South Australian clinician-scientist Professor Jamie Craig has been named in The Ophthalmologist Power List for 2026.

The Power List showcases ophthalmology leaders and influencers who have made a significant impact in the field in the past 12–18 months.

Prof Craig is Director of the Flinders Centre for Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision Research; and Chair and Academic Head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders

University College of Medicine and Public Health in South Australia. He was named South Australian Scientist of the Year in 2024.

Prof Craig has led the development of SightScore, a polygenic risk score for glaucoma, including the incorporation of a start-up company Seonix Bio, to facilitate fundraising activities to fund regulatory accreditation in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.

The test has now been launched in those countries and is being used by leading ophthalmologists to assist with key clinical decision making around initiation and escalation of treatment in glaucoma suspects and cases.

This year’s Power List was headed by Professor Gus Gazzard, from Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS and University College London, in the United Kingdom.

Prof Gazzard said his work has been “increasingly focused on improving how we might conduct randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in ophthalmology”.1

“Without RCTs, which preserve the glorious power of randomisation to give us robust answers, we fall prey to bias, selective reporting and ulterior motives,” Prof Gazzard told The Ophthalmologist.

Reference available at mivision.com.au.