Andrew Blaikie

Ophthalmology Consultant

Honorary Associate Professor, International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM; Ophthalmology Consultant, NHS Fife; Senior Lecturer, School of Medicine, University St Andrews, UK.

Latest Contribution

Image showing the evolution of the Arclight device.

Part 1: The Arclight Project – Frugal tech for sight

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology

The Arclight Project is a mix of frugal design, manufacturing, distribution, teaching, research, and advocacy, all wrapped up in a social enterprise based at the University of St Andrews. The project is driven by the high burden of needless blindness...

Portrait of Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder.

100 years since Sir William Duke-Elder graduated from the University of St Andrews

2 February 2024 | | Ophthalmology

With sincere thanks to Andrew King, Ophthalmic Optician and owner of Andrew King Opticians near Glasgow, for his extensive research into Duke-Elder’s life.' Sir William Stewart Duke-Elder. Photo credit: Edward Irvine Halliday, Institute of Ophthalmology. In the world of ophthalmology,...

Photo showing the Grand opening of the new eye clinic at the Atiman Memorial Hospital in Sumbawanga with all participants and training team members present.

Eyecare education in times of COVID-19

4 February 2021 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, COVID-19, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous

A collaboration between the German Committee for the Prevention of Blindness (DKVB), Rukwa regional government in Tanzania and the University of St Andrews Global Health Team successfully delivered a hybrid teaching programme for ophthalmic nurses in Sumbawanga, south west Tanzania,...