Bio

Dr Naseer Ally is a consultant ophthalmologist and head of the largest vitreoretinal unit in the country at St John Eye Hospital in Johannesburg. He completed a vitreoretinal fellowship at the prestigious Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in 2023. He qualified as an ophthalmologist in 2017 and holds two master's degrees, a master in medicine (ophthalmology) in 2017 and a master of surgery (clinical ophthalmology) in 2021. He is the recipient of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle medal for graduating top of his class for the latter degree. Dr Ally strives to be a clinician-scientist with publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as reviewing for numerous international publications.

He graduated from the Harvard Medical School Graduate Clinical Scholars Research Training Program (HMS_GCSRT). Dr Ally was previously the vice-chairman of the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa Young Ophthalmologist (OSSAYO) committee. He was a committee member of the first African Ophthalmology Council (AOC) congress organising committee. He is also part of the African Ophthalmology Council Leadership Development Program (AOC LDP). On a local level, Dr Ally has served as a councillor for the College of Ophthalmologists of South Africa, where he regularly examines trainee ophthalmologists. He volunteers as the co-ordinating ophthalmologist for the Tshemba foundation who have set up a state-of-the-art cataract centre in Mpumalanga, a rural province of South Africa.