Miss Heather Baldwin
Miss Heather Baldwin works as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in her Cataract, YAG Laser Posterior Capsulotomy, and Ophthalmology Primary Care Clinics. She also carries out eyelid surgery.
Member and Fellow, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
British Medical Association
British Oculoplastic Surgeons’ Society (reciprocal American Society of Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgeons)
Specialist Interests
- Cataract surgery
- Chalazion removal (eyelid cyst removal)
- Dacryocystorhinostomy (watering eye surgery)
- Dry eye syndrome
- Entropion and ectropion repair
- Eye injections for macular degeneration
- Eyelid lesion removal
- Long-sightedness (Hypermetropia)
- Private eye test (ophthalmic exam)
- Refractive lens replacement surgery (lens exchange surgery)
- Short-sightedness (myopia)
- YAG laser capsulotomy
Academic Background
She trained at St Bartholomew’s Medical School, during which she also gained a first class BSc degree in Anthropology from the University of London.
She carried out her Ophthalmology training at Southampton Eye Hospital, St Thomas’ Hospital, London and the Oxford Eye Hospital. She was awarded a Frost Fellowship to the Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, to fund an MD in corneal wound healing.
Following entry to the Specialist Register as a fully accredited ophthalmic surgeon in 2006, Miss Baldwin underwent extensive subspecialty training in oculoplastics. This was completed at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Western Eye Hospital, London.
Following NHS locum consultant positions at the Western Eye Hospital, The Royal Surrey Hospital, Guilford, and St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, she has been working as a Consultant Ophthalmologist for independent healthcare providers, seeing NHS patients.
Professional Profile
As well as her MD on “Spatial and temporal epithelial-stromal interactions in corneal wound healing using refractive surgery models”, Miss Baldwin has been invited to speak at national and international conferences on corneal wound healing and techniques in oculoplastic surgery. She has published extensively on both topics, and has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes and awards through this work.
Her first medical qualification was achieved in 1992.
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