Mr Khalid Ikram

Khalid Ikram graduated in medicine from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, at the University of London, in 1991. He then trained extensively in ophthalmic surgery in London, Southampton, Oxford and Manchester. At Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Mr Ikram undertook an advanced specialist training period (fellowship) in Corneal and Refractive procedures. This involved, uniquely for a UK fellowship, both laser vision correction (Excimer laser) and specialised intraocular surgery. Mr Ikram commenced his NHS Consultant post in 2002, working mainly at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. He is also an Honorary Consultant at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (MREH), one of the largest ophthalmic teaching & training centres in Europe.

Having extensive experience in general ophthalmic care and specialising in small incision cataract surgery, Mr Ikram has further developed a considerable expertise in the refractive aspects of such surgery. He is experienced in a large variety of refractive surgery techniques (including corneal Excimer laser and intraocular lens surgery) for the management of conditions such as myopia (short-sightedness), hyperopia (long-sightedness) and presbyopia (age related reduction in the eye’s ability to focus on near targets). Mr Ikram’s other areas of interest are corneal conditions such as keratoconus and herpetic eye disease, dry eye, eyelid disorders (such as lid lumps, entropion and ectropion) and general ophthalmology. Mr Ikram also has a particular interest in improving the standards of assessment and planning for cataract and refractive lens surgery and has run teaching conferences in Biometry at both a national and international level. Mr Ikram and colleagues were instrumental in bringing Femtosecond Laser assisted cataract and clear lens surgery to the UK in 2012 setting up the second centre in the UK. Mr Ikram’s workload as a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon consists of: ·Refractive cataract surgery (bilateral sequential) ·Refractive lens surgery or clear lens extraction (CLE) ·Surgical correction of short and long sightedness ·Correction of age-related long-sightedness or Presbyopia (PRELEX) ·Use of specialist intraocular lenses (to deal with near vision & astigmatism problems) ·Dry eye conditions ·Removal of pterygium ·Surgery for conjunctival cysts and other lesions ·Corneal disorders such as keratoconus ·Glaucoma ·Macular degeneration (age-related) ·Removal of eyelid and facial skin lumps and bumps ·Ectropion (out-turning lower eyelid) correction ·Entropion (in-turning lower eyelid) correction ·Lower lid tightening procedures ·Treatment of (Xanthelasmata) fatty eyelid deposits