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Miss Poornima Rai
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Areas of expertise:
- Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Member of British Medical Association
- Medical Defence Union
- General Medical Council
Current NHS / University Post:
- Consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, since 2017
- Honorary glaucoma lead for Moorfields South (St George’s hospital)
- Revalidation lead for Moorfields Eye Hospital
- CPD Moorfields representative at Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Medical training:
- Clinical research fellowship: Research study of risk factors of infection following glaucoma surgery. Funded by Moorfields Eye Charity and Friends of Moorfields
- Clinical glaucoma fellowship, Western Eye Hospital, London
- Clinical glaucoma fellowship, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
- North Thames specialist registrar training, Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Senior house officer, St Thomas’ Hospital London, King’s College Hospital London and Frimley Park Hospital
- MS (Ophth), Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India
- MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India
Research interest / experience:
- Assessing risk factors for infection following glaucoma surgery
- Ocular surface disease in glaucoma
- Seven years' experience of medical and surgical management of complex glaucoma
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