Mr Rob Scott has helped post of Consultant adviser in Ophthalmology to the Royal Air Force since March 1999. He advises the Director General Medical Services (RAF) on matters relating to Ophthalmology and is responsible for the Medical standards relating to Ophthalmology in potential and serving RAF aircrew. He also advises the department of Optometry at the officer and air crew selection centre at RAF Cranwell on visual standards for air crew selection and refractive appliances for air crew. He lectures on Ophthalmology in aviation at the centre of Aviation medicine (CAM) and on the diploma of aviation medicine course. His scientific work on air crew refractive correction awarded a runner-up prize in the 2004 aerospace medical association young investigator of the year competition. His research on screening potential air crew for retinal problems after Roaccutane use was awarded the Powderject presentation prize at the Royal Society of medicine armed forces section in 2004 and Midland ophthalmological society poster prize in the same year.
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Mr Scott introduced safe cataract surgery for fast-jet aircrew and has extensive experience in treating aircrew with eye disease and sight problems. He has advised the medical section of the National Air Traffic Control Centre at Heathrow airport on the ophthalmic medical standards required for their new air traffic control tower. He has published a policy document for the surgeon general on refractive surgery in air crew. He continues research on the affects on ocular disease in air crew, the affect of night vision goggles on the visual system, colour vision in air crew and visual aspects of the new generation of helmets for fighter pilots.
He has published two chapters on visual basic science and clinical aspects of Ophthalmology in Ernsting's Aviation Medicine, the main textbook in aviation medicine. He is currently co-editing a text book entitled 'Ophthalmology in Aviation'. He is an expert in the examination and evaluation of fitness to fly in aircrew with eye disease and visual problems.