Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Biography:

I, Dr. Sumona McLaughlin am a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Clinical Governance Chair at NHS Golden Jubilee, which provides a high-volume cataract service for Scotland. I was also Clinical Director for Ophthalmology there for a time.


My undergraduate training, including an intercalated BSc., was at Guy's, King's and St. Thomas's hospitals in London, where I qualified in 2001, thus bringing over 20 years experience in the field of Ophthalmology.


My postgraduate training was largely based at the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology in Glasgow, where I also undertook a Fellowship in Cornea, ocular surface and external eye diseases.

Clinical Interests:

Cataract, Cornea, Ocular Surface and External Eye Diseases.

Medicolegal Experience:

I started Medicolegal work with Resolve in November 2023. I see, on average, two clients per week and undertake a mixture of pursuer and defender cases.

I take mostly Ophthalmology personal injury cases but have also prepared Condition & Prognosis reports.

Professional Memberships:

GMC.

MDDUS.