Optegra Eye Hospital London

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc (Hons) University of London MB BS (Hons) MRCP (UK) FRCS (Eng) FRC Ophth

As Medical Director of Optegra he is committed to maintaining high clinical outcomes across the hospital group. In this role he is responsible for the assessment of new techniques and technology at Optegra.

Special interests

• Laser cataract surgery (carried out 20,000 procedures to date) 
• Laser refractive surgery since 1995 
• Lens replacement (Clarivu) 
• Complex post-operative cataract issues 
• Dry eye
  

Mr Morris is qualified to use LENSAR™ femtosecond laser technology for cataract and lens replacement (Clarivu) procedures.

Education and research

Mr Morris is passionately committed to passing on his skills by training other surgeons and is actively involved in the education of young doctors.

He has been Chairman:

• Wessex Deanery Education Committee
• Regional Adviser for Wessex to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Member of the Microsurgery Training Facility

Member of societies

• Member of the British Medical Association
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (London)
• Member of the Royal College of Physicians (England)
• Member of the United Kingdom and Irish Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member of the International Strabismus Association

Research activities & papers published

• Publications: 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Abstracts: 42 abstracts at scientific meetings
• Invited lectures: 34 invited National and International lectures
• Books & Chapters: 1 book and 3 book chapters
• Editorial responsibilities: Reviewer for Eye, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Strabismus, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Mr Morris has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Mr Morris lectures and presents papers on cataract, refractive surgery and strabismus surgery internationally.

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MA(Cantab) MB BChir FRCOphth CertLRS

Mr Ball qualified in medicine from Cambridge University in 1995 and was awarded the Fawcett Prize
in the final MB. He undertook his ophthalmology training in Brighton, Oxford and Yorkshire. Prior to his consultant appointment in 2005 he completed specialist fellowship training in corneal and refractive surgery at the Lions Eye Institute in Western Australia and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.

In 2014 Mr Ball was appointed as an honorary consultant at the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG) in order to support the development of their refractive, cataract and corneal service. He is currently a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists committee developing the national standards for refractive surgery (vision correction) practice.

Mr Ball has performed over 5,000 laser eye surgery and refractive procedures. He is an expert in all the available techniques of vision correction and was one of the first surgeons in the UK to perform SMILE flapless laser eye surgery.
He is currently leading research into treatment modalities for keratoconus and the genetics of
corneal dystrophies.

He has published and presented on the subjects of cataract surgery, laser eye surgery and corneal disease. He is currently leading research into treatment modalities for keratoconus and the genetics of corneal dystrophies.

Mr Ball routinely uses LENSAR™ femtosecond laser technology for cataract and Clarivu (RLE) procedures.

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MB ChB FRCS(Ed) FRCOphth

Professor Philip Bloom qualified in 1984 (Bristol University) and began his ophthalmology training at
The Bristol Eye Hospital, then in London at The Western Eye Hospital and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, where he underwent a glaucoma fellowship. He specialises in glaucoma, cataract and anterior segment surgery.

Professor Bloom holds a joint consultant appointment between The Western Eye Hospital (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust), London and The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Uxbridge. He is Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology at Middlesex University, the immediate past President of the Royal Society of Medicine Ophthalmology Section, a Keeler Scholarship Board Trustee (RCOphth), UKISCRS Honorary Treasurer & council member and a Trustee of the International Glaucoma Association (IGA).

He chairs the IGA grants committee; his own research interests include glaucoma laser treatment, neuro-protection, cataract surgical simulation/training and spectacle independence after cataract surgery (including multifocal lens implantation, toric IOLs and incisional refractive surgery).

Professional Bloom specialises in:

• Medical
• laser and surgical glaucoma treatment
• cataract surgery

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MD MRCP FRCS FRCOphth

Mr Levy's specialist Fellowships were at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and the prestigious Gimble Eye Centre in Canada where he was trained by Dr Howard V Gimble, one of the founders of modern cataract surgery. He holds the FRCS and FRCOphth Diplomas in clinical ophthalmology and a research MD on cornea pathology. Before becoming an ophthalmologist he trained in internal medicine and was awarded the MRCP {UK) Diploma.

His clinical emphasis is on maximising quality of vision and minimising spectacle dependence after refractive and cataract surgery, optimising his patients' physical and mental comfort during surgery and innovative refractive and cornea procedures.

He was amongst the first surgeons in the UK to perform Lasik. Other career highlights include performing the first no-suture cornea transplant in the UK, advising NICE on lntacs cornea implants for keratoconus and implanting the first intraocular lens in the UK capable of correcting presbyopia and astigmatism simultaneously.

Mr Levy specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• comprehensive refractive surgery
• Cornea transplantation
• eye surface disorders
  

CONSULTATION OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS (London) BSc (Hons) FRCOphth

Mr Ahmed clinical interests include glaucoma laser surgery including selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) and endo-cyclodiode; in addition he performs complex surgery including glaucoma tube surgery, as well as micro-incision phacoemulsification cataract surgery. He spent over 5 years training at Moorfields Eye Hospital as a junior and senior surgical trainee and then as honorary research fellow in glaucoma.

Mr Ahmed has continued his research interests by setting up the Imperial College Ophthalmic Research Group (ICORG) and is a senior investigator in a number of current studies. He previously worked as a consultant in the Birmingham Medical Eye Centre in the West Midlands running the supra-regional glaucoma service. The work included medical and surgical management of very complicated glaucoma patients.

Mr Ahmed was also the UK National World Glaucoma Day co-ordinator and a member of a national glaucoma body, the Glaucoma Alliance, working with charities and other stakeholders in improving glaucoma awareness in the general population and improving glaucoma patient care.

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc (Hons) MB ChB FRCS FRCOphth MBA

After qualifying from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mr Perera won a World Health Organisation scholarship to train in ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 1991, and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1993.

After training in hospitals in the South Thames region he was appointed as an Ophthalmologist to the Royal Navy in 1994. He joined the NHS in January 1996 and is currently a consultant ophthalmologist at the Royal Berkshire NHS Trust and Prince Charles Eye Unit Windsor.

Mr Perera's areas of special interest are Primary Care Ophthalmology, cataract surgery with monofocal/ multifocal/toric lens implantation and laser refractive surgery. He has performed more than 20,000 cataract and laser refractive surgical procedures. Mr Perera has presented scientific papers on laser eye surgery at international conferences and has been involved in teaching refractive surgery. He is an accredited laser refractive surgeon having obtained the certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Mr Perera specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• Lens replacement
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSC(Hons) MBBS FRCOphth PhD

Mr Balaggan is unique in being one of exceptionally few surgeons that have completed not just two years of prestigious high-volume Fellowships in Vitreoretinal Surgery, but also two years of subspecialist Fellowship training in Medical Retina, all at the internationally-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. He also obtained a PhD from University College London (ranked in the top 5 universities globally} developing state-of-the-art [Treatment name removed] for age-related macular degeneration as well as other retinal disorders.

He has been awarded numerous prizes recognising his contribution to advancing frontiers in ophthalmology and for his teaching excellence. He is considered an expert in retinal medicine and surgery, and has often been invited to lecture both nationally and internationally, teaching other retinal specialists.

Mr Balaggan spent 4 years full-time researching at University College London developing cutting-edge novel retinal gene therapies for macular degeneration and inherited retinal disorders.

Mr Balaggan specialise in:

• Vitreomacular traction
• floaters and vitreous syneresis/ detachment
• macular holes
• epiretinal membranes
• complex and routine emergency retinal detachments and retinal tears
• diabetic retinal detachments
• macular degeneration
• retinal vein occlusions
• diabetic retinopathy
• diabetic maculopathy
• inherited/genetic retinal disorders
• uveitis
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS, FRCSEd, FRCOphth

Manzar Saeed is the Head of Ophthalmology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust. He is a highly experienced ophthalmic surgeon with expertise in complex cataract surgery and a special interest in correcting presbyopia and toric IOLs. He also offers a range of refractive lens procedures including multifocal intra-ocular lens implants, toric IOLs and phakic itraocular contact lens for extreme refractive errors generally considered unsuitable for LASIK surgery.

He has diverse experience in vitreoretinal surgery and offers state-of-the-art cutting edge sutureless minimally invasive vitrectomy surgery for a range of retinal disorders. Having trained at some of the worlds most renowned institutions, Manzar Saeed is also a competent general opthalmologist.

Mr Saeed has performed over 10,000 lens procedures, as well as carrying out pre-launch lens implant evaluations and participating in trials.

Manzar Saeed trained at world renowned institutions  - St Thomas, King's College Hospital, Moorfields, Tennant Institute of Opthalmology in Glasgow. He comes from a diverse and comprehensive training background. From time to time, he has presented his work at international meetings. Mr Saeed also established the Vitreoretinal Surgery service at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn and was awarded the Clinical Excellence Award. In addition to heavy service commitment he is committed to train retinal fellows.

He has been external examiner for MSc Optometry at City University London. In his current role, he teaches students of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia. Mr Saeed is the Royal College of Opthalmologists faculty on assessment for the GMC Specialist Registration. He has been External Examiner for MSc Optometry at the City University.

Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology 
• European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons
• European Society of Retina Specialists
• European Vitreo Retinal Society
• Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists London Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
  

Specialities

• Macular hole
• Retinal detachment
• Epiretinal membrane
• Diabetic eye disease
• Trauma repair
• Iris implants
• Floaters
• Treatment for retinal vein occlusion
• Macular degeneration
• Complex cataracts
• Intraocular Contact Lens (ICL)
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS DO FRCS FRCOphth

Mr John Brazier undertook ophthalmic fellowship training at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, New York, USA, supported by the Cripplegate Foundation Travel Award (1984). Following this Mr Brazier had a two-year research post studying function of the autonomic nervous system in glaucoma patients with Professor SE Smith supported by the Iris Fund Research Award (1986-88).

Mr Brazier was appointed Honorary Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Adviser in Anterior Segment Surgery, Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital, Bhopal, India, from 2009. He has also been a member of the Volunteer Surgeon Faculty (phacoemulsification & cataract}, Orbis International Charity (Flying Eye Hospital} from 2012.

Mr Brazier was Consultant Ophthalmologist at UCLH, Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at Royal Free Hospital and Senior Lecturer in Surgery at University College London for over 25 years between 1989 and 2014.

His teaching/training activities include being previous Surgical Skills Tutor, Royal College of Ophthalmologists (head of UK microsurgical skills programme for eye surgeons in training} & previous Chairman, Surgical Skills Subcommittee, Royal College of Ophthalmologists.

Mr Brazier specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• complex cataract surgery
• multifocal lens implants
• toric lens implants
• medical laser and surgical glaucoma treatment
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MB BCh MSc PhD FRCOphth

Mr Shortt is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, an Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital, and a Wellcome Trust Fellow and Clinician-Scientist, at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology.

Having studied medicine for 7 years, Mr Shortt graduated first in his class from the University College Dublin Medical School, Ireland, in 1999. He served as a Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital for 3 years before undertaking a 7 year Registrar training programme, a 4 year NIHR Clinical Lectureship and 2 years of advanced corneal fellowship surgical training all at London's prestigious Moorfields Eye Hospital. Mr Shortt has performed over 150 corneal transplants and 1,000 cataract operations. In his NHS practice, Mr Shortt specialises in complex diseases of the cornea including the management of patients requiring reconstruction of the eye using [Treatment name removed] transplants.

Mr Shortt sits on the editorial boards of various professional publications and has published extensively himself. He has received numerous prizes and distinctions including the Fight for Sight prize and the Moorfields Research Medal.

Having been awarded his PhD in 2009 Mr Shortt then completed a 4 year NIHR Clinical Lectureship at the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. Over the past 10 years, Alex's research has focused on the development of cell therapies for corneal and conjunctiva! disease. He has recently commenced a prestigious 4-year Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist Award investigating the response of the recipient's immune system to engrafted [Treatment name removed].

Alex's goal is to improve the lives of patients with chronic, severe ocular surface disease through the delivery of novel cellular therapies using dif

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - LMS, FRCS Ed(Opth)

Mr Dhawahir-Scala is the Director of the Acute Ophthalmic Services at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. He has been working in Optegra Eye Hospital Manchester since 2012 and is also a consultant at Optegra Eye Hospital London. He qualified from Madrid Complutense University in Spain and he trained in ophthalmology in the West Midlands and Northwest of England. He has introduced several new technologies and concepts to the ophthalmic world at a national and international level.

He is actively involved with research, teaching and training of Postgraduates and Undergraduates. He is involved in training Vitreoretinal Surgeons and Medical Retina Specialists worldwide, as part of the world renowned Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Vitreoretinal and Medical Retina Fellowship. He is one of the founders of the British Emergency Eye Care Society, for which he holds the position of Vice-President. He is an Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for the FRCS Ophthalmology Exam. He is a scientific reviewer for the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group and several international journals and has a long history of research and lecturing. He has published multiple scientific papers and has given more than 200 presentations at home and abroad.

He is proficient in English, Spanish and Arabic.

Mr Dhawahir-Scala specialises in surgery and disorders of the posterior (back) segment of the eye. His area of expertise are retinal surgery, Age related macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, complex cataract surgery and acute / urgent ophthalmic diseases. 

CONSULTANT OPHTHAMLIC SURGEON - MB BChir FRCOphth

Mr Caesar qualified in 1992 and then studied ophthalmic surgery in Oxford. He went on to specialise in oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery with fellowship training in Oxford, and then further fellowship training in Melbourne, Australia.

Mr Caesar was awarded his certificate of completion of specialist training in 2001 and he is listed on the General Medical Council Specialist Register.

Mr Caesar was appointed an NHS Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery to the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust in September 2003 and he was recently appointed Clinical Director of the Cheltenham Eye Hospital. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and a founder member of the British Oculoplastic Surgeons Society. 

Amongst his publications is a bestselling training manual for Cataract Surgeons; 'Step by Step Phacoemulsification'.

Mr Caesar specialises in:

• Oculoplastic cosmetic
• Oculoplastic reconstructive
• Cataract and lacrimal surgeon
• non-surgical aesthetic expert in botulin um toxin and fillers
• expert witness for ophthalmic medicolegal cases
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBChB MPhil MD DO FRCS FRCOphth

Professor Victor Chong was the Head of Department of Oxford Eye Hospital, a part of the Oxford University Hospitals. He graduated from the University of Glasgow Medical School with the Neil Arnott Prize, ophthalmic trained in Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and retinal fellowship trained in the Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and in the Centre of Macular Degeneration, University of Iowa, USA.
His team was the first to describe systemic complement activation in patients with age-related macular degeneration. He is the world-leading expert in Micropulse non-scarring retinal laser.

He is currently the co-chair of the UK Medical Retina Group, co-chair of the UK Amsler Club, member of the Scientific Committee and Research Committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and EURETINA respectively.

He is the Associated Editor of Eye, the official journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and sits in the Editorial Board of Ophthalmologica, Vision, and World Journal of Ophthalmology.

Pro Chong specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• micropulse laser
• central serous retinopathy
• dry and wet macular degeneration
• diabetic eye diseases
• retinitis pigmentosa
• macular dystrophy

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MRCOphth PhD

Ms de Benito-Llopis was awarded a PhD for her thesis on corneal wound healing after laser eye surgery. She graduated top of her year at medical school.

Ms de Benito-Llopis has worked as a consultant since 2005 and at St Thomas' since 2012. She has published over 30 papers and is an invited speaker at a number of international meetings. She is involved in teaching on a number of national and international surgical courses. Ms de Benito-Llopis is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmology as well as the European and American societies of cataract, cornea and refractive surgeons.

Ms de Benito-Llopis is the lead for the cataract department at St Thomas' Hospital. She has experience with the different types of lenses available: monofocal, toric and multifocal intraocular lenses.
She trained as a cornea specialist at Moorfields Eye Hospital and continues this sub-speciality at her current job at St Thomas' Hospital.

Ms de Benito-Llopis specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• Corneal surgery
• Laser Eye Surgery

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc (Lond) MBBS FRCOphth PGCMed

Mr El-Amir was the first surgeon in Europe to implant the miniature telescope (Centrasight Programme). Within this field, Ahmed El-Amir is the most experienced surgeon in the UK and the only surgeon in the world able to provide this treatment to patients who have had previous eye surgery.

After qualifying in medicine from the Charing Cross and St Mary's hospitals, London in 2001, his potential in the field of ophthalmology and retinal disorders was recognised by being mentored under Professor Bird in the Professorial Unit of Moorfield's Eye Hospital. He went on to gain a commendation from The Royal College of Ophthalmologists for the Duke-Elder undergraduate prize in ophthalmology.

Mr El-Amir completed his registrar and senior registrar training at the Oxford Deanery School
of Ophthalmology where he gained his Advanced Training, approved by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, in surgical treatment of retinal disorders (vitreoretinal surgery) as well as the latest techniques in small-incision cataract surgery.

Mr El-Amir specialises in:

• Vitreoretinal surgery
• Retinal disease
• Cataract surgery
• Macular Degeneration
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MB BS DO FRCS FRCOphth

Mr Hakin qualified from St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, in 1983, after which he moved on to focus on ophthalmology as a postgraduate at Barts and Southampton, followed by training at Moorfields Eye Hospital - one of the most famous and highly-respected eye hospitals in the world. This gave him the opportunity to work alongside many of the UK's very best ophthalmologists, learning to perform all types of eye surgery and participating in a number of research projects and studies.

Mr Hakin specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• eyelid and lacrimal surgery
• cosmetic eyelid surgery {blepharoplasty)
• cosmetic facial injection and laser treatments
• expert witness {medicolegal) ophthalmology
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MD MA FRCOphth

Ms Hollick is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and her specialist interests are cataract, including complex cataract surgery and after trauma, and cornea, including modern corneal transplant surgery.

Ms Hollick qualified from the Oxford University and trained in Ophthalmology mainly at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She gained her research MD (higher degree} at St Thomas' Hospital and started as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at King's College Hospital in 2004.

Ms Hollick specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• corneal surgery
• corneal transplantation
• pterygium
• keratoconus
• trauma
• external eye disease
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MD FRCOphth

Mr Keane specialises in the diagnosis and management of retinal disease, with a particular interest in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other macular diseases. He also carries out an extensive programme of research at UCL, with a particular expertise in retinal imaging using optical coherence tomography (OCT}.

In January 2015, he was awarded a prestigious Clinician Scientist award from the National Institute
of Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom (UK) - the first ophthalmologist in the UK to receive such an award. His remit from this award is to explore the potential of new medical technologies and innovation in the treatment of visual impairment and blindness, with a particular focus on ophthalmic imaging.

He has published extensively, with >100 articles in peer-reviewed literature. He is also the associate editor of Scientific Reports (part of the Nature publishing group) and BMC Ophthalmology.

In April 2015, he was ranked no. 4 on a worldwide ranking of ophthalmologists under 40, published in "the Ophthalmologist" journal.

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS

Originally from the West Country he trained at St Bartholomew's and the Royal London qualifying with the University of London in 2001. After training in the Oxford region he completed his higher specialist surgical training on the peninsular rotation {Devon) gaining fellowship to the Royal College
of Ophthalmologists.

He is fully trained in small and micro incision (keyhole) cataract surgery using a range of injectable lenses including toric and multifocal. He has dual fellowship training in Glaucoma and Oculoplastic surgery. His first fellowship was in Oculoplastics and Orbital surgery in Auckland (New Zealand) under the world respected surgeons Paul Rosser, Brian Sloan and Richard Hart. His second fellowship was in Glaucoma with Professor Phillip Bloom at the Western and Hillingdon hospitals (London).

Mr Kersey is the lead glaucoma surgeon at Frimley Park Hospital. He is passionate about teaching and has run regional and national surgical workshops in oculoplastics, glaucoma and cataract surgery for a number of years, training eye surgeons of all grades.

Mr Kersey specialises in:

• Ocularplastics
• Cataract surgery
• Glaucoma surgery
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc MBBS FRCSEd

Mr Kulkarni provides care for a wide range of general ophthalmic conditions including undertaking cataract surgery. He offers a comprehensive glaucoma service, including glaucoma screening, glaucoma monitoring, glaucoma Laser treatments, and advanced, cutting edge glaucoma surgery.

After training in ophthalmology in London, Mr Kulkarni subspecialized in the management of glaucoma and complex, glaucoma-related cataract surgery during clinical glaucoma fellowships at King's College & St. Thomas's Hospitals, and the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Mr Kulkarni delivers teaching and training for medical and optometry students, optometrists, orthoptists and trainee ophthalmologists. His involvement ranges from departmental, national and international lectures to clinical mentorship and educational supervision of trainee ophthalmologists at King's College Hospital.

Mr Kulkarni specialises in:

• Complex and refractory Glaucoma surgery
• Glaucoma Laser treatments
• Cataract surgery
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MA MB BChir FRCOphth

Miss Lee qualified from Cambridge University and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School.
She undertook her ophthalmological training at the Western Eye Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London with sub-specialist training in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Miss Lee is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, a Founder Member of the British Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Society and a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. She has been an invited lecturer in national and international meetings and many peer reviewed publications in her subspecialty.

She is actively involved in both postgraduate clinical ophthalmology training and has been the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Tutor as well as lecturing and running undergraduate modules for the Imperial College School of Medicine for many years.

Miss Lee specialises in:

• eyelid lacrimal (tear duct) and socket disease and surgery
• orbital and ocular trauma
• dry and irritable eye
• therapeutic and cosmetic botulin um toxin
• dermal filler treatment around the eyes
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS FRCOphth FRCS Ophth

Having completed basic surgical training in Ophthalmology and having gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, Mr Malik embarked on further specialisation years in Neuro ophthalmology and Neurology at the word famous Atkinson Morley Hospital and Cardiology, Rheumatology and General Medicine at St George's Hospital, London.

He completed fellowships in Medical Retina & Uveitis at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and the Western Eye Hospitals.
He also super-specialised in Oculoplastic surgery with world leading fellowships in oculoplastics at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Western Eye hospitals, Moorfields Eye Hospital and The Royal Victoria in East Grinstead.

Mr Malik specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• medical retina and uveitis
• Oculoplastics
• Dry Eye
• Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc (Hons) MBChB FRCOphth PhD

Mahi Muqit has clinical and surgical NHS services at Moorfields City Road and Moorfields South (St Georges and Croydon), and is part of the retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) clinical team, and delivers
a diabetic eye disease service linked to the diabetic retinopathy screening programme.
He has undertaken extensive research in Diabetic Retinopathy with the Pascal Laser, Optical coherence tomography, and Optos widefield imaging.

He is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), the British and Eire Association of Vitreoretinal Surgeons (BEAVRS), the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
(UKISCRS), the Working Group for Diabetic Retinopathy with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), and a Member of the Diabetic Eye Care Committee with the International Council of Ophthalmology.

Mahi Muqit is also the UK Chief Investigator for a global multicentre clinical trial to study the effect of intravitreal ocriplasmin in non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and this is based at Moorfields
Eye Hospital.

Mr Muqit specialises in:

• Vitreoretinal surgery
• Cataract surgery and femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery
• Retinal detachment
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Macular hole
• Vitreomacular traction
• Epiretinal membrane
• minimally-invasive sutureless vitrectomy surgery for floaters
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MB ChB MD FRCOphth

Mr Patton graduated in medicine from the University of Manchester in 1996. He completed his ophthalmic surgical training at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh. In addition, he has undertaken four years of specialist Vitreoretinal surgical fellowship training at the Lions Eye Institute, Western Australia, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, Tennant Eye Institute, Glasgow and Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London. He was appointed as a Consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in 2008.

His surgical expertise encompasses all aspects of vitreoretinal surgery and he is at the forefront of the latest micro-incisional vitreoretinal techniques such as 23G Pars Plana Vitrectomy.

He is also Director of the Manchester Vitreoretinal Fellowship Program for International Ophthalmologists from around the world who visit Manchester Royal Eye Hospital to gain high level surgical and clinical expertise in the management of retinal disease. His ophthalmic research culminated in the award of a Doctorate from the University of Manchester in 2006.

Mr Patton specialise in:

• AMD
• Cataract surgery
• Vitreoretinal
• Vitrectomy surgery for retinal detachment
• Macular hole
• Experetinal membrane
• Diabetic eye disease

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - BSc (Hons) MB ChB FRCS FRCOphth MBA

Mr Rosen completed Medical training at Manchester University before a specialist training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. Registered with the General Medical Council as a Specialist in Ophthalmology, he then accepted a position as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Oxford Eye Hospital in 1993. He was Head of Department from 1998 to 2004 and performs over 1000 cataract/refractive surgical procedures each year between his NHS and private practices.

Mr Rosen first performed laser refractive surgery in 1991 at Moorfields Eye Hospital and commenced LASIK treatments in 1997. Committed to quality in refractive surgery and valued for his 18 years of experience in laser refractive surgery, Mr Rosen was invited to participate on the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Refractive Surgery Working Party.

Mr Rosen is the current President of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) the largest Society in Europe dedicated to refractive surgery, and past President of the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS).

Mr Rosen specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• Refractive surgery
• Laser Eye surgery
• Viteroretinal/trauma surgery
• Medico-legal reporting
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS MRCOphth MD FRCOphth

Ms Ranjit Sandhu is one of the few Moorfields trained specialists with an expertise in complex cataract surgery in diabetes and uveitis with concurrent management of their retinal condition to achieve the best visual results for her patients. Ms Sandhu is an expert cataract surgeon and offers customised premium lenses for correction of refractive errors enabling spectacle free near, intermediate and distance vision.

 
Ms Sandhu has completed her first Fellowship obtaining her postgraduate doctorate (MD) at University of London evaluating ocular blood flow in retinal disease, in particular Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy. She complemented her postgraduate clinical training by completing a second Fellowship in Medical Retina and Uveitis at Moorfields Eye Hospital, an eye hospital of international acclaim.

Ms Sandhu is experienced in the use of immunomodulatory therapies for the treatment of Inflammatory Eye Disease (Uveitis) and laser treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy.

Ms Sandhu specialises in:

• Cataract surgery
• Diabetic eye disease
• Macular Degeneration
• Medical Retina
• Inflammatory eye disease (Uveitis)
• General Ophthalmology
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MBBS MD PhD FRCS FRCOphth FRANZCO

Mr Strouthidis' undergraduate medical training was undertaken at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Medical Schools, London. His post-graduate ophthalmology training was at Moorfields Eye Hospital and at St Thomas's Hospital and he undertook a two-year clinical glaucoma fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He holds Fellowships of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK), Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. He has been awarded two research doctorates. His MD was awarded from the University of London following research into the measurement of disease progression in glaucoma. His PhD was awarded from UCL following an investigation into new imaging techniques in an experimental model of glaucoma. In addition to a research fellowship at the Glaucoma Research Unit at Moorfields, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Optic Nerve Head Research Laboratory, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, USA.

Mr Strouthidis' clinical work is focused on the diagnosis and management of all forms of adult glaucoma, as well as cataract surgery (particularly in patients with glaucoma). He has expertise in the surgical management of complex and secondary glaucomas, as well as glaucoma revision surgery.

Mr Strouthidis is also able to offer 'minimally invasive' glaucoma procedures such as Xen and iStent implantation, where appropriate.
In addition to his clinical work, Nick has an active interest in research and training. He is a funded clinician-scientist at the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, where he is the lead for glaucoma clinical trials. He has research interests in optic nerve head imaging, optic nerve biomechanics, measuring progression in glaucoma and the investigation of new surgical treatments for glaucoma. He is a clinical associate professor at the University of Sydney Medical School and holds an honorary research appointment at the Singapore Eye Research Institute. As the director of the clinical glaucoma fellowship programme at Moorfields, he oversees the largest glaucoma training programme in the world. He also sits on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Ophthalmology and Current Eye Research and is a Trustee of the International Glaucoma Association.

Mr Strouthidis specialises in:

• Glaucoma (medical, laser and surgical treatment)
• Cataract suregry
  

CONSULTANT OPHTHALMIC SURGEON - MA MB BChir DIC FRSB CBiol FHEA FAcMedEd FRCOphth

Professor Simon Taylor treats patients with many ophthalmic problems, but has a particular interest in diseases of the retina and in surgery for cataract and glaucoma. He has an international reputation in the treatment of retinal and inflammatory ocular diseases and has published over 100 papers and lectured widely on these subjects.

Professor Taylor took a first in medicine at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge before training as an ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. His research training was at the MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and he received a PhD from Imperial College London in 2009. Simon completed his ophthalmology training as a Clinical Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, having completed Fellowship training at both Moorfields and Harvard Medical School.

Professor Taylor was accredited onto the Specialist Register as an ophthalmologist in September 2011 and was appointed as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in the December of that year. He was appointed joint Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology and Director of R&D for the Trust in 2014, and Professor of Ophthalmology in 2015.

Professor Taylor prides himself on offering patients the latest available treatments for their eye conditions and he runs an extensive research programme of clinical trials and laboratory research supported by the National Institute of Health Research and other grant-awarding bodies.

CONSULTANT OPHTHALIMC AND OCULOPLASTIC SURGEON - FRCOphth

Mr Woodruff qualified from St Mary's Hospital, London in 1991 and underwent specialist Ophthalmology training in London. This included 4 years of Oculoplastic fellowships at Moorfields Eye Hospital
and The Western Eye Hospital during which he received advanced training in plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive surgery of the periocular region and surrounding areas.

He has held a NHS consultant position at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge since 2006 and was previously clinical lead in Ophthalmology at Addenbrookes until last year. As member of The British Oculoplastic Surgeons Society (BOPSS) and European Society of Oculoplastic Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS) he runs a variety of surgical training courses for national and international delegates and was previously training director for Ophthalmic Surgical Training in Cambridge. He is a frequent guest speaker at national and international courses and conferences.

His main area of practice is ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery including both functional problems, such as periocular tumours, ptosis (droopy upper eyelid), entropion and ectropion and cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), brow lifts and facial fillers. He has particular expertise in transconjunctival minimally invasive lower lid blepharoplasty and endoscopic scarless lacrimal (watery eye) surgery. He also performs bespoke small-incision cataract surgery aiming for spectacle independence.

Mr Woodruff specialises in:

• Eyelid surgery
• Lacrimal surgery
• Orbital surgery
• Cataract surgery
• Blepharospasm