Ophthalmology: About the Department

Patient Notice: New Ophthalmology System

From 7th May, the Ophthalmology department will be moving to a new electronic medical records system called mediSIGHT.

This system will help improve the way we manage patient information, enhance patient safety, and support the delivery of high-quality care. While our teams get fully acclimatised to using the new system, clinics may take a little longer than usual in the first few weeks.

We kindly ask for your patience and understanding during this time as we work to make these improvements.

Thank you for bearing with us and for your continued support.

The Ophthalmology Team

Services provided by the department

We provide the following services:

• Ophthalmic surgery
• General ophthalmology
• YAG laser
• Glaucoma
• Paediatric ophthalmology
• Orthoptics
• Orthoptic Vision Screening
• Oculoplastics and lacrimal
• Cornea and CXL
• Surgical retina (vitreoretinal)
• Medical retina
• Micropulse retina laser
• AMD & intravitreal injection service
• Ocular motility and squints
• Low visual aid

Our Clinical Team

The consulting team in the department are:

Mr Samer AWWAD GMC: 7690602 Consultant Ophthalmologist General Ophthalmology

Miss Heidi CHITTENDEN GMC: 3481868 Consultant Ophthalmologist (Specialty Lead) Oculoplastic & Lacrimal Surgery

Mr Neil FINER GMC: 6155925 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & AMD

Mr Vinod GANGWANI GMC: 6026332 Consultant Ophthalmologist Cornea and External Eye Disease

Mr Ankur GUPTA GMC: 7283550 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & AMD

Mr Arun GUPTA GMC: 4157401 Consultant Ophthalmologist General Ophthalmology

Mr Faisal IDREES GMC: 4036362 Consultant Ophthalmologist Glaucoma

Mr Lavnish JOSHI GMC: 6103659 Consultant Ophthalmologist College Tutor Vitreoretinal Surgery

Mr Tiran KERAGALA GMC: 7645302 Consultant Ophthalmologist Surgical Retina & Medical Retina

Ms Sylwia MCKENZIE GMC: 4685247 Consultant Ophthalmologist Glaucoma

Mr Ulrich MEYER BOTHLING GMC: 3521625 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & Diabetic Retinopathy

Mr Bashar Raouf MOHAMMED GMC: 5208462 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & Ocular Inflammation

Mr Mohamed RASHAD GMC: 7076461 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & AMD

Mr Prashant SAHARE GMC: 6137494 Consultant Ophthalmologist Paediatric Ophthalmology and Squint

Miss Fani ZACHARAKI GMC: 6047318 Consultant Ophthalmologist Medical Retina & AMD

Contact Details

Emergencies

• Emergency service via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Out of hours emergency service via Switchboard 01932 872000

Appointments

• Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Phone: 01784 884711

Location

Map of Ashford Hospital

The outpatient clinics are on level 3 of the departmental block at St. Peter's Hospital.

Map of St Peter's Hospital

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