Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology

Biography

George Beiko is a medical graduate of Oxford University and completed his ophthalmology specialty training at Queens University in Canada. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University and a Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Dr. Beiko has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and also authored twelve book chapters. He has given over 500 scientific presentations at meetings throughout the world. He has been awarded 3 best papers of session at the ASCRS annual meeting, one best poster award at AAO, one Best Paper of Session (Cataract) at APAO-AAO Joint Meeting and the Best Original Paper in Cataract Surgery at AAO in 2010. He is on the review panel or editorial board of 25 ophthalmology journals. His honours include being elected to membership in the International Intraocular Implant Club, being named one of the “Premier Surgeons” of North America and being made an Officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, by Her Majesty The Queen of England. He has been honoured on 3 occasions with the Gold Medal by the Indian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, a Senior Achievement award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, an Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, the Presidential Award of the International Society of Refractive Surgery and the Boberg-Ans Award of the Danish Ophthalmological Society.

Research Interest

Cataract