Sheraz Daya is a British

ophthalmologist Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgery, surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Followin ...

. Daya founded the Centre for Sight in 1996, and works in stem-cell research and sight recovery surgery.

Education

Daya graduated from the

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...

in 1984. Following this, he interned at the

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast The Royal Victoria Hospital commonly known as "the Royal", the "RVH" or "the Royal Belfast", is a hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The hospital has a Regional Virus Centre, which ...

and from 1985 to 1988 he was a resident in internal medicine at the NY Downtown Hospital in New York. He later specialized in Ophthalmology in New York and a Fellowship in Cornea, Keratorefractive and Anterior Segment Surgery at the University of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Career

Daya began his career in New York City, where he served as director of cornea and external disease at the Catholic Medical Centre. In 1993, Daya became the director and consultant ophthalmic surgeon of the Corneo Plastic Unit and Eye Bank at the

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NHS Trust in East Grinstead. In 1995 Daya was one of the first ophthalmologists to perform

LASIK LASIK or Lasik (''laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis''), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and an actual cure for astigmatism, since ...

eye surgery in the UK. In 1996 Daya founded the Centre for Sight, where he serves as director, which opened in 1996. He has also worked in the fields of anterior segment and keratorefractive surgery, and the use of

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during

cataract surgery Cataract surgery, also called lens replacement surgery, is the removal of the natural lens of the eye (also called "crystalline lens") that has developed an opacification, which is referred to as a cataract, and its replacement with an intraocu ...

in the

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. Daya has also used stem cell treatment during corneal transplant surgeries, and was the world's first person to perform live corneal transplantation with a femtosecond laser in 2006. The technique was shown in the documentary film The Science of Seeing Again. In 2009 Daya delivered the Choyce Medal lecture to the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. Daya has also been interviewed regarding other trends in ophthalmology and methods of sight restoration. In 2017 Daya was shown in a BBC documentary providing advice on how laser eye surgery is supposed to be performed.

Publications

Daya has served as co-Medical Editor of the journal ''Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe''. He has also been published in the journal ''

Ophthalmology Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...

'', as well as in the journals ''Cornea'', the ''

British Journal of Ophthalmology The ''British Journal of Ophthalmology'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of ophthalmology. The journal was established in 1917 by the amalgamation of the ''Royal London (Moorfields) Ophthalmic Hospital Reports'' with the ''O ...

'', and the ''Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery''. Daya has also been published in the ''Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus'' and '' Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society''.

Recognition

In 2008 Daya received the Leadership for Improvement award from the

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's South East Coast Best of Health and Health and Social Care Awards Then in 2009, Daya received the Senior Achievement Award from the

American Academy of Ophthalmology The American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) is a professional medical association of ophthalmologists. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its membership of 32,000 medical doctors includes more than 90 percent of practicing ...

and the Choyce Medal from the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. In 2018 Daya was awarded the Fyodorov medal by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daya, Sheraz Living people British ophthalmologists British Muslims British Ismailis People educated at Bloxham School Alumni of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Year of birth missing (living people)