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Specialises in

• Medical

• Refractive surgery

• Surgical

About me

Mr Subramaniam is a very experienced Consultant surgeon. His NHS base is Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust where he is the lead for cataract surgery.
Mr Subramaniam had his initial medical and ophthalmic training in India. He relocated to the UK and trained for many years at centres of excellence first in Birmingham then Leicester and finishing as a joint Senior Registrar between Charing Cross and Moorfields Eye Hospitals in London. This was followed by advanced sub-speciality training and clinical exposure to cataract surgery and laser eye surgery.

Mr Subramaniam was in the very first cohort of surgeons assessed for competency in Laser Eye Surgery and was awarded the Certificate of competency in Laser Refractive Surgery (Royal college of ophthalmologists, 2007). He has been an examiner for various Royal College examinations including assessment of competency in Laser Refractive surgery.

Rather than being a generalist in cataract surgery Mr Subramaniam is a specialist in cataract and refractive surgery. Being trained in refractive surgery, Mr Subramaniam specializes in helping patients reduce or eliminate their dependence on glasses. He is trained and certified in the uses various types of lasers for refractive eye surgery. This includes laser eye surgery in suitable people and refractive lens exchange in people unsuited for laser eye surgery. In patients with cataracts, removal of the cataract can be combined with the use of premium lenses (of which there are several types) to reduce or eliminate dependence on glasses.

The idea of using premium intra-ocular lenses for either cataract or refractive lens surgery is to help patients reduce or eliminate the need for glasses. It is a recognized fact that despite various calculations people may still be dependent on glasses after cataract surgery or refractive lens exchange with premium lenses. In suitable patients this can be simply addressed by doing laser eye surgery. Mr Subramaniam is one of the few surgeons to offer this facility locally.

He has an extensive Medico-legal practice and has a Medicolegal Foundation Certificate from Cardiff University.

Mr Subramaniam has performed several thousand cataract and laser eye surgeries and regularly audits his results. It is a matter of professional pride that year on year his complication rate is well below the national average.

Areas of interest

Laser Eye Surgery to reduce or eliminate need for glasses.
Cataract surgery with a single focus lens.
Bespoke Cataract surgery with a premium lens to correct astigmatism (Toric lens)
Bespoke Cataract surgery with a premium lens to reduce or eliminate dependence on glasses (Multifocal lens, Trifocal lens).
YAG Laser Treatment for posterior capsule thickening (a membrane forming behind a lens implanted in the eye).
Treatments for dry eye.
Eyelid surgery for lesions e.g. cysts, eyelid turning in (entropion) eyelid turning out (ectropion), surgery for droopy lids.
Glaucoma treatments including laser treatments.

Medical secretaries

• Alison Higginson
• 1 Kidsley Close Smalley Ilkeston DE7 6PT
• 07720 748611
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