Harminder Dua
Harminder Singh Dua CBE FRCS (Punjabi: ਹਰਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਦੂਆ) is an Indian-British medical doctor and researcher.[1] He is chair and professor of ophthalmology at University of Nottingham and is the head of the Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
Born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, he studied medicine at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur.[2] He was formerly associate professor at the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA, before joining Nottingham in April 1994.
Dua has been the co-editor-in-chief with Arun Singh of the British Journal of Ophthalmology; president of the EVERf (European Association for Vision and Eye Research Foundation); president of EuCornea, the European society of Cornea and Ocular surface disease specialists; chair of Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis; and a member of the American Ophthalmological Society. In March 2011, he was elected president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK, beginning his term on 25 May 2011.[1]
Dua was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to ophthalmology.[3] In March, 2021 he was appointed to the ceremonial post of Sheriff of Nottingham for 2021-22.[4]
Discovery of Dua's layer
[edit]In a 2013 paper, Dua and others at the University of Nottingham[5] reported discovery of a previously unknown layer of the human cornea measuring just 15 micrometres thick between the corneal stroma and Descemet's membrane.[6] They refer to the reported layer as Dua's layer. However, this was considered very controversial in the field due to the convention within the medical community to stop using eponyms.[7] In 2001,he proposed Dua classification for chemical injuries in eye.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b BMJ: Harminder Singh Dua biography
- ^ Mudur, G.S. (13 June 2013). "Indian surgeon finds new layer in cornea". The Telegraph. India. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B8.
- ^ Mason, Kate (16 March 2021). "Meet the new High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire". www.worksopguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Kristin Butler (12 June 2013). "Scientists discover new layer of human cornea". UPI. Retrieved 12 June 2013.[unreliable medical source?]
- ^ Dua, H. S.; Faraj, L. A.; Said, D. G.; Gray, T.; Lowe, J. (2013). "Human Corneal Anatomy Redefined: A Novel Pre-Descemet's Layer (Dua's Layer)". Ophthalmology. 120 (9): 1778–1785. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.01.018. PMID 23714320.
- ^ McKee, Hamish D.; Irion, Luciane C.D.; Carley, Fiona M.; Brahma, Arun K.; Jafarinasab, Mohammad R.; Rahmati-Kamel, Mohsen; Kanavi, Mozhgan R.; Feizi, Sepehr (May 2014). "Re: Dua et al.: Human corneal anatomy redefined: a novel pre-Descemet layer (Dua's layer) (Ophthalmology 2013;120:1778–85)". Ophthalmology. 121 (5): e24–e25. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.12.021. PMID 24560565. Abstract: We read the recent claim of the discovery of a new corneal layer by Dua et al with incredulity.1 The existence of pre-Descemet stromal tissue remaining after pneumodissection is well known. Their further investigation of this pre-Descemet stroma confirms that it is stroma, and not a new corneal layer.
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[edit]- Living people
- People from Jalandhar
- Medical doctors from Punjab, India
- British medical researchers
- Academics of the University of Nottingham
- Thomas Jefferson University faculty
- Fellows of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Indian emigrants to England
- Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom