Guidance on glaucoma

Professor Peter Shah
ByProfessor Peter Shah
Published14 August 2018
Glaucoma is a common and easily misdiagnosed condition, and poor standards of care can put both patients and doctors at risk. Prof. Peter Shah has been treating glaucoma patients for over 25 years and shares some of the lessons he has learned.
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Complaints and litigation often stem from poor management of complications and poor communication in the early post-operative period.

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Professor Peter Shah

Professor Peter Shah is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation trust, co-director of the Birmingham Institute for Glaucoma Research, visiting professor at UCL and honorary professor of glaucoma at the Centre for Health Social Care Improvement at the University of Wolverhampton. He is the past-president of the British Ophthalmic Anaesthesia Society, a council member of the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress and a past member of the Education Committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He also works with the charity Sight for East Africa and is passionate about mentoring.

Guidance on glaucoma