Career profile: Dr Anish Jindal FCOptom

19 August 2022
Summer 2022

The glaucoma expert on his research and educating the next generation.

Who?

Dr Anish Jindal FCOptom DipGlauc DipTP

Current job?

Principal Optometrist at Moorfields Eye Hospital; MSc Academic Module Lead, UCL

Where?

UCL Institute of Ophthamology, Moorfields Eye Hospital

Why did you go into optometry – was it something you’d always been interested in?

I always wanted to help people and, being myopic myself, I was naturally curious about eyes and wanted to learn more. Optometry was the ideal career choice to embark on both paths.

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