Dr. Clare Quigley

Dr. Clare Quigley

Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology, Clinical Medicine

Biography

Clare Quigley is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon working in private practice in Progressive Vision, Sandyford and Swords, Dublin. She has a subspecialty interest in cataract, oculoplastic and orbital surgery. She is interested in improving her patients quality of life through her clinical and surgical work, and in improving understanding and treatment of ophthalmic disease through research.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Clare Quigley, Cristina Taut, Tamara Zigman, Louise Gallagher, Harry Campbell, Lina Zgaga, Association between Home Birth and Breast Feeding Outcomes: a Cross-Sectional Study in 28,125 Mother-Infant Pairs from Ireland and UK, British Medical Journal Open, 6, (e010551), 2016, p10.1136/bmjopen-2015- 010551Journal Article, 2016, DOI , URL
  • Quigley C, Deady S, Hughes E, McElnea E, Zgaga L, Chetty S., National incidence of eyelid cancer in Ireland (2005-2015)., Eye, 33, (10), 2019, p1534-1539Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Clare Quigley, Alkis Psaltis, Geoffrey E Rose, Dinesh Selva, Risk factors for visual loss after excision of apical orbital cavernous venous malformations, Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryJournal Article
  • Quigley C., Stephenson K.A.J., Kenna P.F., Cassidy L., Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning, perfusion changes and optic neuropathy in carriers of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy-associated mitochondrial variants, BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 9, (1), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • , Comment on: 'Neuroradiology for ophthalmologists'., Eye (London, England), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Quigley, C., Ellard, R., Arreyedh, H.A., Droney, T., Harney, F., Townley, D., Classical music for analgesia in laser panretinal photocoagulation for treatment of diabetic retinopathy, Irish Medical Journal, 112, (5), 2019, p941Journal Article, 2019
  • Sorcha N{\'{\i, The BIL Exchange Technique, Innovative Implantation Technique, 2019, p111--115Book Chapter, 2019, DOI
  • Dhubhghaill, S.N., Quigley, C., The BIL Exchange Technique, Innovative Implantation Technique: Bag-in-the-Lens Cataract Surgery, 2019, p111-116Book Chapter, 2019
  • David Gallagher and Clare Quigley and Conor Lyons and Elizabeth McElnea and Tim Fulcher, Optic Neuropathy and Sinus Disease, Journal of Medical Cases, 9, (1), 2018, p11--15Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Chawla H, Quigley C, Wong GY, A review of ptosis surgery techniques performed by British Oculoplastic Surgical Society members., Eye (London, England), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Ang T, Quigley C, Slattery J, Selva D, Iatrogenic Erosion of Orbital Walls due to Expanding Hydrogel Explant., Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Ang T, Tong JY, Quigley C, Selva D, Tear inflammatory cytokine profiles in orbital inflammatory disease., Experimental eye research, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Quigley C, Tong JY, Zhang AS, Psaltis AJ, Selva D, Clinico-radiological features of optic nerve sheath schwannoma: Review and illustrative case., European journal of ophthalmology, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Quigley C, Tong JY, Farshid G, Bonar F, Selva D, Myxoma: An Unusual Aggressive Orbital Lesion., Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Quigley C, Elshelmani H, Fajin G, Byrne AM, McCloskey C, O'Neill V, Horgan N, Socket outcomes following enucleation for uveal melanoma: post enucleation socket syndrome can be challenging., Eye (London, England), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Quigley C, Hanrahan G, Stephenson K, Ahmed S, Mukhtar M, Cassidy L, Cardiac conduction abnormalities in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy and asymptomatic maternal relatives., Eye (London, England), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • González-Andrades M, Fung SSM, Potic J, Chidambaram JD, Karimi A, Quigley C, Pontoppidan-Toms R, Scott A, Rasmussen MLR, Harmonizing ophthalmic residency surgical training across Europe: A proposed surgical curriculum., Eye (London, England), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Quigley C, Stephenson KAJ, Kenna P, Cassidy L, Optic Nerve Structural and Functional Changes in LHON-Affected and Asymptomatic Maternal Relatives: Association with H and HV Mitochondrial Haplogroups., International journal of molecular sciences, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
  • Quigley C, Butler T, Murphy C, Power W, Perforation in interstitial keratitis associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: medical and surgical management., BMJ case reports, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI

Research Expertise

Research interests include cataract, oculoplastic and orbital pathology, ophthalmic epidemiology, and neuro-ophthalmology.

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Recognition

  • Winner: Best Ophthalmic Surgery Film: "Optic nerve sheath schwannoma excision via an endoscopic endonasal approach." Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) annual meeting Adelaide, Australia 2024
  • John Henahan annual European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons essay competition, overall winner 2017
  • Fellowship in oculoplastics and orbit awarded in James Cook University Hospital, major trauma centre, UK: appointed from a field of 35 international applicants 2023
  • 1st place Overall at the European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma examination, among 450 candidates across 27 countries, only Irish person to have received this award 2021
  • Best Poster Presentation at UKNOS 2024, Newcastle "Peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer thinning, perfusion changes and optic neuropathy in carriers of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy-associated mitochondrial variants 2024
  • RCSI Colles Travelling Fellowship in Surgery: awarded grant towards cost of oculoplastic surgery fellowship in Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia 2024
  • Fellowship with Professor Dinesh Selva in Royal Adelaide Hospital. Professor Selva is a world leader in oculoplastics and orbit, has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters, and is a regularly invited speaker around the world 2024
  • Scholarship: awarded prestigious scholarship in Medicine in Trinity College Dublin 2012
  • Eithne Walls Memorial Scholarship: awarded Research Fellowship from Trinity College Dublin for funding of Ophthalmology MD 2021