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Professor Harminder Dua
Consultant Ophthalmologist & Professor of Ophthalmology
MBBS, DO, MS, MNAMS, FRCS, FEBO, FRCOphth, FRCP (Hon), FCOptom (Hon) FRCOphth (Hon), FAICO (Hon), MD, PhD, FCOptom
Specialises in
- Dry eye syndrome treatment
- Cataract removal surgery
- Ocular surface reconstruction
I have 40 years’ experience in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of eye diseases. After my basic medical qualification, I trained as a specialist in eye diseases (ophthalmology) in India, England, Scotland and the United States and attained advanced fellowship training in ‘cornea and external eye disease’ at one of the top 10 institutions in the US, the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia. Further advance training for specialist procedures was acquired in Germany and the US.
Currently, I am a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Professor of Ophthalmology in Nottingham, since 1994 providing a service that includes diagnosis, and a range of medical and surgical treatments for simple and complex cases of eye diseases affecting the front half of the eye. I receive tertiary referrals from all over the UK, most countries in Europe, the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and the US to help with diagnosis and treatment. Numerous overseas ophthalmologists visit my unit to observe, learn and acquire training. I have been providing expert medico-legal reports for claimants and defendants for over 25 years.
In 2013 I discovered a new layer in the cornea, the pre-Descemet’s layer (Dua’s layer, also termed the Dua-Fine layer by the American Association of Ocular Oncologists and Pathologists, AAOOP). This has had considerable impact on corneal surgery making lamellar keratoplasty safer, has led to the innovation of three new surgical interventions and improved our understanding of corneal pathology.
General Medical Council Number: C3369326
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Professor Harminder Dua at Spire include:
Ophthalmology
- Cataract removal surgery
- Dry eye syndrome treatment
- Refractive lens surgery
Other treatments
- Cornea diseases and medical and surgical management (corneal transplant, DSEK, DMEK, PDEK, DALK and full thickness corneal transplant [PK]), recurrent corneal erosion syndrome and pterygium surgery
- Ocular surface reconstruction with amniotic membrane transplant and limbal stem cell transplant
- Medical treatment of most anterior segment (front to the eye) diseases such as dry eye disease (including punctal plugs), blepharitis, Conjunctivitis, allergic eye diseases, herpes virus and zoster (cold sore and shingles) eye infections, non-healing defects and many others
- Refractive surgery (laser and implantable contact lenses)
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Cataract surgery
Corneal and external eye disease
Refractive surgery
Special clinical interests: Cataract, Refractive surgery (Laser and implants), Surgical and Medical treatments of all Cornea diseases (Corneal transplants, Stem cell transplants, Pterygium, Amniotic membrane transplant, Recurrent corneal erosion syndrome, others), Keratoconus.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / Nagpur University, India / 1975
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
DO / Nagpur University, India / 1977
Diploma in Ophthalmology
MS / Nagpur University, India / 1977
Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology
PhD / Nagpur University, India / 1984
Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences
DO / Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh / 1985
Diploma in Ophthalmology
FRCS / Edinburgh / 1986
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FRCOphth / UK / 1989
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
MD / University of Aberdeen / 1993
Doctor in Medicine
FEBO / EU / 2003
Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology
FRCP (Honorary) / Edinburgh / 2014
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
FCOptom (Honorary) / UK / 2015
Fellow of the College of Optomestrists
FRCOphth (Honorary) / UK / 2018
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
FAICO (Honorary) / India Ophthalmological Society / 2020
Fellow of the All India Collegium of of Ophthalmology
Professional memberships
Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Ophthalmological Society (By invitation and submission Thesis)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) USA
Bowman Club, UK (corneal surgeons)
British Contact Lens Association (BCLA)
British Society of Refractive Surgeons (BSRS)
College of Optometrists, United Kingdom
EVER, European Vision and Eye Research, Association
EuCornea, European Society of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease specialists
Indian Society of Cataract and Keratorefractive Surgeons
International Ocular Surface Society
International Ocular Inflammation Society
Italian Ocular Surface Society
Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society, India
Medical Contact Lens and Ocular Surface Association, UK
Midlands Ophthalmological Society
Oxford Ophthalmological Congress, England, United Kingdom
Pune Ophthalmological society, Pune, India
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons
Current NHS posts
Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Nottingham.
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Nottingham University Hospitals, NHS Trust.
Personal profile
In my ‘spare’ time (when I can find some), I like to travel (animal safaris), I write poetry in Hindi and English and engage in global teaching activity through lectures, webinars, workshops and wet labs and dry labs.
I am High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in nomination, to assume office in April 2021.
Contact information
| Telephone | For appointments at Spire Nottingham 0115 937 7735 |
| Private secretary telephone | 0115 937 7800 |
| Private secretary email | ntgmedsecs@spirehealthcare.com |