOphthalmologists, ranking second in the UK in his final exit examination. Additional to his service as a consultantoculoplastic,aesthetic,cataract,lacrimalandorbitalsurgeon with NHS Lothian, Mr Peden holds privatepractice in Edinburgh with Eye Surgery Scotland, a revered group of leading eye surgeons. 

Throughout his esteemed career, Mr Peden has come to hold a number of senior positions, including as chair for Scotland for the St.JohnOphthalmicAssociation and as an assessor and clinicalsupervisor for the RoyalCollegeofOphthalmologists. He additionally holds a number of teaching responsibilities and is an honoraryclinicalseniorlecturer at the UniversityofEdinburgh.

Additional to his clinical and teaching responsibilities, Mr Peden continues to be activelyinvolvedinresearch. He has published a number of academicpapers which appear in peer-reviewedjournals, as well as an esteemed academictextbook for ophthalmology trainees preparing to sit the FRCOphth examination. He frequently presents at key meetings in his field both nationally and internationally. He is a member of a number of important professional bodies including the BritishOculoplasticSurgerySociety and the EuropeanSocietyofOphthalmic,PlasticandReconstructiveSurgery.