Past posts
| June 1999 to February 2001 | Clinical Lecturer University of Sheffield and Royal Hallamshire Hospital |
| June 1998 to May 1999 | Retinal Fellow Arrowe Park Hospital , Wirral, Merseyside |
| February 1997 to May 1998 | Fellow in diabetic eye disease Arrowe Park Hospital , Wirral, Merseyside |
| April 1996 to January 1997 | Registrar in Ophthalmology Oxford Eye Hospital , Oxford |
| April 1995 to March 1996 | Registrar in Ophthalmology Princess Margaret Hospital , Swindon |
| May 1994 to March 1995 | Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology Royal Eye Infirmary, Dorset County Hospital , Dorchester |
| June 1993 to April 1994 | Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology Peterborough District Hospital |
| January 1991 to February 1993 | Resident in Ophthalmology Regional Institute of Ophthalmology , Medical College Hospitals, Calcutta, India |
| August 1989 to December 1990 | Resident House Surgeon in Ophthalmology Regional Institute of Ophthalmology , Medical College Hospitals, Calcutta, India |
| August 1988 to July 1989 | Pre-registration House Officer (Rotating) Medical College Hospitals , Calcutta, India |
Summary of Ophthalmology experience
My training in Ophthalmology commenced in India at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology for Eastern India, where I spent three & half years gaining experience in the management of a wide spectrum of ophthalmic conditions. As a resident I undertook and participated in teaching and research, attending and presenting papers at national, regional and state conferences. I gained wide ranging clinical and surgical experience.
In the UK I have worked in Senior House Officer posts in two busy District General Hospitals and on a Registrar rotation that offered a good blend of experience in an academic teaching unit and a district hospital. This was followed by a two-year stint at The Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, initially organising and running the district diabetic retinopathy surveillance scheme and undertaking research in this field, followed by a year as Retinal fellow. I then worked as a Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology in Sheffield. This post combined academic responsibilities with specialist registrar training in all aspects of ophthalmology.
I subsequently returned to Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, in April 2001, where I am developing my department as a Consultant in vitreo-retinal surgery with additional special interests in diabetic eye disease and cataract surgery. Notable achievements have been the ability to attract vitreo-retinal referrals from outside the units traditional catchment area, the launching of a state-of-the art AMD service in 2007 and many other areas of service redesign.
I am active in leading international national and international ophthalmology societies and am lead instructor at courses regularly at the UK, European and American Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery & at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.