Geoffrey Rose (ophthalmologist)

Geoffrey Rose (born 17 January 1955) is an English ophthalmologist and Past-President of both the British OculoPlastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS).

He attended the King's College Hospital Medical School, University of London, finishing in 1979.

With further training in Internal Medicine, he was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1982.

His qualifications include BSc MBBS MS DSc MRCP FRCS FRCOphth.

Rose has also led the field of ophthalmic plastic surgery in the development of small-incision orbital decompression for thyroid eye disease, in description of the "Cactus syndrome" and its prevention, the new recognition and description of "Giant Fornix Syndrome" (a blinding condition if untreated), and by improving the treatment of patients with lacrimal gland malignancies with eye-sparing surgical techniques.