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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 0999
Email
francesc.marchderibot@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MD PhD MS MMed FEBO FICO FICS DISSO MRCS MBA
Research summary
Ophthalmology, glaucoma, retina, innovation
Teaching

Undergraduate:

  • MB ChB programme (years 3–6)
  • Supervision of Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) students
  • Supervision of Summer Research Scholarship students

Postgraduate:

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Ophthalmic Basic Sciences (Ophthalmic Physiology course convenor)
  • Supervision of RANZCO Vocational Trainee Registrars
  • Co-ordination of Dunedin Ophthalmology Clinical Course (Preparing senior Ophthalmology registrars for RANZCO Advanced Clinical Examination)
  • Supervision of Master of Ophthalmology candidates
  • Supervision of PhD in Opthalmology
Clinical
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dunedin Hospital. Subspecialist interest in assessment and treatment of surgical and medical retina, glaucoma, and cataract.

Research

Francesc March is a New Zealand and internationally trained Ophthalmologist.

Dr March is a consultant eye surgeon at the Dunedin Hospital. He has worked in all areas of Ophthalmology for over 16 years. He trained in ophthalmology with a special interest in retina, glaucoma, and complex cataracts. March graduated with a Doctor of Medicine specializing in Ophthalmology with a Master's and PhD in eye research.

He has specialist skills in complex cataract surgery, retinal detachment, macular diseases, glaucoma, and treatment of eye injuries. His area of special expertise is in retinal diseases, having spent over three years undergoing specific training (commonly referred to as fellowship).

Dr March has also undertaken further one year fellowships in both glaucoma and cataract. His fellowship training was in both New Zealand and overseas in Europe and North America.

Dr March is interested in how vision loss and retinal diseases occur in the population and how medical services can be better organized to deliver the best clinical care. He does research, having published several papers in peer-reviewed journals on various aspects of eye disease. Additionally, he has worked as an investigator in international clinical. He participates in national and international congresses.

Publications

Jirapanyayut, P., March de Ribot, F., & March de Ribot, A. (2024). Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in two twin sisters. BMJ Case Reports, 17, e256423. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2023-256423 Journal - Research Article

Bilgic, A., Kodjikian, L., March de Ribot, F., Spitzer, M. S., Vasavada, V., Gonzalez-Cortes, J. H., … Mathis, T. (2023). Real-world experience with brolucizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration over 2 years: The REBA extension study. Graefe's Archive for Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00417-023-06329-1 Journal - Research Article

Ax, T., Ganse, B., Fries, F., Szentmáry, N., De Paiva, C. S., March de Ribot, F., … Millar, T. J. (2023). Dry eye disease in astronauts: A narrative review. Frontiers in Physiology, 1281327. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1281327 Journal - Research Other

Vergés, C., Giménez-Capitán, A., Ribas, V., Salgado-Borges, J., March de Ribot, F., Mayo-de-la-Casas, C., … Molina-Vila, M. Á. (2023). Gene expression signatures in conjunctival fornix aspirates of patients with dry eye disease associated with Meibomian gland dysfunction: A proof-of-concept study. Occular Surface. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2023.07.010 Journal - Research Article

March de Ribot, F., Salgado-Borges, J., & Benitez del Castillo, J. (2023). Visual complaints during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain and Portugal. Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmolgia, 98(6), 325-328. doi: 10.1016/j.oftale.2023.05.001 Journal - Research Article

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