Verteporfin photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related ...

80 Acknowledgements■■■■■■Dr KA Muldrew contributed to the setting up of NetwORC UK. She designed the gradingprotocols with clinician colleagues, developed training and validation programmes andtrained staff employed in the reading centres. She worked on the quality assurance processesand contributed to the analyses.Dr T Peto is Head of the Moorfields Eye Hospital Reading Centre, part of NetwORC UK. Shewas involved in the setting up, design and execution of the imaging and grading protocol.She also contributed to the training and certification of graders, and advised clinicians aboutimage interpretation, together with the clinical leads from the Belfast and the Liverpoolreading centres.Professor U Chakravarthy designed the study with Professors Harding and Reeves and DrGrieve. She was the principal applicant in the effort to secure funding. She led the study and,with colleagues, the establishment and management of NetwORC UK, developed specificallyfor this project. She contributed to the interpretation of the results and drafted the reportwith Professors Harding and Reeves.All authors contributed to the reporting of the study through this report and other peer-reviewedpublications arising from the study.Verteporfin photodynamic therapy cohort study contributorsMr Douglas Newman, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.Mr Martin Harris, General Hospital, Barnet, London.Mr Richard Antcliffe, Royal United Hospital, Bath.Ms Salwa Abugreen, Royal Blackburn Hospital, Blackburn.Ms Clare Bailey, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol.Professor Usha Chakravarthy, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.Mr Simon Morgan, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool.Mr Jonathon Gibson, Birmingham and Midlands Eye Hospital, Birmingham.Mr Faruque Ganchi, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford.Mr Anthony Casswell, Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton.Mr Shafiq Rehman, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Calderdale, Yorkshire.Mr Robert Johnston, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham.Mr Sergio Pagliarini, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry.Mr Hean-Choon Chen, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby.Mrs Geeta Menon, Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley Park.Mr Sakkaf Aftab and Mr Satish Kotta, Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust, Goole.Mr Gavin Walter, Harrogate District Hospital, Harrogate.Mr Kevin Gregory-Evans, Western Eye Hospital, London.Mr Nicholas Lee Hillingdon Hopsitals NHS Trust. Middlesex.Mr Meen Zaman, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.Mr Clive Edelsten, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich.Mr Victor Chong, King’s College Hospital, London.Mr R J Pushpanathan, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn.Mr Simon Horgan, Kingston Hospital, Kingston.Mr Martin McKibbin, Leeds Teaching Hospital, Leeds.Professor Simon Harding, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool.Mr Frank Ahfat, Maidstone Hospital, Maidstone.Mr Paulo Stanga, Spire Manchester Hospital, Manchester.Mr Adnan Tufail, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Moorfields, London.Mr James Talks, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle.Mr Andrew Glenn, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich.