SIMON MADGE - Key Persons
Mr Morphis joined the team of Ophthalmology Consultants of the Victoria Eye Unit in the County Hospital in January 2013. He is a specialist cataract and vitreoretinal surgeon. He studied medicine at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens. He trained in Internal Medicine at the Nassau University Medical Center for 2 years (NY, USA). Following this, he had his core Ophthalmology training at the Red Cross General Hospital in Athens, Greece. He became a fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBOphth, Paris, May 2009).
Mr Morphis' extensive Ophthalmology training was continued at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital where he had 2 fellowships:
Mr Madge is a specialist cataract, refractive and eyelid surgeon, who is fully trained in 'keyhole', micro-incision cataract surgery (phacoemulsification), laser eye surgery and the lens replacement procedure. For more information and patient testimonials, please visit www.HerefordVision.com, our sister website.
He pioneered the introduction of injectable intraocular lens technology to Hereford in 2009, allowing smaller incision surgery with the associated benefits to his patients of reduced astigmatism and safer procedures. In 2013, he introduced Tecnis lens technology, with enhanced benefits for his patients and then developed laser refractive surgery in Hereford in 2014.
He provides a bespoke service to each individual patient, allowing patients the choice of multifocal, toric (astigmatic correction) or standard intraocular lenses, depending on their individual requirements. His most recent surgical outcome data are available here.
More and more of Mr Madge's clinical time is spent with patients who are keen to reduce their dependence on glasses. Find out more about laser eye surgery and lens replacement surgery.
As one of Herefordshire's regional surgical eyelid specialists, he is happy to provide expertise in cosmetic eye surgery, watery eyes, droopy and baggy eyelids, eyelid tumours and any major or minor disorder of the eyelids / orbit / tear system. In addition to seeing patients at The Wye Clinic, he also has admission rights to Nuffield Health Hereford.
Mr Madge studied medicine at Jesus College, Cambridge University, graduating with a Double First Class degree in Medicine in 1994, before studying clinical medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford University. After initially training in general internal medicine and gaining Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, he then started specialist training in Ophthalmology. After working in Bath and Nottingham, he completed his Higher Surgical Specialist Training on the Peninsular Rotation (Devon), gaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 2007.
He has undertaken two Fellowships in Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery: (i) with Mr VT Thaller at the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary and (ii) with Professor Dinesh Selva, Dr Garry Davis & Dr James Muecke at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, widely regarded as one of the best training opportunities in this field in the world.
He is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is Fellowship Director of the Hereford International Clinical Fellowship in Ophthalmology & Oculoplastics.
He is the author of two successful ophthalmic textbooks and over 50 ophthalmic scientific papers, examples of which can be accessed in the Publication section. His research has won national prizes at the annual conferences of:
the British Oculoplastics Society (2014)
the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (2019)
the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (2022)
the Royal College of Surgeons National Research Collaborative Meeting (2022)