Newcastle University

Roles

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-retinal surgeon, Sunderland Eye infirmary appointed 1999

Speciality group lead for Ophthalmology, Northumbria and Tyne and Wear CLRN 

Board member and revalidation lead, British and Eire association of Vitreo-retinal surgeons 

Lead for South of Tyne Diabetic eye screening program 

Qualifications

MBBS 1989 (Newcastle)

FRCOphth 1993

Diploma Diabetic medicine 2004 

Research Interests

Restoring vision in patients with blinding outer retinal disease - in particular 

Optimising the derivation and isolation of Photoreceptor precursors  and RPE cells from hESC and iPSC for transplantation 

Modelling outer retinal disease with IPSC to understand disease mechanisms and evalaute novel therapeutic agents

Retinal image analysis with particular reference to

Automated grading for diabetic retinopathy

Retinal vascular geometry and vascular analysis in Diabetic retinopathy and other systemic disease

Clinical vitreo-retinal disease including

Surgical stratergies to treat patients with submacular haemorrhages associated with AMD 

Vtrectomy technology

Vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy

The interface between cataract and vitreoretinal surgery 

Undergraduate

Stage 3 Biomedical sciences course  

Postgraduate

Departmental monday evening and  retinal meetings

Regional wed PM postgraduate teaching 

Invited lectures to other Ophthalmology Departments 

Surgical Skills Trainer RCOphth

RCOphth Examiner 

• Mellough CB, Sernagor E, Moreno-Gimeno I, Steel DH, Lako M. Efficient Stage-Specific Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Toward Retinal Photoreceptor Cells. Stem Cells 2012, 30(4), 673-686.
• Smith JM, Steel DHW. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for prevention of postoperative vitreous cavity haemorrhage after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, (5), CD008214.
• Allen D, Habib M, Steel D. Final incision size after implantation of a hydrophobic acrylic aspheric intraocular lens: New motorized injector versus standard manual injector. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2012, 38(2), 249–255.
• Issa SA, Connor A, Habib M, Steel DH. Comparison of retinal breaks observed during 23 gauge transconjunctival vitrectomy versus conventional 20 gauge surgery for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Clinical Ophthalmology 2011, 5, 109-114.
• Hunter A, Lowell JA, Habib M, Ryder B, Basu A, Steel D. An automated retinal image quality grading algorithm. In: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2011, Boston, MA: IEEE.
• Steel DH, Sandhu SS. Submacular haemorrhages associated with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2011, 95, 1051-1057.
• Steel DH, Charles S. Vitrectomy Fluidics. Ophthalmologica 2011, 226(suppl 1), 27–35.
• Hunter A, Lowell JA, Ryder B, Basu A, Steel D. Automated diagnosis of referable maculopathy in diabetic retinopathy screening. In: Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE. 2011, Lincoln, UK: IEEE.
• Sandhu SS, Manvikar S, Steel DH. Displacement of submacular hemorrhage associated with age-related macular degeneration using vitrectomy and submacular tPA injection followed by intravitreal ranibizumab. Clinical Ophthalmology 2010, 4, 637-642.
• Lee RMH, AlRaqqad N, Gomaa A, Steel DHW, Bloom PA, Liu CSC. Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation in osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis (OOKP) eyes. Journal of Glaucoma 2011, 20(1), 68-69.
• Smith J, Steel D. The surgical management of vasoproliferative tumours. Ophthalmologica 2011, 226(suppl 1), 42-5.
• Mansoor Q, Smith J, Steel D. Transvitrectomy injection of low-viscosity substances. Eye 2011, 25(7), 954-955.
• Massey EM, Hunter A, Lowell J, Steel DH. A robust lesion boundary segmentation algorithm using level set methods. In: World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. 2010, Munich, Germany: Springer.
• Al-Diri B, Hunter A, Steel D, Habib M. Automated analysis of retinal vascular network connectivity. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 2010, 34(6), 462-470.
• Sandhu SS, Steel DH. Comment on macular full-thickness and lamellar holes in association with type 2 idiopathic macular telangiectasia. Eye 2010, 24(6), 1119.
• Steel DHW, Connor A, Habib MS, Owen R. Entry site treatment to prevent late recurrent postoperative vitreous cavity haemorrhage after vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2010, 94(9), 1219-1225.
• Al-Diri B, Hunter A, Steel D, Habib M. Manual measurement of retinal bifurcation features. In: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). 2010, Buenos Aires, Argentina: IEEE.
• Fraser S, Steel D. Retinal detachment. Clinical Evidence 2010, (article 0710).
• Man CY, Steel D. Visual outcome after open globe injury: a comparison of two prognostic models--the Ocular Trauma Score and the Classification and Regression Tree. Eye 2010, 24(1), 84-89.
• Al-Diri B, Hunter A, Steel D. An active contour model for segmenting and measuring retinal vessels. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 2009, 28(9), 1488-1497.
• Mellough CB, Steel DHW, Lako M. Genetic basis of inherited macular dystrophies and implications for stem cell therapy. Stem Cells 2009, 27(11), 2833-2845.
• Manvikar SR, Allen D, Steel DHW. Optical biometry in combined phacovitrectomy. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2009, 35(1), 64-69.
• Hadid OH, Steel D. Pupillary capture of the haptic of an anterior chamber intraocular lens after blunt trauma. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2009, 44(4), 27-28.
• Habib M, Lowell J, Holliman N, Hunter A, Vaideanu D, Hildreth A, Steel D. Assessment of stereoscopic optic disc images using an autostereoscopic screen - Experimental study. BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8(13).
• Clark C, Habib MS, Steel DH. Combined phacoemulsification and transpupillary removal of heavy silicone oil. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2008, 34(10), 1640-1643.
• Yu Wai Man P, Morgan SJ, Hildreth AJ, Steel DH, Allen D. Efficacy of intracameral and subconjunctival cefuroxime in preventing endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2008, 34(3), 447-451.
• Steel DHW, Habib MS, Park S, Hildreth AJ, Owen RI. Entry site neovascularization and vitreous cavity hemorrhage after diabetic vitrectomy: the predictive value of inner sclerostomy site ultrasonography. Opthalmology 2008, 115(3), 525-532.
• Byrne S, Ng J, Hildreth A, Danjoux JP, Steel DH. Refractive change following pseudophakic vitrectomy. BMC Ophthalmology 2008, 8, 19.
• Manvikar S, Steel D, Pimenidis D. Refractive outcome of phacovitrectomy. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 2008, 34(12), 2009-2010.
• Al-Diri B, Hunter A, Steel D, Habib M, Hudaib T, Berry S. Review: A reference data set for retinal vessel profiles. In: 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). 2008, Vancouver, Canada: IEEE.
• de Klerk TA, Steel DH. Use of intravitreal bevacizumab in a patient with a Von Hippel-Lindau-associated retinal haemangioblastoma of the optic nerve head: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2, 182.
• Habib MS, Steel DH, Ling R, James C, Fetherston TJ, McLeod D, Inglesby DV. Vitrectomy with membrane peeling for vasocentric idiopathic epiretinal membranes. Retina 2008, 28(7), 981-986.
• Steel DHW. Phacovitrectomy: Expanding indications. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2007, 33(6), 933-936.
• Vaideanu D, Taylor P, McAndrew P, Hildreth A, Deady JP, Steel DH. Double masked randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of paracetamol in reducing pain in panretinal photocoagulation. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2006, 90(6), 713-717.
• Steele C, Steel D, Bone H, McParland L, Green L, Fraser S. Managing 'suspicious glaucomatous discs' identified during digital-photography-based diabetic retinopathy screening. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 2006, 26(1), 19-25.
• Adams WE, Habib M, Berrington A, Koerner R, Steel DH. Postoperative endophthalmitis caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2006, 32(7), 1238-1240.
• Steel D, Habib M, Owen R. Preventing recurrent vitreous hemorrhage. Ophthalmology 2006, 113(12), 2373-2374; author reply 2374.
• Habib MS, Byrne S, McCarthy JH, Steel DH. Refractile superficial retinal crystals and chronic retinal detachment: case report. BMC Ophthalmology 2006, 6, 3.
• Manvikar S, Steel D. Refractive lens exchange combined with pars plana vitrectomy to correct high myopia. Eye 2006, 20(12), 1399-1400; author reply 1399.
• Steel DHW. Comparative study of first-day postoperative cataract review methods - Reply. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2005, 31(12), 2243-2243.
• Owen RI, Tiffin PAC, Steel DHW. Echographic features of a case of malignant intraocular medulloepithelioma. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2005, 89(1), 120-121.
• Herbert EN, Laidlaw DA, Williamson TH, Habib M, Steel D. Loss of vision once silicone oil has been removed. Retina 2005, 25(6), 808-809; author reply 809.
• Habib MS, Cannon PS, Steel DH. The combination of intravitreal triamcinolone and phacoemulsification surgery in patients with diabetic foveal oedema and cataract. BMC Ophthalmology 2005, 5, 15.
• Habib MS, Hunter A, Steel DH. A comparative study of qualitative stereoscopic viewing and quantitative mapping of diabetic macular edema using polarized shutter goggles versus the autostereoscopic screen display. In: Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. 2004, Ft Lauderdale, FL: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
• Mandal K, Dodds SG, Hildreth A, Fraser SG, Steel DHW. Comparative study of first-day postoperative cataract review methods. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2004, 30(9), 1966-1971.
• Ah Kiné D, Benson SE, Inglesby DV, Steel DHW. The results of surgery on macular holes associated with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Retina 2002, 22(4), 429-434.
• Steel DHW, West J, Campbell WG. A randomized controlled study of the use of transscleral diode laser and cryotherapy in the management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Retina 2000, 20(4), 346-357.
• Steel DHW, Thorn J. The incidence of systemic side-effects following subconjunctival Mydricaine No. 1 injection. Eye 1999, 13(6), 720-722.
• Steel DHW, Rosseinsky DR, James CR. Acute retinal toxicity caused by the bimetallic electrochemical action of a galvanized steel intraocular foreign body. Retina 1998, 18(1), 77-79.
• Steel DHW, Waldock A. Measurement of the retinal nerve fibre layer with scanning laser polarimetry in patients with previous demyelinating optic neuritis. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1998, 64(4), 505-509.
• Steel DHW, Hoh HB, Harrad RA, Collins CR. Botulinum toxin for the temporary treatment of involutional lower lid entropion: A clinical and morphological study. Eye 1997, 11(4), 472-475.
• Steel DHW, Weir P, James CRH. Silicone assisted, argon laser confinement of recurrent proliferative vitreoretinopathy related retinal detachment: a technique to allow silicone oil removal in problem eyes. British Journal of Ophthalmology 1997, 81(9), 765-770.
• Steel DHW, Harrad RA. Patterns of oculomotor synkinesis. In: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 1996 annual meeting. 1996, Ft Lauderdale, FL: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
• Steel DHW, Mahomed I, Sheffield E. Unilateral choroidal melanoma with bilateral retinal vasculitis. British Journal of Ophthalmology 1996, 80(9), 850-851.
• Steel DHW, Harrad RA. Unilateral congenital ptosis with ipsilateral superior rectus muscle overaction. American Journal of Ophthalmology 1996, 122(4), 550-556.
• Steel DHW, Potts MJ. Bilateral sudden visual loss in Albright's syndrome. British Journal of Ophthalmology 1995, 79(12), 1149-1149.
• Steel DHW, Harrad RA. Congenital ptosis with ipsilateral superior rectus overaction. In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science annual meeting. 1995, Ft Lauderdale, FL: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
• Steel DHW, Hoh HB, Potts MJ, Harrad RA. Uniocular fields of fixation in thyroid eye disease. Eye 1995, 9(3), 348-351.
• Steel DH, Richardson J, Aitken DA. Acute bilateral optic disc neovascularization. Retina 1994, 14(4), 362-369.
• Steel DHW. 'Dead man's finger' keratoconjunctivitis. British Journal of Ophthalmology 1993, 77(1), 63-63.