Dr Ali Mearza

One of the UK’s top eye surgeons, Mr Ali Mearza FRCOphth is the Clinical Director of ophthalmology and lead consultant ophthalmic surgeon at London’s Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, the UK’s first Academic Health Sciences Centre. Eye surgery and treatments are the fundamental backbone of our clinic married to superlative care. His specialist interests are Cornea, Cataract & Laser Refractive Surgery. He qualified from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School in 1996 and shortly after began his career in Ophthalmology. He completed his training in London and went on to complete a year’s fellowship in cornea & external eye disease at Moorfields NHS Trust. He followed this with an additional one year fellowship in laser refractive eye surgery at the prestigious Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute on the island of Crete, the birthplace of modern LASIK. Mr Ali Mearza was appointed as a consultant in 2007 and has transformed the sub-specialty corneal service at Imperial NHS Trust into one of the best in the country. He is considered one of the best surgeons in London and is regularly invited to share his expertise and insights to colleagues in the UK as well as Internationally. In July 2016 he was appointed as the Clinical Director of ophthalmology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. In addition to his role as consultant ophthalmic surgeon he is now responsible for the ophthalmology service which spans across 3 sites; Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, The Western Eye Hospital in Marylebone and St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. One of the key aspects of the role is to work with the senior management team to ensure that the service provided is safe, effective and has a great level of patient satisfaction