Peter Dolman is a clinical professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada and is on active staff at five hospitals. He is the director of ophthalmology fellowship programs at UBC, division head of oculoplastics and orbit, and a past president of the BC Society of Eye Physicians and the Canadian Society of Oculoplastics and Reconstructive Surgeons. He is the past- president of the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society and a member of the Orbit Society, an international consortium of orbit experts.
He has supervised over 45 international oculoplastics fellows, has delivered over 250 invited lectures, and published 25 chapters and over 85 journal articles. He recently co-edited a textbook on diseases of the orbit and ocular adnexa which was published in February, 2017.
He has volunteered as a surgeon or lecturer in over 30 developing nations and has received several departmental research and teaching awards, the ASOPRS research award (2007) and the Queen Elizabeth Gold Medal for community service.