- Bupa Platinum consultant
-
Fee assured
-
Awaiting
verification
- Open Referral network
Cataract Full Pathway
provider
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Blackheath Hospital (The) .
This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.
Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Blackheath Hospital (The) .
This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.
Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.
Specialises in
- Paediatric
- Surgical
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon - Paed & Strabismus Lead
King’s College Hospital – London since 1992
National & International Awards and Roles:
- Awarded the International Council of Ophthalmology Golden Apple Medal 2017: This award is granted every other year in recognition of exceptional Regional contribution to Training, Teaching and Innovation
- Awarded the Peter Eustace Medal in Paris in May 2019 for contribution to Ophthalmology
- President Union Européenne de Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS) Ophth- Jan 2019
- President European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) - June 2019
- Executive Member / Treasurer (SOE)- 2015 -19
- Member of the European Academy of Ophthalmology – Elected September 2016
- Member of the Ethics Bureau/ World Society of Paediatric Ophth & Strabismus since 2016
- Chair EBO Subspecialty Exams since 2014
- FEOphth UK delegate since 2012 – Co-chaired annual Sessions at the SFO, the DOG and the SOI - Presentations from Seniors & Juniors from the UK, France, Germany, Italy & Spain
- President European Board of Ophthalmology (EBO) - 2011-13
- Chairman of the EBO Residency Review Committee – 2009-10
- President Ophthalmology section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) UK - 2008-10
- Elected Honorary Member of the Union of Bulgarian Ophthalmologists – 2011
- Chairman of the Consultant Committee at King’s College Hospital - 2010 – 2012
- Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) at The Blackheath Hospital - 2002-12
- President Southern Ophthalmological Society (SOS) - 2007
- Council member Ophthalmology section of the RSM – 1997 - 2015
- SE Thames Regional study day Organiser – 2002 - 2014
- Lead Clinician for Ophthalmology King’s College Hospital - 2006-2010
Advisory Roles:
- Ophthalmology Adviser to BMI – Consultants Reference Group – 2013 - 16
- Ophthalmology Adviser to the Royal Society for Blind People RLSB – since 2013
- Ophthalmology Adviser to The Swinfen Telemedicine Charitable Foundation - since 2008
Royal College of Ophthalmologists past and present roles:
- South-East Regional representative on Council of the RCOphth 2007- 2013
- Chairman European sub-committee - since 2012
- Member of the RCOphth Examination and Professional Standards Committees - 2007-2013
- Member of the RCOphth Paediatric, International and European Sub-Committees - 2008-16
- Council member on the Lay Advisory Group of the RCOphth (2010-2013)
- College Tutor at King’s College Hospital – 1996 – 2006
- Chair of SE/SW Thames College Tutors 2004-2006
- RCOphth representative on NSPCC
- RCOphth UK representative on the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), the UEMS, the EBO and the SOE
Examiner Roles:
- Examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists – since 1998
- Examiner for the EBOD - since 2007
- Chair EBO Subspecialty Exams – since 2014 – The concept of subspecialty exams was my initiative as EBO President. The first such exams worldwide
Publications & Editing:
- Forty six Peer-reviewed publications
- Over 100 Presentations at National and International meetings
- I have contributed to the latest Editions of the following volumes of the American Academy of Ophthalmology BCSC series of Textbooks:
“ Fundamentals of Ophthalmology”
“ Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus” (Last two Editions)
“ Basic Principles of Ophthalmic Surgery”
“ Basic Techniques of Ophthalmic Surgery”
- Kanski – Clinical Ophthalmology (3rd Edition) - Strabismus & Paediatric Ophth chapters
Education & Training:
- “Collège de la Sainte Famille” – French Jesuit School – Cairo, Egypt – 1957- 1970
- Ein-Shams Medical School – Cairo, Egypt – 1970 – 1976
- Ophthalmic SHO, Central Middlesex and King’s College (London); Registrar, Queen’s Medical Centre (Nottingham), Resident Medical Officer, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Joint Senior Registrar at King’s College, Moorfields and The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (London) – 1981-1991
- Fellowship in
Areas of interest
Paediatric ophthalmology; Cataract; Strabismus ('squint'); Corneal Diseases; Eye - external disorders; Glaucoma
Anaesthetists worked with
-
Mr Wagih Aclimandos has worked with Dr Uvie Brigue at the following hospitals:
- Blackheath Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
Mr Wagih Aclimandos has worked with Dr Sanjay Saikia at the following hospitals:
- Blackheath Hospital (The) (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
-
C3113
Surgical correction of squint - bilateral - (1-5)
Chelsfield Park Hospital (1-5)
-
C1210
Excision of lesion of eyelid - (1-5)
Chelsfield Park Hospital (1-5) Blackheath Hospital (The) (1-5)
-
C2650
Probing of nasolacrimal system +/- syringing and/or irrigation - (1-5)
-
C3530
Surgical correction of squint with adjustable sutures - (1-5)