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Introducing John V. Forrester, the 2012 recipient of the Weisenfeld award.

John Forrester is an extraordinary example of a modern clinician-scientist in the field of ophthalmology, whose nomination for this award was based on a number of criteria that reflect the enormous breadth of his contribution and leadership across many aspects of clinical ophthalmology and eye research. John Forrester obtained his medical degree at Glasgow University in 1970 and, driven by an early interest in the eye, he went on to train as an ophthalmologist obtaining FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Glas), and an MD en route to becoming FRCOphth in 1990 and FRCP in 1996. He was appointed Professor of Ophthalmology at Aberdeen University at the tender age of 38. There have been numerous acknowledgements of his excellence in medical science and ophthalmology within the UK and abroad. Firstly, in 1998 he was awarded ‘‘Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences’’ (FMedSci) for exceptional contributions to the medical sciences as a result of original discoveries and sustained contributions to scholarship. Secondly, he was made a ‘‘Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh’’ (FRSEd) in 2003. Furthermore, he has had numerous accolades, and delivered numerous named lectures in recognition of his contribution to ophthalmology and eye research, especially in the field of ocular immunology and inflammation, with specific bearings on conditions, such as uveitis and corneal transplantation. He is pre-eminent as probably the most distinguished and accomplished clinicianresearcher in Scotland, and the UK more broadly, in the discipline of ophthalmology. He has published over 340 peerreviewed papers, over 75 reviews, and 5 books. He has supervised over 36 PhDs and at least 2 of his protégées (Andrew Dick and Harminder Dua) now currently are full professors of ophthalmology in the UK. He was editor of The British Journal of Ophthalmology for over 8 years and currently serves on the editorial boards of many leading eye, immunology, and cell biology journals. As evidence of his wider contribution, he not only is chair of ophthalmology, but is Head of ‘‘Infection and Immunity Division’’ at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen. He recently has been appointed as Professor at the Centre for Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences/Lions Eye Institute at the University of Western Australia.