Richard Cragg worked for the NHS as both an Ophthalmic Science Practitioner and a Clinical photographer for 18 years, at the Queens Medical Centre and Derbyshire Royal Infirmary Trusts and their supporting hospitals.
Specialising in the field of Ophthalmic Imaging, whilst at Derby Royal Infirmary he implemented one of the first digital fundus imaging systems based on a RAID server in the UK.
He then moved to the Queens Medical Centre NHS Trust in Nottingham to develop their small digital Imaging department. This service now has 3 Ophthalmic Science Practitioners in the Ophthalmic Imaging unit, and 7 Screener-Graders/Trainee OSPs in the newly opened Diabetic Retinal Screening department and cover a very wide spectrum of Imaging techniques such as: Fluorescein angiography, Indocyanine green angiography, Anterior chamber imaging, OCT, HRTII and Confocal Microscopy.
Richard has been involved with many organisations and currently sit on the council for the Association of Ophthalmic Science Practitioners pursuing state registration for their profession. He has been a Director on the Committee for the Accreditation of Medical Illustration Practioners and is at present the current Chairman of the Ophthalmic Imaging Association. His role in the OIA has taken him all over the country teaching various aspects of Ophthalmic Imaging, however his specialist field of interest now is Optical Coherence Tomography, which he believes will play a major role in Ophthalmic diagnostics for years to come.
