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Ms Sharon Heng
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Areas of expertise:
- MBBS, PhD, FRCOphth, FHEA
Current NHS / University Post:
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in Moorfields NHS Foundation Trust
- Clinical Lead, Medical Retina Digital Clinics
- Clinical Lecturer (Hon) , Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL
Medical training:
- Clinical Research Fellow in Moorfields from 2011-2013.
- Spent a year in vitreoretina in Addenbrooke's Hospital and trained in Severn Deanery with a my advanced training in uveitis and medical retina in Bristol Eye Hospital.
- Second fellowship in medical retina and uveitis in Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Research interest / experience:
- My PhD was on preventative therapy in Age Related Macular Degeneration where we investigated the nanosecond (2RT) laser as a preventative therapy in retarding the onset of AMD.
- I have special interest in retina lasers and my PhD was often used as a teaching guide for the pathophysiology of lasers.
- I was also involved in numerous phase II/III clinical trials in medical retina diseases (AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy) including OZLASE, TENAYA, RHINE studies. These studies investigated new treatment or protocols fo Diabetic macular oedema and AMD.
- My research interest has now expanded to improving clinical governance within the digital medicine- I am principal investigator of a health inequality study to determine barriers and acceptability of digital clinics. Another study is the clinical effective
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