About this Event
Mr Vik Sharma, MBBS BSc FRCOphth - is a Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cataract and Glaucoma Specialist and the number 1 choice for Cataract and Glaucoma. He is the Medical Director of the Harley Street Eye Hospital and the Clinical Director of the London Ophthalmology Centre, an award-winning eye clinic featured on the BBC and Channel Four Television. He is an Hon. Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology for the University of London. He will be discussing the symptoms, treatments and surgery for glaucoma and cataract and will be answering your questions.
This event has been organised by the Kensington and Chelsea Over 50s Forum.
Glaucoma is a common eye condition where the optic nerve, which connects the eye to the brain, becomes damaged.
It's usually caused by fluid building up in the front part of the eye, which increases pressure inside the eye.
Glaucoma can lead to loss of vision if it's not diagnosed and treated early.
Cataracts are when the lens, a small transparent disc inside your eye, develops cloudy patches.
Over time these patches usually become bigger causing blurry, misty vision and eventually blindness. It can affect people of all ages, but is most common in adults in their 70s and 80s. Most older people develop cataracts at some point in their lives
Mr Vik Sharma is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and a fully accredited consultant on the UK General Medical Council Specialist Register, No. 4307574. As well as completing a Glaucoma fellowship in London, he has also undergone further training in Oculo-Plastics at the Premier Facial Plastic Centre in Sarasota, Florida.
He has authored many ophthalmology chapters in medical texts and in peer-reviewed journals and is an Hon. Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology for the University of London. Mr Vik Sharma remains an active member of the medical research field, presenting internationally and locally, discussing research findings and new techniques/treatments while also sitting on the Glaucoma Advisory Board for pharmaceuticals
Mr Vik Sharma is the clinical lead for glaucoma, and actively offers patients a new modern service in North London, developing new laser treatments and surgical implants for better eye pressure control.
Mr Vik Sharma is highly respected in lens, glaucoma, and eyelid surgery, as well as general ophthalmology. Mr Vik Sharma offers new non-penetrating surgical techniques and micro-tube implants, the latest micro-pulse laser treatment, micro-incision cataract surgery with multifocal lens implants and uses topical anaesthesia and on-axis phacoemulsification as part of his technique.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street, London, United Kingdom
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