Curriculum Vitae

Qualifications

  • MBBS (Lond), Middlesex Hospital, June 1980
  • Diploma in Ophthalmology, July 1986
  • FRCS (Edinburgh), March 1987
  • FRCOphth, October 1988
  • MD (Lond), March 1991

Awards and Prizes

  • Allerton Vision Research Fellowship for doctoral project, 1987-1989
  • LORS Grant for a study of transscleral photocoagulation, Jan. 1994-May 1994
  • Storz Prize in Ophthalmology, 1995
  • Military Academy Medal, St Petersburg, 1996
  • Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2009

Editorial Positions

1990-2000
Assistant managing editor, “Lasers and Light in Ophthalmology”. This is a journal that was produced on a quarterly basis under the editorship of Professor John Marshall. Its main areas of interest are applications and effects of ophthalmic lasers and biophysical aspects of electromagnetic radiation in relation to the eye.

1990-
Referee for ophthalmic papers submitted for publication to the “British Medical Journal”.

1993-2002
Editorial Board of “Current Medical Literature”. This is a quarterly publication for which I provided summaries of papers recently published in a wide range of ophthalmological journals.

1996-
Referee for a number of peer-reviewed international journals.

1994-
Examiner for doctoral theses, University of London.

 

Membership Of Learned Societies

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Member of the Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO)
  • Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Member of the Harveian Society
  • Freeman of the City of London
  • Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

Research 1987-1990

Research project leading to award of the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in March 1991. The title of the research project was “An Investigation into the Ophthalmic Applications of Semi-Conductor Diode Lasers.”

During the course of this project, that was performed under the supervision of Professor John Marshall, I participated in the development of a portable, semi-conductor diode laser. This laser was used to perform histological studies on the interactions of infrared laser radiation with ocular tissue. These studies were then followed by a number of pilot studies investigating the potential efficacy of diode laser photocoagulation of retinal vascular disease and glaucoma.

Since then, I have maintained my interest in semi-conductor lasers, with further publications on the subject. Research has also been performed in a number of areas relating to vitreoretinal surgery, for example alternative methods of retina reattachment.

Publications

1.

McHugh D, Moseley R, Uttley D:  Clostridium perfringens brain infection following a penetration wound of the orbit.  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 50:241, 1987.

2.

Acheson JF, McHugh JD, Falcon MG:  Changing patterns of early complications in cataract surgery with new techniques:  a surgical audit.  Br J Ophthalmol 72:481-484, 1988.

3.

McHugh JDA, Marshall J, Capon M, Rothery S et al:  Transpupillary retinal photocoagulation in the eyes of rabbit and human using a diode laser.  Lasers Light Ophthalmol 2:125-143, 1988.

4.

McHugh D, Marshall J, ffytche TJ, Hamilton AM et al:  Initial clinical experience using a diode laser in the treatment of retinal vascular disease.  Eye 3:516-527, 1989.

5.

McHugh JDA, Marshall J, ffytche TJ, Hamilton AM et al:  Macular photocoagulation with a diode laser:  A comparative histopathological study.  Lasers and Light in Ophthalmology, 3:11-28, 1990.

6.

McHugh JDA, Marshall J, ffytche TJ, Hamilton AM:  Diode laser trabeculoplasty (DLT) for primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.  British Journal of Ophthalmology, 74:743-747, 1990.

7.

McHugh JDA, Wong D, Chignell AH, Leaver PK, Cooling R:  Pseudophakic retinal detachment.  Graefe’s Archives of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 229:521-525, 1991.

8.

Joseph J, McHugh JDA, Franks W, Chignell AH:  Perforation of the globe:  A complication of peribulbar anaesthesia.  British Journal of Ophthalmology, 75:504-505, 1991.

9.

O’Neill D, Gregson R, McHugh D:  Current uses of ophthalmic lasers.  British Medical Journal, 304:1161-1165, 1992.

10.

Shah S, McHugh JDA, Spalton DJ:  Laser flare and cell meter measurement of anterior segment activity following cataract extraction:  The influence of perioperative steroids.  British Journal of Ophthalmology, 76:475-478, 1992.

11.

McHugh JDA, Marshall J, ffytche TJ, Hamilton AM, Raven A:  Ultrastructural changes of human trabecular meshwork after photocoagulation with a diode laser.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 33:2664-2671, 1992.

12.

McHugh JDA, Fison PN:  Ocular erysipelas.  Archives of Ophthalmology, 110:1315, 1992.

13.

McHugh D, Marshall J:  Retinal photocoagulation and mechanisms of action.  In:  Les Seminaires ophthalmiques d’IPSEN, tome 4 (Elsevier publishing), 57-77, 1992.

14.

Ulbig MRW, McHugh JDA, Hamilton AMP:  Photocoagulation of choroidal neovascular lesions with a diode laser.  British Journal of Ophthalmology, 77:218-222, 1993.

15.

Timberlake G, Patmore A, Shallal A, McHugh D, Marshall J:  Thermal and infrared diode laser effects on indocyanine green treated corneal collagen.  SPIE-proceedings of laser tissue interaction IV, 1993.

16.

Moriarty AP, McHugh JDA, Spalton DJ, ffytche TJ, Shah SM, Marshall J:  Comparison of the anterior chamber inflammatory response to diode (DLT) and argon (ALT) laser trabeculoplasty.  Ophthalmology, 100:1263-1267, 1993.

17.

Moriarty AP, McHugh JDA, ffytche TJ, Marshall J, Hamilton AM:  Long term follow-up of diode laser trabeculoplasty (DLT) for primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.  Ophthalmology, 100:  1614-1618, 1993.

18.

McHugh JDA, Fankhauser F, England C, Van der Zypen E, Marshall J, Fankhauser-Kwasniewska S:  A comparative study of cw-YAG and diode laser irradiation of the iris.  Lasers and Light in Ophthalmology, 6:7-25, 1993.

19.

O’Neill D, McHugh D, Hamilton AMP:  Ophthalmic lasers.  Journal of the Irish College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1994.

20.

Bourke RD, McHugh D, Blach RK, Cooling RJ:  Experimental long-term vitreous replacement with purified and nonpurified perfluorodecalin.  Am J Ophthalmol. 118 (3): 403-4, 1994.

21.

Baez KA, Ulbig MW, McHugh D, Holz FW, Spaeth GL.  Long-term results of ab externo neodymium:  YAG cyclophotocoagulation.  German J Ophthalmol. 3(6):395-9, 1994.

22.

Jones SE, McHugh JD, Jomary C, Shallal A, Neal MJ:  Assessment of liposomal transfection of ocular tissues in vivo:  Gene Therapy 1, 1994.

23.

Holz F, McHugh D, Blach R:  Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion in congenital cyanotic heart disease.  Annals Ophthalmol, 26:259-261, 1994.

24.

McHugh JDA, Rose GE, Raven A, Marshall J:  The applications of high power diode lasers in ophthalmology.  Lasers Light Ophthalmol, 6:229-238, 1994.

25.

McHugh JDA, Herbert L, Kohner E:  Laser Therapy for proliferative retinopathy (Book chapter).  In:  Current techniques in ophthalmic laser therapy (Ed. G. Coscas):  50-60, 1994.

26.

Ulbig MW, McHugh D:  Contact diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for refractory glaucoma.  A pilot study.  German J Ophthalmol, 3:212-215, 1994.

27.

McHugh D, Rose G, Garner A:  Nasolacrimal obstruction and facial bone histopathology in craniodiaphyseal dyslasia.  Br J Ophthalmol 78, 1994.

28.

Ulbig MW, McHugh DA, Hamilton AMP:  Diode laser photocoagulation for diabetic macular oedema.  Br J Ophthalmol, 79:318-321, 1995.

29.

Ulbig MW, McHugh DA, McNaught AI, Hamilton AMP:  Clinical comparison of semiconductor diode versus Neodymium:YAG non-contact cyclophotocoagulation.  Br J Ophthalmol, 79:569-574, 1995.

30.

McHugh D, England C, Van der Zypen E, Marshall J, Fankhauser F, Fankhauser-Kwasniewska S:  Irradiation of rabbit retina with diode and Nd:YAG lasers.  Br J Ophthalmol, 79:672-677, 1995.

31.

McHugh D:  Applications of diode lasers in ophthalmology.  In:  Current Medical Literature (Ophthalmology), Royal Society of Medicine publishers, 5:3-6, 1995.

32.

McHugh DA, Schwartz S, Dowler JG, Ulbig M, Blach RK, Hamilton PA:  Diode laser contact transscleral retinal photocoagulation:  A clinical study.  Br J Ophthalmol, 79:1083-1087, 1995.

33.

Duguid IGM, McHugh JDA, Blach RK:  Peripheral retinal neovascularisation associated with scleral encirclement.  Br J Ophthalmol, 79:861-862, 1995.

34.

Jenkins CD, Tuft SJ, Sheraidah G, McHugh DA, Buckley RJ:  Comparative intraocular penetration of topical and injected cefuroxime.  Br J Ophthalmol, Aug;80(8):685-8, 1996.

35.

Claoue C, McHugh D, Steele A:  Visual rehabilitation in patients with glaucoma and cataract.  Annals Ophthalmol, 28:84-88, 1996.

36.

Ulbig MW, Mangouritsas G, Rothbacher HH, Hamilton AM, McHugh JD:  Long-term results after drainage of premacular subhyaloid haemorrhage into the vitreous with a pulsed Nd:Yag laser.  Arch Ophthalmol, 116(11):1465-9, 1998.

37.

Buckley SA, Parmar DN, Jackson H, McHugh JD, Hunter PA:  Anterior segment complications of indirect diode laser in diabetic patients.  Br J Ophthalmol, 82(12):1447-8, Dec. 1998.

38.

Evans JR, Schwartz SD, McHugh JDA, Thamby-Rajah Y, Hodgson SA, Wormald RPL, Gregor ZJ:  Systemic risk factors for idiopathic macular hole:  a case-control study.  Eye, 12:256-259, 1998.

39.

McHugh D:  Principles of laser therapy (book chapter).  In:  Text Atlas of the Retina (Ed. Hamilton AMP, Gregson R, Fish GE), Martin Dunitz Publishers.  161-175, 1998.

40.

McElvanney AM, Jackson H, McHugh D:  Blood dyscrasias (book chapter).  In:  Test Atlas of the Retina (Ed. Hamilton AMP, Gregson R, Fish GE), Martin Dunitz Publishers.  355-363, 1998.

41.

Davis AR, Jackson H, Trew D, McHugh JD, Aclimandos WA:  Transscleral diode laser in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.  Eye 13(Pt 4):571-6, Aug 1999.

42.

Parmar DN, Mireskandari K, McHugh D:  Transpupillary thermotherapy for retinal capillary hemangioma in von Hippel-Lindau disease.  Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 31(4):334-6, Jul-Aug 2000.

43.

Rai P, Newsom R, Mireskandari K, McHugh D:  Endophthalmitis following globe perforation with a hypodermic needle.  Br J Ophthalmol 84(7):799, Jul 2000.

44.

Styles CJ, Dodds W, Watkins P, McHugh D, Blach R:  Development of proliferative retinopathy in patients with long-standing insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.  Eye 14(Pt 6):851-4, Dec 2000.

45.

Saeed M, Parmar D, McHugh D:  Frequency-doubled Nd:Yag laser for the treatment of exudative diabetic maculopathy.  Eye 15(Pt 6):712-8, Dec 2000.

46.

Joseph SE, McHugh D, Blott M, Amiel SA, Watkins PJ:  Acceleration of diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy:  a case report.  Diabet Med 18(8):675-8, Aug 2001.

47.

Newsom RSB, McAlister JC, Saeed M, McHugh JDA:  Transpupillary thermotherapy for the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation.  Br J Ophthalmol, 85:173-179, 2001

48.

Saeed M, Poon W, Goyal S, McHugh D, Lee N. Choroidal neovascularization after laser in situ keratomileusis in a patient with low myopia. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2004 Dec;30(12):2632-5

49.

Kuppermann (Tandon A, McHugh JDA  participants in multicentre trial) et al:  Pooled Efficacy Results from Two Multinational Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials of a Single Intravitreous Injection of Highly Purified Ovine Hyaluronidase (Vitrase) for the Management of Vitreous Hamorrhage.  Am J Ophthalmol, 140:573-584, 2005.

50.

Kuppermann (Tandon A, McHugh JDA participants in multicentre trial) et al:  Safety Results of Two Phase III Trials of an Intravitreous Injection of Highly Purified Ovine Hyaluronidase (Vitrase) for the Management of Vitreous Haemorrhage.  Am J Ophthalmol, 140:585-597, 2005.

51.

Newsom RSB, McAlister JC, Saeed M, El-Ghonemy K, McHugh JDA:  Results at 28 Months Following Transpupillary Thermotherapy for Classic & Occult Choroidal Neovascularisation in Patients with Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 36:94-102, 2005.

52.

Saurabh J, Newsom RSB, McHugh JDA:  Treatment of Retinal Breaks With Large-Spot Diode Laser Photocoagulation.  Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging, 36:514-517, 2005.

53.

McHugh, JDA (co-author):  Royal College of Ophthalmologists Guidelines for the Treatment of Retinal Vein Occlusion.  2005.

54.

Saeed M, Ganeshalingham R, McHugh D:  PaCE:  A Technique to Avoid Subretinal Fluid Drainage in Retinal Detachment Surgery.  Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 84(1), 47-53, 2006.

55.

Soni M, McHugh D:  23 Gauge Transconjunctival Sutureless Vitrectomy: A Way Forward.  Eye News, 2007.

56.

Sivaprasad S, Sandhu R, Tandon A, Sayed-Ahmed K, McHugh DA:  Subthreshold Micropulse Diode Laser Photocoagulation for Clinically Significant Diabetic Macular Oedema: A Three-Year Follow Up.  Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 35(7), 640-644, 2007.

57.

Gupta B, Elagouz M, McHugh D, Chong V, Sivaprasad S: Micropulse Diode Laser Photocoagulation for Central Serous Chorio-retinopathy. Clinical Experiment Ophthalmol. 2009 Nov;37(8):801-5.

58.

Gupta B, McHugh D: Pneumatic Retinopexy for the Management of Impending Macular Hole: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study. Int Ophthalmol. 2010 Apr 4 (online pub)

59.

Pelosini L, Hull CC, Boyce FJ, McHugh D, Stanford M, Marshall J: Optical Coherence Tomography May Be Used To Predict Visual Acuity in Patients With Macular Oedema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Jun 10 [Epub ahead of print]

60.

Sivaprasad S, Elagouz M, McHugh D, Shona O, Dorin G: Micropulsed Diode Laser Therapy: Evolution and Clinical Applications. Surv Ophthalmol.2010 Nov-Dec;55(6):516-30. Epub 2010 Sep 20

61.

Dominic McHugh, Bhaskar Gupta, and Manzar Saeed: Intravitreal gas injection for the treatment of diabetic macular edema: Clin Ophthalmol. 2011; 5: 1543–1548

62.

Ian A. Rodrigues, Alexandros N. Stangos, Dominic A. Mchugh, and Timothy L Jackson. Intravitreal Injection of Expansile Perfluoropropane (C3F8) for the Treatment of Vitreomacular Traction Am J Ophthalmol 2012
www.ajo.com/article/S0002-9394%2812%2900613-7/abstract#

63.

B Gupta, S Sivaprasad, R Wong, A Laidlaw, T L Jackson, D McHugh and T H Williamsom: Visual and anatomical outcomes following vitrectomy for complications of diabetic retinopathy: The DRIVE UK Study Eye, (6 January 2012) | doi:10.1038/eye.2011.321

64.

Pelosini L, Hull CC, Boyce JF, McHugh D, Stanford MR, Marshall J:  Author response: predictors of visual acuity in macular edema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Feb 21;53(2):924. doi: 10.1167/iovs.11-9278. No abstract available.

65.

Mr Dominic McHugh, Ophthalmology Times Europe, Volume 8, Issue 9 Laser remains standard of DME therapy. www.oteurope.com/ophthalmologytimeseurope/Laser-remains-standard-of-DME-therapy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/795391

66.

R, Richardson M, Douiri A, Nau J, McHugh D, Stangos AN, Jackson TL. Safety testing of epimacular brachytherapy with microperimetry an indocyanine green angiography: 12-month results Retina. 2013 Jun;33(6):1232-40

67.

Papavasileiou E, Steel DH, Liazos E, McHugh D, Jackson TL. Intravitreal tissue plasminogen activator, perfluoropropane (C3F8), and ranibizumab or photodynamic therapy for submacular haemorrhage secondary to wet age-related macular degeneration. Retina. 2013 Apr;33(4):846-53

68.

Papavasileiou E1, Vasalaki M, Garnavou-Xirou C, Velissaris S, Zygoura V, McHugh D, Jackson TL, Hell J: Vitrectomy with fibrovascular membrane delamination for proliferative diabetic retinopathy with or without preoperative Avastin. Nucl Med. 2017 Sep-Dec;20 Suppl:161.

69.

Vasileios T Papastavrou, Irini Chatziralli, Dominic McHugh:  Gas Tamponade for Retinectomy in PVR-Related Retinal Detachments: A Retrospective Study. Ophthalmology and Therapy 2017, 6 (1): 161-166

70.

Neffendorf JE,  Simpson ARH, Steel DHW, Desai R, McHugh DA, Pringle E, Jackson TL:  Intravitreal gas for symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion: a synthesis of the literature.  Acta Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug 31

71.

Lorenzo Motta, Matteo Ripa, Korina Theodoraki, Timothy L. Jackson, Dominic McHugh:  A Case of Traumatic Submacular Hemorrhage Treated with tPA and Pneumatic Displacement. Case Rep Ophthalmol 20 January 2023; 14 (1): 596–601. https://doi.org/10.1159/000534199

72.

Motta L, Ripa M, De Rosa C, De Rosa P, Goh LY, McHugh D: Autologous anterior lens capsule flap and serum transplant in managing idiopathic and refractory full-thickness macular holes. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2023;0(0). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/11206721231214437?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed