Mr Neil Rowson

Practising at

Spire Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Neil Rowson at Spire include:

Ophthalmology

• Cataract removal surgery
• Eyelid cyst surgery
• Eyelid surgery or eyebag removal (blepharoplasty)
• Laser eye treatment (yag laser capsulotomy)
• Age-related macular degeneration treatment
• Cancer tests
• Glaucoma treatment
• Treatment for malignant skin cancer
• Scar revision

Other treatments

Professional profile

I qualified from Leeds Medical School in 1982. He trained in Ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, and Birmingham Eye Hospital. I held specialist Fellowship posts in Oculoplastic, Lacrimal and Orbital surgery at Moorfields and at the Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, before taking up my NHS post in 1997.

Since then I have developed a busy, well equiped private practice specialising in small incision cataract surgery, oculoplastic and lacrimal surgery, including cosmetic lid surgery.

I am a Fellow of the Royal College of ophthalmologists, a member of the British Oculoplastic Surgical Society and a member of the European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and; Reconstructive Surgeons. I am also the Vice President of the Ophthalmology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.

Research Interest: Acquired lacrimal drainage obstruction in patients on chemotherapy.

I am available Mondays, Thursdays and Friday mornings.

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Royal College of Ophthalmologists
European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
British Oculoplastic Surgical Society

Current NHS posts

Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Personal Profile

Mr Rowson lives with his wife and four children in Tunbridge Wells. Aside from his professional interests he is an avid reader, has run several marathons and is a keen sailor and fencer.

Financial Interests

Mr Neil Rowson owns 100% of the outpatient ophthalmology equipment used in the hospital.

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