Optical Express Staff: Surgeons, Doctors & Nurses

Qualification:

FRCOphth
FRCS MS,
DOMS,
DNB
Member: General Medical Council (GMC).
Member: The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCO).
Member: The British Medical Association (BMA).
Member: Indian Medical Association (IMA).
Member: British Society of Refractive Surgeons (BSRS).
Member: European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS).
Member: United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (UKISCRS).
Member: The All India Ophthalmic Society.

Experience:

Mr Alex George is a well respected refractive surgeon with experience in both Lasik and Lasik. Since completing his additional specialist training in refractive surgery Mr Alex George has completed over 18,000 procedures. He is annually assessed by the International Medical Advisory Board (IMAB) meaning his standards of surgery are continually assessed. This is compulsory as a surgeon for Optical Express.

Mr Alex George is Indian and he obtained his medical degree in 1975 from Aligarh University in India and achieved his Ophthalmology certification in 1984 from Bombay University. His continued studies led him to acquire his FRCS (Ed) qualification in 1989 and the FRCOphth qualification in 1990. He completed his refractive surgery training between 1994 and 1995 at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Mr Alex George is certified on the VISX S3 and S4IR lasers and also has certification with the Moria M2 Microkeratomes.

As well as laser eye surgery Mr Alex George is also an expert in the other disciplines of refractive surgery namely refractive lens exchange and Implantable Contact lenses. He is well respected throughout the UK and has delivered many lectures and written many academic papers which have been successfully published.