Dr Imran Khurshid, MBBS FRCS FRCOphth
Optimax Birmingham and Bristol Laser Eye Surgery Clinic
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Dr Imran Khurshid was born and educated in Pakistan and
graduated from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan in
1979.
Following completion of his internship at the Mayo Hospital,
Lahore, and two years’ compulsory service in the Army medical corps
from 1982, after which he came to the UK to pursue his postgraduate
studies.
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He began his training as a full
time resident in ophthalmology with positions at St. Paul’s Eye
Hospital, Liverpool and at the Kent County Ophthalmic and Aural
Hospital in Maidstone.
In 1979, he attained his FRCS
Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow and
FRCOphth from Royal College of Ophthalmologist, London.
He then worked as a Registrar in
ophthalmology at the Kings Mill Hospital Sutton in Ashfield and
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, and has four years’ Registrar
experience.
In 1989, Dr Khurshid moved to
Pakistan. He was appointed Senior Registrar at a state-of-the-art
Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital and became an active member of the team
involved in commissioning the hospital.
In 1991, he relocated to Saudi
Arabia to work as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in the Almana
General Hospital and, in 1993, became head of the department, where
he was actively involved in refractive surgery.
Dr Khurshid’s main interest is in
anterior segment surgery including refractive surgery. He is
considered one of the pioneers in refractive surgery in Saudi
Arabia and has trained several ophthalmologists in this field.
Since 1998, he has also been member of the American society of
cataract and refractive surgery.
Dr Khurshid joined the team of
highly qualified doctors at Optimax in March 2008.