Ophthalmology

Secretary Contact Details:

Tiffany Armour-Haylor
Secretary to Mr Faridi and Ms Panicco
01305 255846

Mel Cope
Secretary to Mr Mutamba and Miss Emeriewen
01305 255168

Sandie Loft
Secretary to Mr Goverdhan
01305 255260

Mr Usama Faridi

Qualifications
FRCS-Ophth  Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh  2000
Clinical Fellowship in Glaucoma  Royal Devon and Exeter 2012

Background
Initial Ophthalmic training in Pakistan at postgraduate Medical Institute Lady Reading Hospital
Locum Glaucoma Consultant at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Highly experienced cataract surgeon
Sub-specialty expertise in Glaucoma
Experience of Glaucoma shared care service
Vast experience in clinical research, audit and teaching.

Special interests
Medical and surgical management of Glaucoma

Clinics
Royal Eye Infirmary - Dorset County Hospital                                 

Mr Srinivas Goverdhan

Specialty
Ophthalmology

Qualifications
CCT in Ophthalmology Sept 2011 GMC - specialist register, London
PhD in Ophthalmology Aug 2008 University of Southampton, Southampton
FRCSEd, Ophthalmology June 2000 Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Background
Mr Goverdhan is a UK trained Ophthalmologist with wide surgical expertise. He completed his Ophthalmology specialist training in Wessex followed by fellowship training in Oxford. He is an experienced high volume cataract surgeon having performed over 6000 cataract procedures till date. He delivers high quality cataract services for patients with all cataract complexities. His visual outcomes are 100% with one of the lowest complication rates in the UK (as published in the UK National Cataract Surgeons Audit survey of 2018).

Mr Goverdhan was awarded a PhD for his research into the "Immuno-Genetics of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)" from University of Southampton in 2006 (recipient of NIHR funded PhD research grant). He was also the recipient of a HEFCE senior clinical lectureship award in Medical retina from 2010 to 2015 at Southampton for clinical research and gene therapy for AMD (collaboration with Prof Lotery).

Mr Goverdhan is actively involved in patient benefit research programmes and NIHR clinical trials. He is currently leading Eye research and novel NHS clinical trials in AMD for patient benefit at REI. He has published a number of peer-reviewed papers on Cataracts and AMD in prestigious international and UK journals. He is a Wessex deanery certified Educational Supervisor and Clinical Tutor.

Special interests
Mr Goverdhan is currently the Clinical Lead for Cataract surgery and Age- related macular degeneration (AMD) at REI, DCHFT. Besides AMD, he also has specialist interest in the treatment of other retinal diseases like Diabetic retinopathy, Retinal Vein Occlusions, Uveitis, etc using new injection therapies and laser treatments. 

New treatments introduced
New intraocular lens implants including TORIC IOLs for cataract surgery at DCHFT.

New treatment pathways for Cataract Surgery with the introduction of Medisight EPR (Electronic Patient Records) and for Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Dorset County Hospital ophthalmology department has not been involved in Ophthalmic research till now, but this has changed. Dorset patients had been unable to participate in novel and new clinical ophthalmology treatments until now.

Mr Goverdhan has for the first time started eye research clinical trials with the help of DCHFT research team and we have been able to complete recruitment and exceeded our target for the new STAR AMD clinical trial (ID 18040).

More Clinical trials are being recruited for which will raise the research profile of the Eye Unit at DCHFT besides supporting Wessex recruitment for clinical trials and provide a diversification of trial portfolios in Ophthalmology.

Mr Goverdhan established a world first novel animal model of dry Geographic AMD using laser, he also set up the first laser induced wet AMD animal models for Vision Research Group/collaborators at Southampton University.

Clinics
Mondays – Blandford Community Hospital
Tuesday to Friday – REI, Dorset Community Hospitals Foundation Trust

Key members of the team
Tracy Glen, Research Nurse lead for Ophthalmology
01305 255253

Mr Antony Mutamba

Specialty
Ophthalmology

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons Intercalated) Degree in Physiology; University of Zimbabwe; Pass with First Class; January 1990
• MBChB (Hons); University of Zimbabwe; November 1992
• DTM&H (Diploma in. Hygiene and Tropical Medicine); Royal College of Physicians, London; April 1996
• MSc (Infection and Health in the Tropics); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Pass with Distinction, November 1996
• MRCP (Member of the Royal College of Physicians), U.K.; March 1998
• MRCOphth (Member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists), U.K.; April 2001
• FRCOphth (Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists), U.K; December 2009
• CCST (Certificate of Completion of Higher Specialist Training), PMET B, U.K; December 2009

Background / experience
Mr Mutamba joined the University of Zimbabwe as a medical student in 1987. After his two years of medical studies, he took a year out, completing an Intercalated BSc Honours Degree in Physiology, passing with a first class; he then resumed his medical studies, passing MBChB with Honours in 1992. He did the mandatory two years internship and was awarded the Beit Trust Fellowship to study for an MSc in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

During the year of 1995 to 1996, he achieved the following: sat for the Diploma in Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, passing at first attempt; sat for the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians part 1 exam-passing at first attempt; passed the MSc in Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine with distinction; sat the Proficiency and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) exam (the qualification that allows one to practice clinical medicine in the UK) and passed at first attempt.

He joined the Guys and St Thomas' medical rotation, completing his MRCP (UK) in February 1998. His passion was always ophthalmology, and at end of 1998, he secured a training post.

He has been practicing Ophthalmology since 1998. Having completed two years of training as a Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology: rotating from East Surrey Hospital; Frimley Park Hospital; and Epson and St Helier Hospitals.

He worked as a registrar at Maidstone Hospital for six months. He successfully got a specialist ophthalmologist training rotation with the North London Deanery, spending a year at Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals. He then spent a year at Whipps Cross and Harold Wood Hospitals, completing his final three years at Moorfields Eye Hospital, City Road (a tertiary centre with more than 170 consultants where each subspecialty has its own department).

After qualifying as a specialist ophthalmologist, he undertook an Ocular Adnexal Fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital for 16 months. This involved surgical and medical management of complex orbital, lacrimal and oculoplastics disorders. He did another Fellowship for six months in Glaucoma: tube surgery and antimetabolite augmented trabeculectomies, paediatric and uveitic glaucoma etc. He practiced independently as a Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastics surgeon within the National Health Service of the United Kingdom from 2007.

He thereafter worked as a consultant ophthalmologist, undertaking different posts, as he wanted to gain as much independent experience with his anticipation of returning to Zimbabwe. His last posting was at Moorfields Eye Hospital, based at the St Georges’ Hospital in Tooting for 12 months.

He returned to Zimbabwe in 2015 and established a practice but returned to the UK in 2020. He is now employed at the Dorset County Hospital as a definitive consultant ophthalmic surgeon. He is passionate about teaching and simplifying and sharing knowledge (annually going to Zimbabwe to train other professionals in ophthalmology surgical techniques), and continuously auditing his surgical outcomes (revealing exceedingly good outcomes).

Special interests

• Paediatric Ophthalmology
• Adult and Paediatric Squint Surgery
• Complex Oculoplastics Surgery
• Neuro-Ophthalmology
• High Volume Modern Cataract Surgery

Locations of clinics
All clinics are based at the Dorset County Hospital site.