Job Title
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Location
Related services
Sub-specialty
- Medical Retina
- Cataract
Biography
I am a highly skilled and knowledgeable cataract surgeon and medical retina specialist having trained at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Western Eye Hospital, Central Middlesex Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital.
My areas of expertise include: cataract-related and medical retina conditions, such as diabetic retinopathy, diabetic maculopathy, hydroxychloroquine screening, age-related macular degeneration monitoring and choroidal naevus monitoring.
To date I have performed approximately 1,000 laser treatments, including: YAG capsulotomy, YAG peripheral iridotomy and retinal laser (retinopexy and pan-retinal photocoagulation). I have performed and supervised approximately 1,500 cataract procedures. including complex cases, premium lenses, toric lenses, secondary lens implants and combination intravitreal injection treatment.
Additional procedures that I perform, include: bandage contact lens placement and removal, foreign body removal, corneal suture removal, sub-conjunctival injections, intravitreal injections (including anti-VEGF and steroid pellet insertion) and orbital floor injections. I offer combination cataract surgery with intravitreal injection treatments for patients with macular oedema secondary to wet macular degeneration, diabetic maculopathy and retinal vein occlusion.
In 2013, I received the ‘Award for Excellence in Student Education’ from Barts and the London medical school. In the same year, I received the ‘Bill Aylward Bursary Award’ from Moorfields Eye Hospital. In 2022, I received a ‘Star of Herts’ nomination at West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust.
I was Clinical Lead (Head of Department) for Ophthalmology at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for 3 years. I am currently the College Tutor for the department and Educational Supervisor for two specialty trainees.
I have also previously held positions, including: Governance Lead, Educational Lead, FY2 Lead and Staff Governor.
Teaching and examining has been a huge part of my medical and ophthalmology career. I spent many years being an OSCE examiner for King’s College London medical students. In 2012-2013, I was fortunate to undertake a 1-year Teaching Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital where I taught undergraduate medical students from Barts and the London Medical School and University College London (UCL) skills in history taking and clinical examination for ophthalmology.
Alongside the Teaching Fellowship, I also undertook a Post-graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCME) degree. In 2016 – 2019, I was a lecturer for MSc Biology of Vision/Clinical Ophthalmology at the Institute of Ophthalmology (IoO). I was also fortunate to lecture in ‘Ocular Ultrasound’ at the Moorfields Eye Hospital international ‘Macula course’ in 2019.
I work privately at Spire Bushey Hospital and Clinica London in Harley Street. For further details, please contact my secretary: 0207 935 7990
