Ramesh R. Sivaraj works as a Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interests in medical retinal diseases, intraocular inflammation & cataract surgery at the University Hospitals Birmingham. He was previously the Clinical Director & diabetic lead for the department and is currently the research lead for Ophthalmology at Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the Aston university and is involved in medical students and optometry students teaching program. He is a member of the International Medical Graduate's sub- committee at the Royal College of Ophthalmology. He in the principal investigator in several National Institute of Health Research sponsored trials in the West Midlands. Professor Paul M. Dodson currently serves as Professor of Medicine at Aston University and as a Consultant Physician in Medical Opthalmology and Diabetes with Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.