David A Mackey
David Anthony Mackey (born November 6, 1960), AO, MBBS, MD, FRACS, FRANZCO, FARVO, FAHMS is an Australian ophthalmologist, researcher, and academic.
Education
David A. Mackey received his medical degree (1983) from the University of Tasmania[1] and subsequently completed ophthalmology training at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne (1991) and fellowships in genetic eye diseases in the US (Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1991–1993) and the UK (Moorfields Eye Hospital, 1993).[2] He was granted an MD from the University of Melbourne in 1993.
Career
From 2009–2019, Mackey was the Managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute[3][4] as well as Professor of Ophthalmology/Director, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, at the University of Western Australia. He holds current clinical appointments as an ophthalmologist at the Lions Eye Institute (since 2009), Perth; the Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania (since 1995); and the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria (since 1993).
Research
Mackey's research focuses on hereditary eye diseases, particularly clinical and molecular genetic aspects of: myopia; hereditary optic atrophy ––Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) and Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy (ADOA); glaucoma genetics and screening; age-related macular degeneration and retinal dystrophies and detachment; strabismus and ptosis; corneal dystrophies and keratoconus; congenital cataracts, and color vision. Relevant outcomes from his research in the genetics of LHON were that fewer people with the LHON gene in Australia go blind than previously estimated. His research group has tracked the incidence of myopia in Norfolk Island[5] and in Australia. He has advocated for Australians with rare genetic eye diseases to gain access to international clinical gene therapy trials.[6] He is an author on over 430 peer-reviewed publications. As of May 4, 2023, Mackey has 33,164 citations and an H-Index of 91.[7] His article on how to teach the genetics of eye colour[8] currently ranks in the top 5% of all research articles scored by Altmetric and has been viewed over 205,000 times.[9]
Leadership Roles
He is a vice-president of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for the term 2023-25.[10] Mackey is a past president of the International Society for Genetic Eye Disease and Retinoblastoma.[11]
Honours
Mackey was included in the Ophthalmologist Power list 2023, which showcased ophthalmologists who had demonstrated 'Ten Years of Excellence and Impact in Ophthalmology' worldwide.[12][13] In 2019, Mackey received the Order of Australia for distinguished service to medicine, and to medical education, in the field of ophthalmology, as a clinician-scientist and academic.[14][15][16] The Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology presented him with an Achievement Award in 2016 and a Distinguished Service Award in 2011. In 2015, he received an American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award as well as the “Kevin Bell” Churchill Fellowship Trust Award.[17] In 2014, he was given a Harvard Club of Australia Nonprofit Fellowship Award: Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. In 2012, he received the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists College’s Excellence in Training award. He was an Alcon Research Institute Awardee in 2010 and was presented with a University Foundation Graduate Award, University of Tasmania, in 2009. In 2007, he received a Prize for Best Poster RANZCO and in 2000 he received the Prize for the best scientific presentation at the European Glaucoma Society Meeting. Familial aggregation of glaucoma: experience with the Glaucoma Inheritance Study in Tasmania. Notably, in 1997 he was part of the Iowa-led team that was awarded the Rudin prize (New York Academy of Medicine) and US$50,000 for the Science paper on the GLC1A gene,[18] highlighted as the best glaucoma paper published in the world for 1997.
References
- ↑ "Dr David Mackey (Ophthalmologist) - Healthpages.wiki". healthpages.wiki. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ↑ "HealthEngine". HealthEngine. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Ophthalmology, David Anthony MackeyUniversity of Western Australia | UWA · Centre for; Science, Visual; InstituteMD, Lions Eye. "David MACKEY | Professor of Ophthalmology, Managing Director, Associate Dean of Research | University of Western Australia, Perth | UWA | Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ "Who are you? David Mackey - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "Myopia clues gleaned from Bounty mutineers". CBC. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Churchill Fellowship winner: Ophthalmologist eyes retinal disease". The West Australian. 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ↑ "David A Mackey". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ↑ Mackey, David A. (April 2022). "What colour are your eyes? Teaching the genetics of eye colour & colour vision. Edridge Green Lecture RCOphth Annual Congress Glasgow May 2019". Eye. 36 (4): 704–715. doi:10.1038/s41433-021-01749-x. ISSN 1476-5454. PMC 8956647 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 34426658 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Article Metrics - What colour are your eyes? Teaching the genetics of eye colour & colour vision. Edridge Green Lecture RCOphth Annual Congress Glasgow May 2019 | Eye".
- ↑ "APAO Council | APAO". Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ↑ "Professor David Mackey AO". Lions Eye Institute. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ↑ "David Anthony Mackey". Power List. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ↑ "Home". Power List. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
- ↑ "Australian Eye Health Professionals Recognised - mivision". 2019-06-12. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "AO: Officer of the Order of Australia". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ↑ "Seven Academy Fellows recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". AAHMS - Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ↑ "David Mackey - Churchill Trust". www.churchilltrust.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ↑ Stone, E. M.; Fingert, J. H.; Alward, W. L.; Nguyen, T. D.; Polansky, J. R.; Sunden, S. L.; Nishimura, D.; Clark, A. F.; Nystuen, A.; Nichols, B. E.; Mackey, D. A. (1997-01-31). "Identification of a gene that causes primary open angle glaucoma". Science. 275 (5300): 668–670. doi:10.1126/science.275.5300.668. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 9005853. Unknown parameter
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