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Consultant Profile

Mr George Saleh

Name:
Mr George Saleh BSc MBBS FRCS FRCOphth
Practising at:
Spire Harpenden Hospital
Specialties:
  • Ophthalmology
    • Refractive surgery
    • Oculoplastic surgery
    • Lacrimal disorders
    • Cataract surgery
Special clinical interests:

Cataract Surgery (Cataract Surgical Lead, Moorfields Eye Hospital Bedford)
Refractive procedures (Including Multifocal Intraocular Lenses)
Lasers 
Surgical and non-surgical eyelid, brow and oculofacial rejuvenation (including blepharoplasties, midface and brow work, botox, peels and fillers)
Eyelid tumours (Regional Oculoplastic Cancer Lead)
Lid malpositions (droopy eyelids, excess skin, in and out turning lids)
Periocular lumps and bumps (chalazion, stye, papillomas and skin blemishes)
Watery eyes and lacrimal problems
General ophthalmology
(Red, itchy or painful eyes, blurred vision and other conditions)

Research interests:

Mr Saleh has published scientific articles on many areas relating to the eyelid and surrounding tissue including tumours, reconstruction, trauma, lumps, malposition, investigations and surgery.
He is the primary investigator for ongoing studies investigating novel diagnostic methods in evaluation of watery eyes.
He is the lead on a National Collaboration investigating tumours of the eyelid and surrounding tissues

Mr Saleh is the regional lead for the Intraocular Lens Study Group (a multicentre collaboration) currently running the Multifocal IOL trial.
He is the UK lead on the International Council of Ophthalmology’s Cataract Assessment Taskforce through which he has worked in developing cataract tools being adopted in many parts of the world
He is the primary investigator in the International Simulation Study for virtual reality cataract surgical training.

Mr Saleh heads up several teams investigating novel technologies relating to eye surgery and has received grants for work on eyelid surgery, cataract surgery, general ophthalmology amongst others.

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon Moorfields Eye Hospital
Director of Simulation Training, Moorfields Eye Hospital
Visiting Professor, Cranfield University
Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Surrey

Year of first medical qualification:
2000
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

General Medical Council
Medical Defence Union
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
American Academy of Ophthalmology
British Oculoplastic Surgical Society

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
0800 585 112
Private secretary:
Caroline  Whatford
Private secretary telephone number:
07873824096
Personal email address:
Availability:
Wednesday am and other times by appointment
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Mr Saleh is a Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital based at the Bedford Unit and is the Cataract Surgical Lead. He has an honorary contract with the Luton and Dunstable Hospital and draws regional referrals for watery eyes, eyelid, cancer and cosmetic work.  He undertakes intraocular refractive work with premium IOLs.

Mr Saleh qualified in Medicine from Imperial College, London and underwent basic specialist training in Ophthalmology in the London and the East Anglia Regions before completing his higher specialist training at Moorfields Eye Hospital. He was awarded the Gold Medal as the most distinguished candidate for the clinical and surgical ophthalmic Fellowship Examination. During his undergraduate studies he was awarded the highest first class distinction for his BSc.
Mr Saleh undertook an extended subspeciality fellowship in oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital focusing on conditions such as lid lumps, tumours and malpositions, watery eyes and lacrimal problems along with orbitofacial cosmetic surgery and rejuvenation. He has lectured widely both at national and international levels on peri-ocular facial plastics and cataract surgery.

Mr Saleh specialises in the following treatments:

Oculoplastics
Blepharoplasty – upper and lower lid removal of bags of eyelids
Botox and Fillers – to the facial area
Eyebrow and Eyelids – droopy eyelids, in or out turning eyelids, droopy brows
Eyelid Cancer – including eyebrow, eye socket and surrounding areas
Watery eye – all forms of surgical and non-surgical treatments

Cataract and Refractive
Cataracts – including complicated cataract extraction
Multifocal and Toric IOL insertions – including intraocular refractive procedures

General Ophthalmology
Sore, Gritty, Itchy and Burning Eyes
Red Eyes
Blurry Vision

Personal profile:

Mr Saleh grew up in the Herts and Beds area and continues to live locally.

He has a keen interest in sport including rugby, tennis and swimming and has a longstanding involvement in astrophysics and cosmology having been published by NASA’s health portal.

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