Miss Lakshika Perera BSc (Hons) MBBS (Hons) FRCOphth. Miss Perera is a full time Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising in medical retina. She graduated from King’s College, London and completed her higher specialist ophthalmic training on the Northwest Rotation at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Her further sub-specialist training in medical retina was undertaken at St Paul’s Eye Unit in Liverpool where she was actively involved in multi-centre research studies. She is particularly interested in medical education and training and regularly teaches allied specialties as well as Ophthalmic trainees.

Mr Prasad Rao is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS trust since 1999. He is the head of the department and the Clinical Director of Ophthalmology since 2016. He was also the head of Medical Retina service for 16 years till 2016. He qualified in medicine from Hyderabad, India in 1983 and spent a further 10 years in 2 prestigious teaching institutes at Liverpool and Aberdeen to specialise further in general Ophthalmology and Retinal diseases. He published over 30 Articles in peer reviewed national and international journals.

Mr Rao has got a wide experience and keen interest in Cataract surgery, Age related macular degeneration, Uveitis and Diabetic eye diseases. Mr Rao is the vice president of Sight Loss Shropshire (SLS) a voluntary organisation that supports visually handicapped. He was also a member of Local Negotiation Committee (LNC) and Medical Advisory Committees (MAC). Mr Rao was nominated for the best medical retinal service in the UK for four consecutive years by Macular Society between 2011 and 2014. He takes keen interest in bird watching, long distance running, hill walking and ballroom dancing!

Ms Nayak MBBS, DO, MRCOphth, PhD in Neurophthalmology, FRCOphth. Ms Nayak is a full-time consultant ophthalmologist with special interest in Cataract , Medical Retina , Uveitis and Optic nerve diseases. She started her Ophthalmology career in Oxford . She subsequently spent her ophthalmology training days in Leeds teaching Hospitals , moving to Royal Liverpool hospitals to complete the training programme. She also worked with the Keele research group for multiple sclerosis (MS) obtaining a PhD thereafter. She has worked in research/clinical trial for 9 years and has been a coinvestigator for 15 clinical trials in Multiple sclerosis, Diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

Her groundbreaking research in MS has led to change in treatment protocols in MS. She has guided many PhD students during her tenure at Keele university. She also has completed a Fellowship programme in Medical Retina and Uveitis at the Royal Liverpool Hospitals. She has won the Clinical innovation award for the year 2022, in less than 15 months of joining the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust. She has also led the team for the 3 peak charity trek and obtained funding from the LOF (league of friends) for the wide field scanner for the ophthalmology department. She is interested in martial arts, loves biking, hill walking and globe-trotting. She loves to spend nights under the star with her astronomical telescope.

Clinical Director

Mr Palpandian Viswanathan MS, MRCOphth, MRCSEd, FRCOphth. Mr Viswanathan is a full time consultant Ophthalmologist. After Medical School, Mr.Viswanathan obtained a masters degree in Ophthalmic surgery in India. He subsequently moved to the UK and underwent further ophthalmology training in London  gaining Membership and Fellowship of The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London. Mr Viswanathan also completed a retinal Fellowship encompassing high-volume vitreo-retinal surgical experience.

Before being appointed as a Consultant Eye Surgeon at Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust in 2017, Mr Viswanathan was appointed as a Consultant Eye Surgeon at Apollo Hospitals, the leading private health care provider in India for 6 years, where he gained further experience treating surgical and medical retinal patients in addition to undertaking a high volume of cataract surgeries. Mr Viswanathan’s areas of expertise include Cataract and cataract surgeries in the presence of retinal disorders, Vitreoretinal surgeries e.g. retinal detachment, macular holes, epiretinal membranes, Medical retina disorders like diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, age-related macular degeneration.

He is the Clinical Governance lead for Ophthalmology.

Mr. Tarek Hammam MB ChB, MA, FRCS (Ed. Opht) Mr. Hammam is a full-time Consultant Ophthalmologist. He qualified from Alexandria University Egypt in 1989, and initially trained in Egypt before moving to the UK in 1998.

After specialist registrar rotation at West of Scotland Deanery and Advanced Subspecialty training in surgical retina at Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow, he worked for 2 years as a consultant ophthalmologist at Southampton University Hospital. Mr. Hammam has particular expertise in vitrectomy under local anaesthesia as day cases.

Mr Thomas Jenyon MBBS, BSc, PGCMEd, MRCP, FRCOphth. Mr Jenyon is a full-time Consultant Ophthalmologist. He specialises in micro-incision cataract and lens surgery, as well as corneal and external eye disease. He trained at University College London where he qualified with distinction, and within the West Midlands. He gained membership to the Royal College of Physicians and is a Fellow at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists.  His work on refractive outcomes has been recognised by national and international prizes.

For his contribution to medical education in the West Midlands he has received the Recognising Excellence in Medical Education award twice.

Mr Owoniyi MBChB and FRCOphth, qualified as a doctor from the University of Birmingham following which he had two years of foundation doctor training in the West Midlands. He returned to Birmingham University to teach anatomy as a demonstrator for a year, after which he went on to start his ophthalmology registrar training in Wales. During his specialty training, he took time out to work as an Education Fellow at the Imperial College NHS Trust, London.

On completion of his ophthalmology training, he undertook the prestigious glaucoma surgical fellowship programme at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London after which he began working as a consultant at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust.

He specialises in the medical and surgical treatment of glaucoma, performs complex cataract surgery and is the lead for the glaucoma service at the Trust.