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Professor Parwez Hossain is the King James IV Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University Hospitals Southampton. He focuses on cornea and ocular surface diseases, working on advanced management techniques for corneal inflammatory conditions such as microbial keratitis and dry eye disease. His research aims to enhance understanding of the early stages of human corneal infection, particularly utilizing imaging techniques like anterior segment OCT to investigate the early clinical course. Professor Hossain is also engaged in clinical research on corneal transplantation, developing advanced laser-assisted techniques and training surgeons through his highly successful fellowship program. His academic background includes a degree in Medicine from Aberdeen University and extensive training in Ophthalmology across various institutions, including Nottingham, Leicester, and Miami, USA. He began his clinician-scientist career as a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow at Aberdeen University, where he earned a PhD in Immunology and Biomedical Physics/Engineering, studying T-cell traffic in ocular inflammation.