Whipps Cross University Hospital

What we do

Our dedicated Eye Treatment Centre provides a one stop service for patients.

We hold general and specialist outpatient clinics.

The Outpatient department includes six fully equipped clinical examination rooms, two casualty rooms, three pre-assessment rooms, two laser rooms, clinical photography room, three orthotists rooms and two optometry rooms.

We also have an eye casualty - walk in service, where in an emergency patients can self-refer to the centre and sit and wait to be seen by a doctor.

Any patients who require further treatment or surgery will undergo a pre-operative assessment, which can often be done on the same day as their outpatient appointment.

This is nurse led, reviewing the date for surgery, making sure the patient is fit and well enough and providing patients with all the information they need and making sure all consent forms and completed.

We have high day case rates for eye surgery and procedures, with twin ophthalmology theatres run by our consultants every week day morning.

The centre provides a support service which includes:

• Vision and visual field tests
• Optometrist
• Orthoptist service
• Dispensing optician

Some of the services are provided on a rota basis and out in the community.

The centre is fully equipped and includes technology such as:

• Laser rooms for YAG and Argon Lasers with attached teaching video
• Stratus 3 OCT and Corneal Topography
• Clinical Photography room with Topcon digital system for FFA/ICG
• Slit-lamp video display/ recording and DVD-RAM/HDD recording in theatres

The team includes 7 consultants, each with their own area of specialty:

• Mr Parmar, Clinical Lead, Cornea
• Mr Bryan, Glaucoma
• Mrs Kayali, Diabetic Retinopathy, Paediatrics
• Miss Ohri, Diabetic eye disease, Paediatrics
• Mr Towler, Vitreoretinal, Ocular Inflammation, Diabetes
• Mr Zambarakji, Vitreoretinal, Medical Retina
• Mr Sherafat, Oculoplastics

Along with a Vitreoretinal Clinical Fellow, Associate Specialist,Senior Clinical Fellow, two TG Trust Grade Registrars, two Specialist Registrars, two Trainee doctors.

Other senior staff include:

• Sister Tara Matare, Senior Ophthalmology Nurse
• Sister Rady Robertson, Outpatients - supported by a team of five nurses
• Sister Kei Lai, Pre-operative Assessment - supported by a team of two nurses
• Sister Ruth Senkatuka, Theatres - supported by a team of 16 nurses
• Laura Grant, Senior Orthoptists - supported by three Orthoptists and one field technician
• Ram Ethirajulu, Ophthalmology Department Manager

How to contact us

Where to find us

The Eye Treatment Centre is located next to the Outpatients Department in the Yellow Zone. It has a separate entrance from Hospital Road.

How to find us

For more information on how to find these locations or how to get the hospital please look under our 'Where to find us section'.

• Click here to view location map of the hospital
• Click here to view how to get here.

Opening times

How to get treatment

You will need to be referred by your GP (General Practitioner) or Optician. This can been done through the choose and book system.

In an emergency patients can self refer to the walk in service or may be referred via A&E.