Gavin Docherty

Glaucoma person

Gavin Docherty attended medical school at UBC Vancouver from 2010 to 2014, followed by an ophthalmology residency at UBC in Vancouver from 2014 to 2019. After that, he completed a Glaucoma Fellowship at the Cumming School of Medicine from 2019 to 2020. Gavin then started a Glaucoma program in Kelowna, British Columbia, where there were previously no glaucoma subspecialty services. This program now provides care for a catchment area of close to one million people.

Selected references:
1. Khan H, Law G, Docherty G, Gooi P. Micropulse Trans-scleral Cyclophotocoagulation: Two year follow up on safety and efficacy in a tertiary Canadian Centre. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022; doi:10.1016/j.jcjo.2022.10.012.
2. Aziz R, Docherty G, Sheldon C. The role of nutraceuticals in the management of Glaucoma. Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2021; 5(S6):494-498.
3. Sarhan A, Swift A, Gorner A, Rokne J, Alhajj R, Docherty G, Crichton A. Utilizing a responsive web portal for studying disc tracing agreement in retinal images. PLoS ONE. 2021; 16(5): e0251703.
4. Ragan A, Docherty G, Crichton A. Are topical steroids a risk factor for tube exposure in glaucoma drainage devices? Clin Ophthalmol. 2021; 15: 1759-1761.
5. Docherty G, Gooi P. Canaloplasty, GATT & Trypan Blue Venography. Review of Ophthalmology. https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/canaloplasty-gatt-and-trypan-blue-venography. Accessed November 19, 2020.
6. Crichton P, Sanders E, Docherty G, Crichton A. Analysis of efficacy and safety of pediatric Ahmed glaucoma valve (FP8) in advanced age populations. Journal of Glaucoma. 2021; 30(2):164-169.
7. Swift S, Waldner D, Gorner A, Chung H, Ahmed A, Docherty G, Gooi P. Face and content validity of an artificial eye model for dual blade goniotomy. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020; 31(5).
8. Docherty G, Waldner D, Schlenker M, Crichton A, Ford B, Ike I.I., Gooi P. Modified ab interno canaloplasty combined with in vivo aqueous venography: a novel diagnostic and therapeutic technique for open-angle glaucoma. Journal of Glaucoma. 2020; 29(12):e130-e134.