Refractive/cataract surgery outcomesOptic nerve disorders (eg Optic neuritis)Inflammation of the eye
UK & European Refractive Surgery Societies International Uveitis SocietyNorth American Neuro-Ophthalmology SocietyRoyal College of OphthalmologistsEuropean Neuro-Ophthalmology SocietyBritish Neuro-Ophthalmic SocietyBritish Uveitis GroupWorshipful Society of Apothecaries
Mr Oliver Backhouse is a consultant ophthalmologist and cataract specialist and vision correction specialist at Spire Hospital Leeds and St James's University Hospital, Leeds. His main areas of work are advanced cataract surgery, vision correction surgery for short sight, long sight and astigmatism, macular degeneration (AMD), uveitis (eye inflammation), and neuro-ophthalmology. Mr Backhouse has performed thousands of operations and uses the very best advanced techniques, equipment and treatment available to assure you of the very highest standards in order to give you the best care possible.Having qualified in 1992 as a doctor, Mr Oliver Backhouse spent a year in Madagascar as a general ophthalmologist and founded the registered charity MOSS (Madagascan Organisation for Saving Sight. UK Reg 1047555). He then worked at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital before moving up to Yorkshire where he continued with his higher surgical training. Mr Backhouse became a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 1997 after which he was appointed as a consultant. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications.Mr Backhouse continues his interest in developing country ophthalmology with the charitable work of MOSS. He is actively involved in the Overseas Partnering and Training Initiative (OPTIN). This group, founded in 2002, aims to help coordinate and facilitate the working of interested people in helping health programmes in developing countries in accordance with the WHO 'Vision 2020 – the right to sight' project. Mr Backhouse undertakes regular teaching field trips to Madagascar, and has given MOSS and Vision 2020 lectures to ophthalmic professionals and various societies.
Much of Mr Oliver Backhouse's time outside of work is spent with his three daughters and wife. He also enjoys playing tennis and squash regularly and has started to learn golf and play the piano. Mr Backhouse continues to paint and draw and has an amateur interest in archaeology and paleoanthropology. He also enjoys fishing and bee-keeping.
Mr Oliver Backhouse has travelled widely in countries such as Indonesia, Tanzania, Thailand and Madagascar. He is able to speak intermediate level French.
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