An excellent service, professional and warm. I could not be happier with the results!
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020 7490 7222 Book an appointment
An excellent service, professional and warm. I could not be happier with the results!
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (originally known as the ‘Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom) was formed in 1880 by Sir William Bowman and is the voice of the profession. Every year a scientific meeting has been held bar some exceptions during the Second World War. The College has various roles including setting the curriculum and examinations for trainee ophthalmologists, providing training and maintaining standards in ophthalmology as well as promoting research and development.
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists is an independent charity and works closely with government health departments, organisations and eye health professionals to form patient care policies and further advances in this area. With over 4,000 members the work of the College extends to education and training, promoting standards, research and of course seminars and the annual scientific Congress.
David Gartry is an examiner for the College and also developed the Certificate in Laser Refractive Surgery. It was with great pleasure that he attended the 2017 Congress in Liverpool this month where he witnessed first hand new developments, keynote lectures and met with colleagues. The president’s symposium was chaired by Professor Caroline MacEwen (President of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists). Key guests included Professor Sir Peng Khaw, Professor of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology; Dr Neil Miller, Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, USA and Professor Rachel Williams, Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering, University of Liverpool.
Friendly professional service would recommend.
David Gartry visited Jerusalem in April as a guest of St. John Eye Hospital in Jerusalem. The charity has been instrumental in providing eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem for over 130 years. Consisting of various hospitals in the area the charity treats people regardless of their ethnicity, religion or ability to pay. In addition to offering specialist corneal, retinal and paediatric facilities St. John of Jerusalem provides specialist ophthalmic nursing training and employs over 200 people.
David delivered a lecture to the St. John Ophthalmic Association on Femtosecond Cataract Surgery. Since being introduced several years ago laser-assisted cataract surgery has offered patients a more accurate outcome and better results. David Gartry has performed over 2000 laser-assisted cataract surgery procedures.
Whilst in Jerusalem David had the opportunity to visit some sites and meet colleagues – it was a fantastic and very rewarding trip.
Left to right: Mr Tony Tyers, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Salisbury; Professor Michael Michaelides, Consultant Retinal specialist, Moorfields Eye Hospital; Professor Chiara Maria Eandi (Italy); Professor Harminder Dua, Nottingham; Mr Gerry Clare, Medical Director St John’s; yours truly; Ms Alison Davies, Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital; Dr Shirin Hamed Azzam (Israel); Mr David Verity, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital and The Order Of St John.
Amazing! David Gartry performed LASIK eye surgery on my right eye. This was a massive decision for me as I have limited vision in my left eye due to an infection from Malaysia destroying my cornea. However I wanted to reduce the risk of infection wearing contacts and improve my peripheral vision which previously was affected wearing glasses.
David treated my individual case with caution but he was very confident in his work and gave me the facts which allowed me to assess the risks. He filled me with confidence that he could achieve what I wanted when I had previously been told this was not an option. I didn’t want to be treated by any less than the best due to my partial vision in my left eye and I was not disappointed. Simply life changing thank you!
Around 75% of the UK population depend on glasses, contact lenses or laser eye surgery to correct their vision. As such many of us will be familiar with the eye chart used at our initial consultation.
Today Google released another thematic doodle celebrating the life of renowned French ophthalmologist Ferdinand Monoyer. Monoyer would be 181 years old today and left an important legacy within the field of ophthalmology. It was in fact Monoyer who invented the eye test chart over 100 years ago.
It was Ferdinand Monoyer’s chart of shrinking letters that first showed each row as representing a different diopter. If Monoyer’s eye chart does not seem immediately familiar then that is because most clinics now use the more popular ‘Snellen’ eye chart which was developed around the same time by Herman Snellen in 1862. Used to test visual acuity, the Monoyer chart is unique in that it hides the name of it’s creator within the lettering. ‘Monoyer’ can be read on the left hand side of the chart reading upwards ignoring the last line and ‘Ferdinand’ on the right hand side. It seems the famous ophthalmologist had a sense of humour!
Monoyer Eye Chart, invented by Ferdinand Monoyer and featuring his name hidden within the letters.
One of Monoyer’s greatest achievements was inventing the dioptre in 1872, the unit of measurement of the optical power of a lens, which is still used today. (We often hear people refer to their refractive error as ‘-2’ for example. What they mean to say is that their refractive error is -2.0D or dioptres.).
Ferdinand Monoyer
Ferdinand Monoyer was born in Lyon, France and moved to the University of Strasbourg in 1871 where he was Associate Professor of Medical Physics at the Faculty of Medicine. He later on taught at the University of Lyon and the University of Nancy. Monoyer passed away on July 11th, 1912 aged 76 but his incredible legacy lives on and was honoured by Google worldwide today.
I am thoroughly delighted with the results of my eye surgery. It’s such a big decision but the team at David Gartry are so professional and well informed that it immediately puts you at ease. I went from feeling vulnerable and lost without my glasses or contact lenses to having 20/20 vision. It makes a massive difference to everyday life including exercise. The only comment I would have is that the waiting room at Moorfields could be more welcoming and inviting, especially as this is where you are waiting before going into surgery and it would help ease nerves!