Mr Jonathan Park

Mr Park is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a specialist interest in cataract surgery, medical retina and surgical retina. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK. Mr Park holds a permanent Consultant NHS post at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton where he provides NHS care for complex cataract surgery, trauma and the care of a wide range of medical and surgical conditions. Mr Park is currently the clinical service lead for Ophthalmology at Musgrove Park Hospital and from 2016 to 2021 he was the clinical lead for the NHS diabetic retinopathy screening in Somerset. He is recognised by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists as both a clinical and educational supervisor. Mr Park provides private eye care and surgery in Somerset (based at the Nuffield Health, Taunton Hospital or at Parkside, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton) and Devon (based at the Medical Eye Clinic, Exeter). Mr Park qualified as a doctor from the University of Bristol in 2005 with honours in medicine and surgery. He completed an additional year of research to be awarded an honours degree in anatomical sciences. Mr Park then completed seven years of Ophthalmic surgical training in South West England. Following this, he completed an internationally respected retinal specialist fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. This provided extensive experience in the treatment of retinal disorders at the largest retinal unit in North America. Mr Park’s main research areas include infections after retinal surgery, virtual reality eye surgery and intra-vitreal injection services. He has acted as an invited speaker on national research at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists annual congress and completed by invitation expert journal article reviews.Mr Park has been the chief and principal investigator for both national and international research studies and his research studies have received both national and international funding awards. These awards include the prestigious international Global Ophthalmolgy Awards Program (GOAP) from Bayer in 2014 for work relating to his retinal fellowship in Toronto, Canada. Mr Park was the chief investigator for a national research project investigating infection after retinal surgery in the UK and this project was awarded the nationally competitive Royal College of Ophthalmologists' Fight For Sight award, from the British Eye Research Foundation in 2010. Mr Park has presented his research at over 60 conferences across the UK, Europe and North America. He has published over 30 research articles in peer-reviewed journals including the British Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, Medical Teacher and Expert Reviews of Ophthalmology. Mr Park is the author of three ophthalmic text books relating to ophthalmology training and intra-vitreal injections.

Cataract surgery. Cataract surgery with premium lens implants (toric lens implants, extended depth of focus implants). Complex cataract or lens surgery. YAG Laser capsulotomy. Medical and surgical retinal problems (a sub-speciliast in this area). Vitreo-Retinal surgery (vitrectomy) for macular hole, epi-retinal membranes, vitreo-macular traction, retinal detachment, diabetic eye disease, floaters. Intra-vitreal eye injections for age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular oedema (DMO) or retinal vein occlusion (RVO). General ophthalmology including glaucoma, dry or irritable eyes. Trauma.