Romesh Angunawela

- Advanced wavefront laser eye surgery for long/short sightedness and astigmatism: Femtosecond, intra LASIK, LASEK, PRK
- Complex corneal disease including infections
- Corneal transplantation: full and partial thickness corneal transplants and femtosecond laser corneal transplants
- Surgery for Fuchs’ Dystrophy
- Cataract surgery: small incision, including complex cataract surgery with toric and multifocal lenses and laser cataract surgery
- Correction of short sight with ICL surgery (implantable contact lens)
- Keratoconus Surgery: fast collagen cross linking using the Avedro system, keraring implantation and lamellar corneal transplant surgery and contact lens fitting
- Dry eye disease: Blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction and Sjogren’s disease
- Contact lens related eye problems

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English

1997

University of Southampton

St Thomas’ and Moorfields Eye Hospital London 2001-2010,
Singapore National Eye Centre 2010-2012

2.5 years of advanced specialization in the medical and surgical management of complex corneal & external eye disease, corneal transplantation, cataract surgery and laser refractive eye surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and with Professor Donald Tan at the Singapore National Eye Centre.

Doctoral thesis (MD) on corneal wound healing after laser eye surgery 2009

2005

The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO)
UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS)
European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)

Full time Consultant in Cornea & External Disease and Cataract Surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Moorfields at St Georges Hospital
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, St Georges Medical School, University of London

• Doctorate in Medicine (MD) University of London 2009
• Corneal Section Editor ‘Current Medical Literature’

Awards
2012 Best Paper, American Academy of Ophthalmologists
2012 Founders Medal, UKISCRS
2012 Best Paper. Eucornea, Milan
Special Cases Prize. ESCRS 2011
Achievement Award. AAO 2011
Best paper Zeiss User Group meeting. 2011
ARVO Santen Award. 2010
Pfizer Ophthalmic Fellowship Award. 2010
Moorfields Surgeons Association travel award 2010
Allergan Research Fellowship Award. Runner up 2009
Fight for Sight Award Finalist 2008
AAO, ’Best of Show’ Award 2008
Allergan Research Fellowship Award. Winner 2008
Founders Gold Medal. UKISCRS 2007
Cataract Surgery Category Prize. ESCRS 2007
Allergan Research Fellowship Award. Runner up 2007
Best of Show Award. ASCRS. 2005
Refractive Surgery Prize. UKISCRS 2004
Founders Gold Medal. UKISCRS 2004
Sir William Lister/Dorey Bequest Prize 2003
St Thomas’ Hospital Teaching Fund Award 2003
Altounyan Research Prize 1997

- Doctoral thesis (MD) at St Thomas’ with Professor John Marshall on the wound healing response in the cornea after laser eye surgery and the development of novel agents to modify wound healing.
- New laser eye surgery techniques
- Wound healing after laser eye surgery
- Corneal transplantation
- 100+ conference presentations and over 40 scientific publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=angunawela%20r

Mr Angunawela is a member of the Global Clinic and the Himalayan Vision Project charities, providing eye care and ophthalmic surgery to communities in the developing world. For further information visit www.advancedvisionsurgery.com