I started the practice so that one surgeon stays responsible for your care from beginning to end. My team and I take your measurements, I plan your surgery, I perform it, and I see you afterwards. The full range of laser and lens technology is here, along with the time to use it properly.
A free, no-obligation call with the practice team.
Much of eye surgery in this country has been quietly industrialised. The chains run on volume: assessed by one person, operated on by another, followed up by a third — often in a different town, sometimes without meeting your surgeon until the day itself.
I set up The Vision Surgeon to do the opposite. My team and I take your measurements, I plan your surgery, I perform it, and I see you afterwards. You will meet our optometrists and technicians along the way; they work alongside me rather than instead of me. The difference is that I am here, and I stay responsible.
The other reason is choice. I trained across laser, cornea and glaucoma, and built the practice around the full range of modern laser and lens technology rather than the one procedure a clinic happens to sell — so the recommendation you get is genuinely the right one for your eyes. Colleagues refer their difficult cases to me, and complicated eyes are the part of the job I find most rewarding.
I completed a dedicated fellowship in laser refractive surgery at the Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Clinic in Crete — the birthplace of LASIK, where the procedure was first performed.
In the UK, a refractive fellowship is not a requirement to offer laser eye surgery, and many surgeons learn the techniques on the job. Like most of the country's leading refractive surgeons, I trained in it specifically, at fellowship level.
I teach and train other eye surgeons, and I am regularly invited to lecture on laser, cataract and lens surgery at national and international meetings. I have also published and presented research in international ophthalmology journals and at international meetings — you can find my work on ResearchGate.
I am grateful to have been recognised by colleagues in the field. I am an elected Fellow of the World College of Refractive Surgery, an invitation-only international group of laser and refractive surgeons, and I sit on the board of the British Society for Refractive Surgery and of the Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association (MCLOSA) — helping to deliver education and set the standards for future generations of refractive surgeons. Fellow surgeons refer their more complex laser and corneal cases to me.
I trained at Cambridge, King's College London and the University Hospital of Wales. After qualifying as a consultant I completed three advanced fellowships, each a year or more beyond consultant level: laser refractive surgery in Crete; corneal transplant surgery, covering DMEK, DSAEK, DALK and PK along with keratoconus treatments including CAIRS; and glaucoma surgery at King's College Hospital London.
Most UK consultants complete one fellowship; some complete two. Three matters for a practical reason: I do not have to send you elsewhere when your eyes turn out to be complicated. If laser is not safe for your cornea, I can offer ICL or lens replacement in the same conversation. If you have glaucoma alongside cataracts, I can treat both together.
I am Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead at Colchester Eye Centre within East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, where I lead the clinical team, operate on complex cases and train the next generation of eye surgeons.
Privately, I practise here at The Vision Surgeon: the same hands and the same standards, with the time, the technology and the continuity the NHS cannot always offer.
The most valuable thing I offer is not a procedure — it is the assessment that tells you whether a procedure is right at all. Because every option is available here, I have no reason to steer you toward one.
If laser is not safe for your cornea, I will say so. If your keratoconus can be managed with cross-linking rather than a transplant, that is what I will recommend. And if the right answer is to wait and watch, I will tell you that too.
Colchester Eye Centre — First Floor, Colchester Primary Care Centre, Turner Road, Mile End, Colchester CO4 5JR. Consultations, assessments and most procedures. Free parking.
Oaks Hospital — 120 Mile End Road, Colchester CO4 5XR. Cataract and lens replacement surgery. Free parking, just off the A12.
Both are easy to reach from across Essex and Suffolk, and evening and weekend appointments are available.
Everything below is performed by me personally, at our Colchester clinics.
Laser eye surgery (LASIK and TransPRK), lens replacement surgery, ICL (implantable contact lens), and cataract surgery with premium lenses.
Your consultation is a conversation, not a sales pitch. We will talk about your eyes, what is bothering you, and what — if anything — is worth doing about it. You will leave understanding your options in plain English, with no obligation and no pressure. If I am not the right surgeon for you, I will say so.
No referral needed. No obligation.
