Mr Aruna Dharmasena : Ophthalmology

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Mr Aruna Dharmasena

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Overview

Specialises in

Oculoplastic surgery

Paediatric

Surgical

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Qualifications - MBBS MRCSEd FRCOphth

Consultant Ophthalmic, Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgeon

Current NHS Position:
Consultant Adult & Paediatric Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital since 2015.

Qualifications / Professional memberships:

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) 2000.

MRCSEd (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) 2007.

FRCOphth (Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK)) 2013.

General Medical Council - Specialist Register since 2013.

Medical & Surgical training:

Moorfield's Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom - Fellowship in orbital, lacrimal, oculoplastic (adnexal) surgery.

Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom: Fellowship in Oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital (adnexal) surgery.

North-western Deanery Ophthalmology training programme, United Kingdom: Advanced Specialist training in Ophthalmology.

East Midlands Deanery, United Kingdom -??Basic Specialist training in Ophthalmology.

Moorfield's Eye Centre at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK - Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology.

Moorfield's Eye Centre at Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom - Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology.

Research interest / experience:

Congenital and acquired anophthalmia, microphthalmia and orbital malformation.

Ocular adnexal malignancies and benign tumours.

Facial nerve palsy and rehabilitation.

Orbital, ocular adnexal and facial reconstructive surgery.

Congenital/childhood eye infections in children.

Congenital and acquired anophthalmia, microphthalmia and orbital malformation.

Ocular adnexal malignancies and benign tumours.

Facial nerve palsy and rehabilitation.

Orbital, ocular adnexal and facial reconstructive surgery.

Congenital/childhood eye infections in children.

Congenital malformations/developmental delays in the lacrimal outflow system.

Dry eye syndromes.

Areas of interest

Children's eye conditions:
1. Anophthalmia, microphthalmia, congenital deformities of the eye and the face;
2. Eyelid malposition/deformities: Ptosis, coloboma, facial/eyelid scarring;
3. Excessive watering;
4. Benign and malignant orbital tumours;

Adult eye conditions:
1. Aesthetic surgical procedures;
2. Botulinum toxin (Botox);
3. Brow-lift;
4. Upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty;
5. Fat-transfer and augmentation;
6. Excision of malignancies, benign tumours, skin tags and cysts;
7. Reconstruction of the eyelids, orbit, eye socket and face;
9. Cellulitis, pre-septal cellulitis ,tear duct infections, blepharitis, conjunctivitis;
10. Thyroid eye disease, orbital myositis, idiopathic orbital inflammation, IgG4 disease, Dacryoadenitis, eczema, psoriasis, etc;
11. Dry eyes/watery eyes/blocked tear duct
12. Eyelid malpositions;
13. Ocular, orbital, facial trauma;
14. Facial nerve palsy, blepharospasm, hemifacial spasm;
15. Eye removal, eye socket reconstruction, ocular prosthesis;

Medical secretaries

Secretary to Mr Aruna Dharmasena
Private Patient Centre Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Oxford Road Manchester United Kingdom M13 9WL
07846 158964
07846 158964
DMC.Enquiries@outlook.com

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Adult & Paediatric Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital since 2015

Research interests

1. Congenital and acquired anophthalmia, microphthalmia and orbital malformation.

2. Ocular adnexal malignancies and benign tumours

3. Facial nerve palsy and rehabilitation

4. Orbital, ocular adnexal and facial reconstructive surgery

5. Congenital/childhood eye infections in children

6. Congenital and acquired anophthalmia, microphthalmia and orbital malformation.

7. Ocular adnexal malignancies and benign tumours

8. Facial nerve palsy and rehabilitation

9. Orbital, ocular adnexal and facial reconstructive surgery

10. Congenital/childhood eye infections in children

11. Congenital malformations/developmental delays in the lacrimal outflow system

12. Dry eye syndromes

Publications

1. Presentation of Spontaneous Orbital Hemorrhage. OPRS 2024.
2. Neurological complications from sinugenic orbital cellulitis. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2022.
3. Combined neurosurgical and orbital intervention for spheno-orbital meningiomas - the Manchester experience. Orbit. 2020.
4. Periocular Scleromyxedema.
OPRS.2015.
5. Iris microhaemangioma: a management strategy.IJO.2013.
6. Selenium supplementation in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy: an update. IJO.2014.
7. Acquired iris inclusion cysts. J. IJO.2014.
8. Corneal perforation during scleral indentation in a patient with pellucid marginal degeneration.
IJO.2016.
9. Retinal artery occlusions in children.JTT.2014.
10. Bilateral spontaneous hyphaema:case report and review of literature.JTT. 2013.
11. Lacrimal duct cyst abscess.Orbit.2014.
12. Superior rectus underaction following botulinum toxin injection to induce protective upper eye lid ptosis--a comparative study of two techniques. Strabismus.2014.
13. Mansonella ozzardi parasitic infestation in the orbit. IJO.2017.
14. Corneal complications after orbital radiotherapy for primary epithelial malignancies of the lacrimal gland. BJO.2018.
15. Dynamic muscle transfer in facial nerve palsy: the use of contralateral orbicularis oculi muscle. FPS.2015 Apr;31(2):145-51
16. Non-keratinising undifferentiated nasopharyngeal-type carcinoma of the lacrimal sac. IJO.2016.
17. Reliability and Effectiveness of the Manchester Orbital Exenteration Wound Assessment Tool: Inter-Observer Agreement. Orbit.2015.
18. Orbital decompression for thyroid-associated orbitopathy in England: trends over time and geographical variation.Orbit2014.
19. Trends over time in the incidence of congenital anophthalmia, microphthalmia and orbital malformation in England: database study.
BJO.2017.
20. Time trends in ophthalmia neonatorum and dacryocystitis of the newborn in England, 2000-2011: database study.Sex Transm Infect. 2015.
21.Yellow lid sign in Wegener's granulomatosis.
Orbit.2009.
22. Regrowth of upper eyelid eyelashes after making a surgical incision on the upper eyelid in a case of severe alopecia areata.
OPRS 2014.
23. Does high intraocular pressure exclude an open globe injury? IJO. 2014.
24. Retinopathy in inherited Transcobalamin II deficiency. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008.
25. Bilateral rubeosis iridis and rubeotic glaucoma due to peripheral occlusive vasculitis associated with multiple sclerosis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2011.

Courses offered to GPs

1. Facial palsy
2. Orbital cellulitis
3. Dry eyes/watery eyes

My qualifications & training

My private practice

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