Belfast woman, Mary McCall made medical history by undergoing revoluntionary treatment for Glaucoma. Mary McCall, 66, had been slowly losing her eyesight to glaucoma, a disease responsible for causing blindness in more than 67 million people worldwide. Surgeons at the Cathedral Eye Clinic in Belfast have fitted Mrs McCall’s eye with a device already being dubbed the ‘millimetre [...]
Cathedral Eye Clinic’s Patient Care Team is a dedicated and highly skilled team with a wealth of knowledge and experience to ensure that you feel comfortable throughout your journey with Cathedral Eye Clinic and that all your queries can be responded to as quickly as possible. Clare McCrory – General Manager Julie McKegney – Office [...]
Mrs Rachel Blair BSc Hons MCoptom Rachel studied Optometry at University of Ulster, Coleraine, graduating in 2014. She completed her pre-registration year here at Cathedral Eye Clinic and has been working here as one of our fully registered Optometrists ever since. She is a dedicated member of our optometric team, working with our [...]
Ms Anita McCaw DBO Anita McCaw qualified as an Orthoptist from the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital, West Midlands in 1988. Her first job was in The Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital in Dublin. Following this she went on to work in The Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and Craigavon Hospital, Portadown where [...]
Mr Andrew Spence BSc(Hons) MCOptom PGDip CRS (Theory) Andrew Spence is the Principal Optometrist at Cathedral Eye Clinic. He is a fully qualified Ophthalmic Dispenser and Optometrist. Andrew is also a member of the Optometry Northern Ireland Executive which promotes excellence and influences developments in the provinces optometric services. A further role [...]
Mr Wing Chan MC FCRS Mr Wing Chan is a highly skilled Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, specialising in vitreo-retinal surgery. Mr Chan has been practising in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, since 1995. After having spent a year in Sydney Eye Hospital, he then took up his consultancy post in 2005. Mr Chan has been consulting in [...]
Mr David Frazer BSc, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCS, FRCOphth Mr David Frazer is a highly accomplished Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon. He has had various positions within the Royal Victoria Hospital, as well as being a fellow in Cornea and External Eye Disease in Moorfields Eye Hospital, London. Mr Frazer is currently practising in the Belfast Trust with [...]
Professor Colin Willoughby, BSc (First Class Hons), MBChB (Hons), FRCOphth, MD Professor Colin Willoughby left Ballymena, Northern Ireland to attend medical school at the University of Liverpool, qualifying in 1988 with a BSc First Class in Anatomy, and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Honours (MBChB Hons) in 1991. He commenced ophthalmology clinical training [...]
Mr Richard Best MD FRCOphth Currently, Mr Richard Best is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast. He qualified from Queen’s University Belfast Medical School in 1988 with a Distinction in Medicine and Surgery and an Honours degree in Biochemistry. He started training in ophthalmology in 1990 at the Royal [...]
At Cathedral our surgeons specialise in the reconstruction and repair of injuries to the eye. Anterior segment injuries could involve traumatic blunt force or penetrating injuries to the lids, conjunctiva, cornea, iris and the lens of the eye. Trauma to the anterior segment of the eye is often seen and if left untreated could lead [...]
