A long history and a bright future

ByPaul Riordan-Eva

Published12 July 2022

Amid the challenges that outgoing chair of the MDU board Paul Riordan-Eva has had to contend with, he explains why the MDU's founding ethos of 'doctors for doctors' has been a source of strength and inspiration during his tenure.

Members are represented on our board of management and council, so their voices are heard in discussions.

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Paul Riordan-Eva

After training at Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, London, Paul specialised in ophthalmology including a year in San Francisco on a Harkness Fellowship. He then trained in neuro-ophthalmology leading to an initial Consultant post between The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Moorfields Eye Hospital as well as MRC Consultant Clinical Scientist and a move to King's College Hospital in 1999. He has been a member of the MDU since qualifying in 1982.