Mr Mayank Nanavaty

I am a cataract, cornea and refractive surgery Consultant at the Sussex Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the Brighton & Sussex Medical School. My areas of clinical interests are medical and surgical cornea, external eye disease, cataract and refractive surgery. I am the lead for cataract, corneal crosslinking, contact lens & research departments at the Sussex Eye Hospital. I have received several research grants from the prestigious institutions and industry to conduct clinical studies in the National Health Services (NHS). My areas of research interest include, astigmatism, wavefront aberrations, ectatic corneal disorders, endothelial disease, lamellar corneal transplant surgeries, quality of vision in pseudophakes, cataract surgical techniques, intraocular lenses and posterior capsule opacification. I regular publish and have several publications including randomized controlled trials, Cochrane review, case-control studies, cohort studies and retrospective studies in high impact peer-review literature and over 300 national and international presentations. I regularly contribute as a organizer, committee member, panelist or faculty at several national and international ophthalmology meetings and organizations including the ESCRS, ASCRS, AAO, RCOphth, BSRS, etc. I am a member of Scientific Committee, the Senior Examiner for Certificate of Laser refractive Surgery Examination committee and Cataract surgery workforce committee at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. I am on the UKISCRS council since 2014 and has been the programme lead for UKISCRS since 2018 and Hon. Secretary since January 2021. I am an external examiner at Ulster University.

My areas of clinical, surgical and academic interests are: Routine and complex cataract surgery, multifocal lenses, enhanced monofocal lenses, extended depth of focus lenses Laser eye surgery and refractive lens exchange Keratoconus, crosslinking, corneal pathology, modern corneal transplant procedures (such as DMEK, DSAEK and DALK) Dry eyes and ocular surface disease General ophthalmology