Oliver Backhouse MB BS BSc FRCOphth

I am a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Cataract Specialist at the Yorkshire Eye Hospital and St James's University Hospital, Leeds. My main areas of work are Cataract Surgery, Non Laser Eye Surgery for Short Sight, Long Sight and Astigmatism, Uveitis (eye inflammation), Macular Degeneration (AMD), and Neuro-Ophthalmology. I have performed over 2,000 operations and use the very best advanced techniques, equipment and treatment available to assure you of the very highest standards in order to give you the best care possible.

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Mr Backhouse was most reassuring and I had every confidence in him and his team.

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