Why I decided to become an ophthalmologist

Dr Ellie Mein MDU medico-legal adviser
Dr Ellie Mein gives an eye-opening account of her route into ophthalmology and what inspired her to study this fascinating area of medicine

Your exposure to specialties as a student doesn't necessarily reflect what it's actually like to work in them

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Dr Ellie Mein
Medico-legal adviser

MB ChB MRCOphth GDL LLM Ellie joined the MDU as a medico-legal adviser in 2013. Prior to this she worked as an ophthalmologist before completing her Graduate Diploma in Law in Birmingham.