Miss Poornima Rai
Private
NHS
Locations I work from
Age ranges treated
- Adults (age 16 and above)
Qualifications / Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Member of British Medical Association
- Medical Defence Union
- General Medical Council
Current NHS / University Post
- Consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, since 2017
- Honorary glaucoma lead for Moorfields South (St George’s hospital)
- Revalidation lead for Moorfields Eye Hospital
- CPD Moorfields representative at Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Medical training
- Clinical research fellowship: Research study of risk factors of infection following glaucoma surgery. Funded by Moorfields Eye Charity and Friends of Moorfields
- Clinical glaucoma fellowship, Western Eye Hospital, London
- Clinical glaucoma fellowship, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London
- North Thames specialist registrar training, Moorfields Eye Hospital
- Senior house officer, St Thomas’ Hospital London, King’s College Hospital London and Frimley Park Hospital
- MS (Ophth), Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India
- MBBS, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India
Research interest / experience
- Assessing risk factors for infection following glaucoma surgery
- Ocular surface disease in glaucoma
- Seven years' experience of medical and surgical management of complex glaucoma
Languages spoken
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
Last updated
14th March 2024