Alan Charles Bird (born 4 July 1938, in Bromley, Kent, UK) is an English ophthalmologist, famous for his work on degenerative and hereditary diseases of the retina.
From July 1968 to August 1969 he held a clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, working with Lawton Smith, MD.
[2] In order to contribute fully to research, Dr. Bird spent a sabbatical period with Dean Bok, MD, at UCLA in 1985.
In addition to his work in London, he has also spent time in Africa undertaking research into river blindness.
He has also worked in Jamaica recording the retinal changes in sickle cell disease over a 20-year period in a well-studied cohort generated by Graham Serjeant, MD.[3]Dr.