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John Patrick Lee (October 25, 1946 – October 8, 2010) John Lee was one of the world’s most remarkable ophthalmologists. A consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is known for his use of ‘botox’ in the treatment of strabismus and blepharospasm.

Life
Lee was born on 25 October 1946 in Kingston upon Thames of immigrant Irish parents, both of whom were teachers. He was the oldest of 11 siblings. He was educated at St George’s College, Weybridge, where he excelled and gained five A-levels – one of which he studied on his own. He was accepted by University College, Oxford, for his preclinical studies at the age of 17. According to what he said he never took his studies seriously, and gained full advantage of the many other attractions of university life. He rarely missed an undergraduate party, and it was at one of these that he met his future wife, Arabella Rose. They married in 1971 and had two sons.

He proceeded to the Westminster Hospital for his clinical training.

He subsequently began his formal training in ophthalmology, first at the Oxford Eye Hospital, and then at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where he trained with Peter Fells. He then obtained a fellowship to study in the USA at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute of the University of Florida with John Flynn.

In 1981 he visited Alan Scott at the Smith-Kettlewell Research Institute in San Francisco to study a new treatment for strabismus using botulinum toxin.

In 1983 John Lee took up a post as a university lecturer at Moorfields and the Institute of Ophthalmology, and was appointed as a consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields Eye Hospital in 1985, holding appointments at both the High Holborn and City Road branches. At Moorfields.

John Lee died on 8 October 2010, while attending a conference in the USA at Traverse City, Michigan.

Honours and Awards
In 2009 he was elected president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He also served as president of the ophthalmology section of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the International Strabismus Association. He was alse the first European to be elected to the Association for Research in Strabismus.