Martin Snead graduated from London University in 1984 and trained in ophthalmic surgery in London, Nottingham, Cambridge and New York before being appointed as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1996. He has a special interest in all aspects of retinal and vitreous surgery, especially surgery for the repair of retinal detachment, diabetic and macular disorders. He leads a Vitreoretinal Research Group at Cambridge University investigating the molecular pathology of retinal detachment and is the service lead for the Department of Health nationally commissioned Stickler syndrome diagnostic service.