Bertil Damato
Bertil Damato received his undergraduate education in Malta, where he was born, and his postgraduate training in ophthalmology and ocular oncology at the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow. He is currently Consultant Ocular Oncologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Oxford Eye Hospital. In 1993, he established the Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre, which he directed for 20 years. From 2013 to 2018, he was Professor of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology and Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at the University of California, San Francisco and from 2022 to 2024 he was Consultant Ocular Oncologist at St. Eriks Eye Hospital/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm. Professor Damato has served as President of the European Ocular Oncology Group, the European Vision and Research Association and the International Society of Ocular Oncology. His main research interests relate to ocular oncology, particularly ocular melanoma. He has published more than 340 scientific articles and authored or co-edited several textbooks. Professor Damato has received a number of awards, which include the Bjerrum Medal in Denmark, the Cohen Medal in South Africa, the Watson and Ashton Medals in the UK, the Shields Medal in Hong Kong and the Stallard Medal of the International Society of Ocular Oncology. He is married to Frankanne and has two children, both doctors.