Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hons), FRCOphth
Taunton, Somerset, South West & Nationwide
I am a CUBS certified expert witness and a Consultant Ophthalmologist who can be instructed by Claimants and Defendants in clinical negligence (ophthalmology) and personal injury (non-surgical ocular trauma) cases. I have practiced as a Consultant for both the NHS and private healthcare service for over a decade and continue to be clinically active.
I am an experienced Consultant ophthalmic surgeon who has been on the GMC’s specialty register since August 2014. I currently hold a substantiative NHS Consultant post at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust which I have held since July 2015, whilst also providing private healthcare at the Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital for this period.
For over a decade as a Consultant ophthalmic surgeon (for the NHS and private healthcare), I have gained extensive experience in ophthalmology, and in particular sub-speciality fields relating to cataract surgery, lens surgery, medical retina, surgical retina, trauma and on-call emergency eye care conditions. I continue to hold a full-time permanent NHS consultant contract and I am clinically active with NHS and private clinic and theatre sessions running every week. Cases that I manage include cataract surgery, retinal detachment, vitrectomy surgery, macular hole, diabetic eye disease, trauma, age-related macular degeneration, endophthalmitis, retinal vein occlusion and intra-vitreal injections.
In April 2025 I received certification as an Expert Witness by completing the CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Civil Expert Witness scheme and I am an Associate Member of the Expert Witness Institute (EWI).
University of Bristol - BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hons). Royal College of Ophthalmologists - FRCOphth. University of Toronto - Clinical Fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery.
CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon) Civil Expert Witness Certification
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Member of British and Eire Association of Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons (BEAVRS). Certified member of CUBS (Cardiff University Bond Solon). Associate member of the Expert Witness Institute.
