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Biography
Mr Faisal Ahmed received his MBBS from St George’s Hospital Medical School, London University, and his BSc(Hons) from Imperial College London. He was a trainee and glaucoma research fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital and undertook a glaucoma fellowship at the Western Eye Hospital.
Biography
Miss Sally Ameen completed her pre-clinical medical school training at St Andrew’s University in Scotland, achieving distinction at BSC level. She then transferred to St George’s medical school in London where she graduated with the degree of merit. After her foundation training, she entered the ophthalmology run-through training in the north west London deanery and trained at the main ophthalmology teaching hospitals, namely Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Western Eye Hospital. Miss Ameen chose to sub-specialise in glaucoma and successfully completed her final year training in this field and went on to her current substantive consultant post at the Western Eye Hospital.
Through her training she has had a keen interest in education, taking every opportunity to formalise her skills and gain further experience in this field (through a special study module at medical school and then a postgraduate Msc module during training). She now holds the post of college tutor where she leads more than 20 trainees, both deanery and non-deanery and across the spectrum of seniority.
Miss Ameen has presented at a number of national and international meetings, published two book chapters and a number of other papers in peer reviewed journals.
Biography
Philip Bloom has clinical interests in Glaucoma & Cataract. He qualified in 1984 (Bristol University) and trained in Bristol, The Western Eye Hospital & Moorfields Eye Hospital. He is President of the UK & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS), Chairman of the International Glaucoma Association (IGA), Trustee and Board Member of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), council member & past President of the RSM Ophthalmology Section and a Keeler Scholarship Board Trustee (Royal College of Ophthalmologists). His special clinical and research interests include minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (including glaucoma laser treatments), neuro-protection, surgical simulation/training and spectacle independence after cataract surgery.
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Miss Melanie Corbett is a consultant at the Western Eye Hospital. She specialises in corneal, ocular surface and anterior segment surgery, which includes surgery for complex cataract and corneal transplantation. She is also responsible for emergency cases including injuries and severe infections. She provides expertise in medical contact lens fitting for many corneal conditions including keratoconus.
Miss Corbett qualified from the Royal London Hospital in 1987 and undertook her ophthalmic training at Oxford, St Thomas’s, Kings College and Moorfields Eye hospitals. This included subspecialty fellowship training in cornea and complex cataract. She took up her consultant post in 1999. Miss Corbett has always been very interested in research and new developments, and has published over 60 scientific articles. She received a University of London Award to spend three years in a dedicated research post studying wound healing in the cornea, resulting in an MD degree. Her book ‘Corneal Topography – principles and applications’ addresses the measurement of corneal shape.
Miss Corbett also has major roles in training and education, both locally and nationally. She has particular interests in surgical training and trainee development within her own unit. As a training programme director she had responsibility for the delivery and quality assurance of training within the London deanery. Previously she was president of the Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) and hosted the European Medical Contact Lens Conference. For the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) she has lead the Training the Trainers Programme nationally and overseas for nearly 10 years. She has been a member of the Executive Committee and the Trustee Board, and now chairs the Education Committee.
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Laura Crawley is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon with specialist interests in glaucoma, cataract surgery and common red eye conditions such as blepharitis and conjunctivitis. Her expertise include bespoke cataract surgery, glaucoma laser treatments, minimally invasive and penetrating glaucoma surgery.
She qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 1999, winning the Gold Medal and Suple prizes for medicine and surgery. Having completed physician training and becoming a member of the Royal college of Physicians she undertook Ophthalmology training in Oxford, Moorfields and Imperial. She won the National Alcon Glaucoma prize in 2009 and was awarded the Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ Treacher Collins prize in 2012 and Imperial College Ophthalmic Research Group Medal in 2011. She is published and lectures widely including the UCL Ophthalmology MSc course and BMJ masterclasses for GPs series. She is passionate about medical education and has published widely in this field and in glaucoma.
Her research is focused on improving glaucoma drop treatments and their side effects , endocyclophotocoagulation laser treatment in glaucoma and new ways of identifying glaucoma before significant damage has occurred.
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Mr Graham Duguid trained in medicine in Aberdeen. He has completed postgraduate training in Glasgow, Melbourne, Paris and at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.
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Tessa Fayers is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, working at the Western Eye Hospital, Marylebone (adults) and St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington (children). She specialises in Oculoplastic (eyelid), Lacrimal (tear duct) and Cataract surgery as well as General Ophthalmology and Emergency Eye Care. She graduated with Honours from Bristol University Medical School, including a First Class Honours Bsc in Psychology, for which she was awarded a Wolfson Foundation award. She also won awards from the Institute of Medical Ethics and the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society. Ms Fayers trained at major London teaching hospitals including St Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College Hospital, the Western Eye Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital. She did more than two years of subspecialist fellowship training in oculoplastic, orbital and lacrimal surgery at the world-renowned Moorfield’s Eye Hospital, London and at the prestigious University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada, for which she was awarded a TFC Frost Fellowship as well as research awards from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and St Thomas’ Hospital.
Biography
Dr Veronica Ferguson trained in London at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital medical school.
She undertook ophthalmic training at Moorfields and in Glasgow.