Ophthalmic Consultants of London was founded by a unique partnership of world recognised, UK trained, consultant eye surgeons.
Bringing together established, highly successful surgical practices has allowed us to combine resources and provide you with premium surgical and technological expertise.
The most important consideration when deciding on any form of eye surgery, is selecting the most skilful, dedicated and up-to-date surgeon, with the patient as their number one priority.
Each of our surgeons are recognised as leading experts in their field with exemplary bedside manner. They all hold substantive NHS consultant positions and are specialists in both laser and lens vision correction surgery. They have been fellowship trained both within the UK and at international centres of excellence in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, guaranteeing you the highest level of surgical skill and experience.
One of the UK’s top eye surgeons, Mr Ali Mearza is a Director and founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of London. He is also the Clinical Director of ophthalmology and lead consultant ophthalmic surgeon at London’s Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, the UK’s first Academic Health Sciences Centre.
Ali Mearza has been voted by his peers as one of the best surgeons in the country and his ethos is to provide the very best personalized care using state of the art technology and techniques.
He qualified from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School in 1996 and shortly after began his career in ophthalmology. He completed his training in London and went on to complete a year’s fellowship in cornea & external eye disease at Moorfields NHS Trust. He followed this with an additional one year fellowship in laser refractive eye surgery at the prestigious Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute on the island of Crete, the birthplace of modern LASIK.
Mr Ali Mearza was appointed as a consultant in 2007 and has transformed the sub-specialty corneal service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust into one of the best in the country. He is considered one of the best surgeons in London and is regularly invited to share his expertise and insights to colleagues in the UK as well as Internationally.
In July 2016 he was appointed as the Clinical Director of ophthalmology and is now responsible for the clinical leadership of the ophthalmology service at Imperial which spans across 3 sites; Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, The Western Eye Hospital in Marylebone and St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington.
Amongst his other roles, he is a medical monitor and clinical investigator overseeing clinical trials related to new ophthalmic technologies and is a member of the UK and European Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (UKISCRS, ESCRS) as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
He has a keen interest in voluntary ophthalmology and has performed charitable work in India, Bali, Burma, Madagascar, Bangladesh, Ghana and Cambodia.
Laser eye surgeon, Allon Barsam, has a world recognised reputation for personalised vision correction by combining state of the art technology with superb technical microsurgical skills.
Allon recognises that each patient deserves both precision and personalisation of their visual needs. He features on every independent patient and peer reviewed list of the UK’s top laser eye surgeons and cataract surgeons.
Allon Barsam MA (Hons) Cantab MB BS FRCOphth Examiner Cert LRS is a director and founding partner of Ophthalmic Consultants of London. He specialises in laser eye surgery, lens based vision correction surgery and cataract surgery with premium lenses. He is passionate about providing enhanced vision for many people whose livelihoods and wellbeing are dependent on sight. His laser eye surgery patients include elite military personnel including naval aviators (fighter pilots), commercial pilots and world-class professional athletes. In addition, Allon has treated hundreds of doctors, optometrists, consultant eye surgeons and members of their families.
Allon was trained in several international centres of excellence. He graduated from the University of Cambridge and University College London Medical Schools with honours and a distinction in surgery. His residency training was at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, followed by a fellowship in New York, where he worked closely with two of the founding fathers of modern cornea, cataract and laser vision correction surgery. Allon then completed an additional cornea, cataract and refractive surgery fellowship at the Western Eye Hospital in London. Allon Barsam is the lead consultant and fellowship director for corneal transplantation and complex anterior segment surgery at the Luton & Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UCL Partners. This tertiary centre of excellence was founded and set up by Allon, for which he has received several excellence awards.
Romesh Angunawela is an award winning eye surgeon specialising in laser eye surgery and cararact and lens replacement surgery with a reputation for kind, patient centred care.
Mr Romesh Angunawela BM, MD, FRCOphth, FRCS, Cert LRS is a consultant eye surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital where he is a specialist in laser eye surgery, cataract & lens replacement surgery and corneal transplant.
He is Director for corneal training at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Clinical Lead for the Moorfields Lions Eye Bank. He graduated from Southampton Medical School in 1997 and has been a doctor for over 20 years, working in neurosurgery and maxillofacial surgery before specialising in ophthalmic surgery for the last 18 years.
Mr Angunawela was awarded a doctorate (MD) from the University of London for his research under the supervision of Professor John Marshall OBE, a founding father of modern laser eye surgery. He completed his clinical training at St Thomas’ Hospital and Moorfields Hospital in London following which he completed two and a half years of specialist fellowship training in cornea and lens surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital and with Professor Donald Tan and Professor Jodhbir Mehta at the Singapore National Eye Centre.
He holds the Certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery (Cert LRS) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, and is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Technology
Eye surgery relies on technology for precision, safety, and outstanding results. The difference between average and OCL is in exceptionally trained surgeons and state of the art technology. One complements the other. We have spared no expense in providing you with the world’s best technology.
