Welcome to Barts & The London Ophthalmology society!

It is said that the eyes provide 80% of the sensory information sent to the brain, making our sense of sight one of the most important human senses. Ophthalmology is one of those unique specialties which involves both surgery and medicine to help preserve a patient’s eyesight with artificial intelligence being an ever-growing influence on the specialty.

We plan to show you just how rewarding an eye-doc’s career can be with a variety of events including:

• Talks (in person and online) given by passionate experts in the field
• Teaching on ophthalmology-related clinical skills perfect practice for your OSCE, including the elusive technique that is ophthalmoscopy (you should be able to see more than just a red blob when you look inside the eye!)
• Mentorship scheme: allowing for those interested to shadow Ophthalmologists, network with useful contacts and references, and be involved in ground-breaking research, audits and QIPs
• National Ophthalmology conference

We are certain that it will be eye-opening! At the very least you’ll be able to spell Ophthalmology with the correct number of h’s!

Looking forward to seeing you this year!

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2025/2026 Committee

Co-presidents – Zuthika Ullah and Chinmay Padiyar

Vice President – Rizwan Ghazali

Treasurer – Samuel Duffner

Secretary – Aman Qamar

Academic Lead – Karim Afifi

Events manager – Fiona Harindran

Fundraising reps – Kavya Vijaykumar and Sabthagi Sivathasan

Social Media Rep + Creative Director – Maimouna Jakiteh