SAPPHIRE EYE CARE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founding Consultant / Specialist Areas
Andrew is one of the UK's most respected eye surgeons with more than 30 years' experience in ophthalmology
Andrew is one of the UK's most respected eye surgeons. He has more than 30 years' experience in ophthalmology, with more than 10,000 vitrectomy procedures to his name, and in excess of 20,000 cataract operations.
Andrew began his career in general surgery, having trained in medicine first at Oxford University and then at Guy's Hospital Medical School in London. He made the move into ophthalmology in 1988, training at Southampton's highly regarded General Hospital and the world famous Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. The late 1980s was an exciting time for ophthalmology; eye surgery was experiencing huge leaps forward, from improved optics and micro-instrumentation to breakthrough cataract and macular treatments.
Andrew's work has tracked many of those advances. He was one of the first British surgeons to use intravitreal injections (where medicines are injected into the vitreous of the eye to treat conditions like age-related macular degeneration or AMD). He remains an enthusiastic proponent of new technologies, such as the exciting Red Light Therapy for AMD.
As a high-volume surgeon who specialises in retinal and cataract surgery, Andrew is often asked to take on complex cases by colleagues. This includes issues like implant lens exchanges, ocular trauma, and eyes that have had difficult first procedures.
During his time in the NHS, he served as Clinical Service Director at Southampton General, playing a key role in establishing a chair of Ophthalmology there. He continues to act as a reviewer for grant applications and lectures regularly to optometrists and general practitioners. He now works full-time in the private sector.
Job Titles:
- Consultant at the University Hospital Southampton
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon / Specialist Areas
Nishani received a number of awards and scholarships in recognition of her sustained clinical and academic excellence
Nishani graduated from St Mary's Hospital Medical School in London in 1998. She then started her ophthalmology career at the highly-regarded Southampton and Portsmouth hospitals, with an advanced specialty training programme in glaucoma.
She was selected for a prestigious Clinical Glaucoma Research Fellowship at the internationally-renowned Singapore national Eye Centre, and a Clinical Glaucoma Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. She received a number of awards and scholarships during her training, in recognition for her sustained clinical and academic excellence.
Nishani also works as a Consultant at the University Hospital Southampton. She is a highly respected expert in the latest surgical, diagnostic and management techniques in ophthalmology, and is passionate about ensuring that patients receive the very best practice care. She aims to provide personalised, rapid and reliable care to all her patients.
Job Titles:
- Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon / Specialist Areas
Simon is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in oculoplastic surgery
He graduated from St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1999 and completed his higher specialist ophthalmology training in Wessex in 2010. Following this he completed a prestigious Fellowship in Oculoplastics at the Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia. He has been a full time consultant at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth since 2012. In this role he performs both intraocular and oculoplastic surgery