Felipe Dhawahir-Scala
MB BS FRCSEd LMS
President
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon
Founder and former Director of the Acute Ophthalmic Services at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Ian De Silva
FRCOphth MBChB MCOptom BSC
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist at
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Sarah Anderson
FRCOphth, MBChB
Honorary Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Emergency Lead at
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Freddy Beer
MB BS BSc
Treasurer
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Cornea and Anterior Segment Surgeon
Emergency Eye Care Lead at
Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust
Romeela Rana-Rahman
FRCOphth MBBS
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon at
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Polly Dickerson
FRCOphth MBBS iBSc PG Cert
Vice President
Consultant Ophthalmologist in Oculoplastics
and Emergency at
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
Gordon Hay
Committee Member
Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Education, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Service Director of Emergency at
Moorfields Eye Hospital
Hadi Ziaei
BMBCh BEng FRCOphth FEBO PGCert(Med Ed)
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist at
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Rhys Harrison
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Clinical Director and Emergency Lead at
Bristol Eye Hospital
Safa Elhassan
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Emergency Lead at
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Kathryn Hague
Nursing Representative
Eye Emergency Nurse Practitioner
Neuro-ophthalmology Clinical Nurse Specialist at
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Francine Walsh
Nursing Representative
Advanced Nurse Practitioner at
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Helen Wilson
MCOptom Dip OC Dip GLauc Dip
Honorary Committee Member
Principal Optometrist Acute Services at
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Ryan Desai
MCOptom Dip Tp(IP) Prof Cert Glauc
Secretary
Clinical Lead Optometrist and Service Development Lead Optometrist for Emergency and Cornea at
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Seema Verma
MB BS MD FRCOphth
Honorary Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
John Buchan
MB BS MD FRCOphth
Honorary Committee Member
Assistant Professor at International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Consultant Ophthalmologist at
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lucy Clarke
MBBS MRCS FEBO FRCOphth
Honorary Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Clinical Lead for Oculoplastics and Emergency at
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dilani Siriwardena
FRCOphth, MBBS
Honorary Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Deputy Medical Director at Moorfields Eye Hospital
Vice President at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
MEET THE TEAM
RESIDENT COMMITTEE
Devangna Bhatia
Social Media Manager
Ophthalmology Resident ST6
Northern Deanery
Mary-Therese Monaghan
Simulation Lead
Ophthalmology Resident ST6
Severn Deanery
Demi Amos-Oluwole
Social Media Manager
Ophthalmology Resident ST3
Yorkshire and The Humber Deanery
Ahmed Hassane
Website Manager
Ophthalmology Resident ST3
Scotland - West Deanery
Ayesha Karimi
Social Secretary and Social Media Manager
Ophthalmology Resident ST6
Kent, Surrey, Sussex Deanery
HONORARY MEMBERS
Ann Barrett
MCOptom MSc Dip Glauc Dip IP Prof Cert Med-Ret
Optometrist Representative
Advanced Specialist Optometrist at
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
John Cooper
Nursing Representative
Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner at
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Jiney Edward
Nursing Representative
Advanced Nurse Practitioner at
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital
Rahilah Bukhari
BMedSci MSc
Orthoptist Representative
Paediatric Eye Emergency Lead Orthoptist at
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Farhan Zaidi
MBBS PhD FRCS FRCOphth
Committee Member
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Emergency Lead at
University Hospital Southampton
