- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
- Cataract Full Pathway
provider
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Sancta Maria Hospital, Werndale Hospital .
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 Sancta Maria Hospital, Werndale Hospital .
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.
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr McAlinden is an NHS Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a special interest in Cataract surgery and Cornea.
Mr McAlinden attended Medical School (MB BCh) and completed his Ophthalmology training in Wales, achieving Fellowship status with both the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCOphth) and the European Board of Ophthalmology (FEBO). Mr McAlinden completed his specialist training in Cornea at the Corneo Plastic Unit & Eye Bank at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. He was also awarded the specialist certificate in laser and refractive surgery (CertLRS) from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and is a Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgery & Visual Sciences (FWCRS). Additionally, he earned a PGCert in Medical Education from the University of Cambridge.
Mr McAlinden also has a strong research background with three research degrees - MSc, MD, and PhD, as well as a post-doctoral research fellowship from Flinders University in Australia. He has an H-index of 64 with over 180 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He has authored a number of book chapters and is frequently invited to lecture and teach at national and international conferences. He holds the position of Visiting Professor at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai and Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, China. He is a council member and treasurer of the British Society for Refractive Surgery (BSRS) and is a PROM advisor to the National Audit for Cataract surgery for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He supervises PhD students, and his current PhD student at Cardiff University is working on the optimization of corneal cross-linking therapy for the management of keratoconus. Mr McAlinden also serves on the editorial board for seven peer-reviewed journals.
Patient reviews can be found here:
https://www.iwantgreatcare.org/doctors/mr-colm-mcalinden
Areas of interest
Cataract; Cataract surgery; Cornea
Medical secretaries
- Sancta Maria Hospital Swansea
- 01792 479040
- appointments@hmtsanctamaria.org
- Werndale Hospital
- 01267 225600
- Werndale.OutpatientsMail@circlehealthgroup.co.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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