Professor Madhavan Rajan : Ophthalmology

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Cataract Full Pathway provider
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Spire Cambridge Lea 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.

Overview

Cataract Full Pathway provider

I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Spire Cambridge Lea 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.

Specialises in

Refractive surgery

Surgical

About me

Professor Rajan is a clinical academic and ophthalmic surgeon based in Cambridge with expertise in management of corneal and cataract disorders. His special research interests are in advanced surgical techniques and treatment cure for corneal blindness.

Areas of interest

Cataract surgery and Premium intraocular lenses including multifocal and toric IOL's; Refractive lens exchange; Corneal Crosslinking; Corneal transplantation (DSAEK, DMEK, PK); Femtolaser assisted cataract surgery; Keraring for Keratoconus; Refractive surgery (eyes); Dry Eyes; Pterygium surgery

Medical secretaries

Sally Cook
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital 30 New Road Impington CAMBRIDGE CB24 9EL
07871 660645
sallycookcvc@gmail.com

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Clinical lead - Cornea and Cataract Service
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS trust
&
Visiting Professor
Vision and eye research unit (VERU)
Postgraduate medical institute
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge CB1 1PT

Research interests

Corneal transplantation - newer techniques and devices
Advanced intraocular lenses (toric and multifocal) in cataract surgery
Corneal drug delivery
Corneal stem cell research
Corneal diagnostics
Corneal crosslinking for Keratoconus

Personal interests

Hiking
Tennis
Travel
Charity

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Recent publications:

Microthin DSAEK vs DMEK corneal transplant randomised trial results published in CORNEA journal, 2020

1: Rolev K, OÊ¼Donovan DG, Coussons P, King L, Rajan MS. Feasibility Study of
Human Corneal Endothelial Cell Transplantation Using an In Vitro Human Corneal
Model. Cornea. 2018 Jun;37(6):778-784. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000001555. PubMed
PMID: 29521691.
2: Bowes OMB, Shah P, Rana M, Farrell S, Rajan MS. Quality indicators in a
community optometrist led cataract shared care scheme. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt.
2018 Mar;38(2):183-192. doi: 10.1111/opo.12444. Epub 2018 Feb 5. PubMed PMID:
29405327.
3: Weber IP, Rana M, Thomas PBM, Dimov IB, Franze K, Rajan MS. Effect of vital
dyes on human corneal endothelium and elasticity of Descemet's membrane. PLoS
One. 2017 Sep 13;12(9):e0184375. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184375. eCollection
2017. PubMed PMID: 28902856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5597301.
4: Rolev K, O'Donovan DG, Georgiou C, Rajan MS, Chittka A. Identification of Prdm
genes in human corneal endothelium. Exp Eye Res. 2017 Jun;159:114-122. doi:
10.1016/j.exer.2017.02.009. Epub 2017 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 28228349; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC5451076.
5: Bassily R, Lencova A, Rajan MS. Bilateral rupture of the posterior capsule and
intraocular lens dislocation from excessive eye rubbing. J Cataract Refract Surg.
2016 Feb;42(2):329-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.01.018. PubMed PMID: 27026458.
6: Roberts HW, Mukherjee A, Aichner H, Rajan MS. Visual Outcomes and Graft
Thickness in Microthin DSAEK--One-Year Results. Cornea. 2015 Nov;34(11):1345-50.
doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000596. PubMed PMID: 26312621.
7: Voyatzis G, Roberts HW, Keenan J, Rajan MS. Cambridgeshire cataract shared
care model: community optometrist-delivered postoperative discharge scheme. Br J
Ophthalmol. 2014 Jun;98(6):760-4. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304636. Epub
2014 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 24515987.
8: Rajan MS. Surgical strategies to improve visual outcomes in corneal
transplantation. Eye (Lond). 2014 Feb;28(2):196-201. doi: 10.1038/eye.2013.279.
Epub 2014 Jan 3. Review. PubMed PMID: 24384964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3930281.
9: Thomas PB, Mukherjee AN, O'Donovan D, Rajan MS. Preconditioned donor corneal
thickness for microthin endothelial keratoplasty. Cornea. 2013 Jul;32(7):e173-8.
doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3182912fd2. PubMed PMID: 23665648.

Courses offered to GPs

Chairman of the Annual Cambridge Cornea and Cataract Symposium, St John's College, Cambridge since 2010 to date

Speaker at the annual and biannual GP conferences in Cambridge

PhD supervisor

Postgraduate tutor and trainer for corneal and cataract fellowship programme at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

Clinical lead - Cataract and Corneal service at Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK

My outcomes

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

MBBS SRMC University 1994
FRCOphth London 2007
FRCS Edinburgh 1998
FRCS Glasgow 1998
MD London 2006
MRCOphth London 2000
MS Ophthal Manipal Academy 1997

Additional training

Cornea Research Fellowship St Thomas' Hospital, London 2001
Cornea and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Moorfield's Eye Hospital, London 2005

GMC registration

Reference number 4738853

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Trustee Cambridge Eye Trust 2015
Visiting Consultant Life Line Express Charity - China 2015
East of England representative Ocular tissue advisory group, NHS Blood and Transplant 2015

Details of entry to specialist register

Ophthalmology , 2004

Affiliations / memberships

General Medical Council
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
UK and Ireland Cataract Society
European Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Society
Bowman cornea club
British Refractive surgeons society
Ramblers UK / cambridge

My private practice

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