Professional profile
PROFILE:
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon & Lead Clinician: Barts & The London NHS Trust
Subspeciality interests:
-Oculo-plastic (eyelid surgery including cosmetic procedures), lacrimal (tear drainage) & orbit [Fellowships at Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London]
-Cataract & Cornea (including LASIK & other refractive surgery) [Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London]
Experience also includes glaucoma, medical retina, vitreoretinal, uveitis, strabismus, paediatrics and neuro-ophthalmology (Ophthalmology SpR Rotation: Moorfields Eye Hospital, St.George's NHS Trust and SW Thames Region)
Publications include contributions to several peer reviewed journals and two books Cataract Surgery: Fundamentals of Clinical Ophthalmology. Coombes AGA, Gartry DS. London: BMJ Books 2003 and Clinical Optics and Refraction. Lehmann OJ, Verity DH, Coombes AGA et al. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann 1998)
Ex-council member MCLOSA (Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association). Other memberships include: Fellow of the RSM (Royal Society of Medicine): Ophthalmology Section Member; Member UKISCRS / ESCRS (United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons / European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons), BOPSS
Multiple national and international presentations, posters and videos as well as contributions to a number of ophthalmic related web sites (http://fp.cleft-craniofacial.org/ & http://www.endocrinesurgeon.co.uk/ )
Substantial teaching experience including numerous invited lectures
