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Focussing on being a world leader in cataract surgery

Professor Paul Ursell

Professor Paul Ursell MBBS MD FRCOphth is one of the UK’s leading cataract surgeons and has devoted his professional career to improving cataract surgery to make it safer and easier for patients. He has personally performed over 10,000 cataract operations in a career spanning 25 years. He has developed a patient friendly ‘no needle, no patch’ technique for cataract surgery that is now widely taught across the NHS.

As one of the few surgeons to be awarded an MD degree on modern cataract surgery, he has published over 20 peer-reviewed papers on cataract surgery. Paul is frequently invited to lecture in the UK and overseas at scientific meetings on cataract surgery as an acknowledged Key Opinion Leader.

He is currently President of the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) having previously served as both a trustee and treasurer.

He has previously worked as Lead Clinician in his NHS department at Epsom & St Helier Hospitals and now supervises a team performing more than 2,500 cataract operations each year.

Paul is the Royal College of Ophthalmologists representative to the EU, and Vision 2020 lead for dementia and sight loss. Other roles include Honorary Consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital, a Trustee of SeeAbility and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers.

Paul studied Medicine at St Mary’s Hospital in London and trained in cataract surgery at St Thomas’s Hospital, London, Oxford University as a Clinical Lecturer and as Fellow at the Lions Eye Institute, Australia before taking up his full time NHS consultant post at Epsom & St Helier Hospitals in 2002.

Paul is a Honorary Professor at Department of Life Sciences, University of Bradford

  • Honorary Consultant Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

    Royal College of Ophthalmologists representative for Dementia & Sight Loss

    Royal College of Ophthalmologists: Ophthalmology Section National Delegate at Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes (UEMS)

    Invited lecturer and trainer at international congresses including Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) and the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)

    Liveryman at the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

    Previous Roles

    Treasurer of the UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS)

    Judge for Cataract Research Posters at College Congress

    Trustee of SeeAbility

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Patient feedback from PHIN

Surveys from patients about the care they received from Professor Paul Ursell.

97%

of 116 people said they were extremely likely or likely to recommend this consultant to a friend or relative.

97%

of 116 people felt this consultant definitely met their needs.

Patient satisfaction

Patient experience

Karen Rose

Karen has been working for Professor Paul Ursell for many years.  She co-ordinates scheduling of your appointments, surgery timings and provides information about surgery and billing. Over the years, many patients have commented on Karen’s gentle, professional and reassuring manner.

She has dealt with all types of queries and issues about surgery and can be relied on to deal with any eventuality with calmness and discretion.  She is highly adept at dealing with all parts of scheduling and managing your time with us, including the needs of patients from overseas.

To contact Karen please go to our Contact us page.

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