Peter McCluskey is currently a Professor of Ophthalmology at The University of Sydney and Director of the Uveitis unit at Sydney Eye Hospital. He was the Chair of Ophthalmology and director of the Save Sight Institute at The University of Sydney from Mar 2009 – Dec 2025.  

He is an internationally recognised inflammatory eye disease specialist. He is an active clinician with a large uveitis clinic at Sydney Eye Hospital and clinics at St Vincent’s Clinic and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.  

Peter McCluskey is an author of more than 370 peer reviewed papers, 27 book chapters, 2 apps and 4 books. His H-index is currently 69 (google scholar) and his work has been cited more than 15,000 times.  

He is a dedicated teacher who has received distinguished service awards from APAO, RANZCO and AAO for his teaching contributions.  

On Australia Day 2020 he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to Ophthalmology and the community.  

In 2021, Peter McCluskey was awarded a Doctor of Science in Medicine by the University of NSW.