"Spire Hartwood is a nice and well equipped hospital, in which I can offer a great service to patients seeking cataract surgery, lens based refractive surgery and treatment for all corneal conditions."

Specialises in

Cataract removal surgery
Eyelid cyst surgery
Glaucoma treatment

Laser eye treatment
Refractive lens exchange surgery

Make an enquiry View availability

I have 14 years of experience as an ophthalmologist, with expertise in cornea and complex cataract treatment. Aside from my clinical practice, I train ophthalmology trainees and conduct research on cataract surgery, intra-ocular lenses, refractive surgery, corneal diseases and keratoconus.

I am a qualified ophthalmologist with two additional years of training in corneal diseases and complex cataract surgeries. My expertise is in anterior segment reconstruction, complex cataract surgeries, surgical management of astigmatism and presbyopia, ocular surface disease and dry eye, YAG laser capsulotomy, keratitis, corneal dystrophies and keratoconus.

Throughout my career, I have successfully performed over 2,300 cataract surgeries, including lens-based surgeries to correct astigmatism and presbyopia to reduce the need for spectacles. Additionally, I have completed over 700 successful corneal procedures, including 200 corneal transplants and various procedures to treat ocular surface conditions such as pterygium, Salzmann nodules, persistent epithelial defects, recurrent corneal erosions, limbal stem cell deficiency and keratoconus.

I have been serving as the audit lead for the ophthalmology department at Queen's Hospital. Additionally, I have been spearheading research projects at the same hospital, with our most recent study on keratoconus. I am passionate about teaching and training, hence a clinical and educational supervisor to our North East ophthalmic trainees.

I have a great passion for clinical research. I am an invited reviewer for ophthalmology journals and have published several papers in peer-reviewed journals, many of which were presented at national and international conferences.

General Medical Council Number: 6156186

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Miss Zahra Ashena at Spire include:

Ophthalmology

Cataract removal surgery
Eyelid cyst surgery
Glaucoma treatment

Laser eye treatment (yag laser capsulotomy)
Refractive lens exchange surgery

Other treatments

Corneal and external eye disease

Get in touch

140594

True

consultant

How do you intend to fund your treatment?

Type the detail of your enquiry

Title

First name

Surname

Email address

Confirm email address

Date of birth

Phone number

Postcode

Select a hospital

Marketing Information

Spire would like to provide you with marketing information about products and services offered by Spire and by selected third-party partners. If you do not consent for us to process your personal data for marketing activities, we will still be able to contact you about your enquiry.

Please tick the box(es) to confirm your consent to receive marketing information from Spire:

SMS

We may contact you by email, SMS or phone about your enquiry. If we try to contact you by phone (mobile and/or landline) and you are not available, we may leave you a voicemail message. We may also use your details to contact you about patient surveys we use for improving our service or monitoring outcomes, which are not a form of marketing.

We will use your personal information to process your enquiry. For further information, please see our privacy policy.