David H Verity

Mr David Verity was appointed to the Board in 2016, and became the Order’s Hospitaller in 2018. He is a surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, the President of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society, the Treasurer for the European Society (ESOPRS), and immediate past Editor in-Chief of the international journal ‘ORBIT’. In 2015, with the ophthalmic Hospitallers of the Order, he founded the St John Ophthalmic Association (SOA), a professional organisation dedicated to the postgraduate work of SJEHG. The SOA is formed of 5 world-wide hubs, engaging medical expertise across the Priories and supporting their staff with training courses and medical exchanges. As a surgeon, he also undertakes regular working visits to hospitals in Jerusalem and Gaza.