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Mr Oliver Bowes is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon seeing NHS patients at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and private patients at the Spire Hartswood Hospital, Spire London East Hospital and Nuffield Health Holly Private Hospital. In his NHS Trust, Mr Bowes provides a general ophthalmology service as well as specialty services in corneal disease.  He is the former clinical lead for cataract surgery and clinical governance lead for Ophthalmology at the Trust and is a current clinical supervisor and surgical trainer for the North London deanery.

Mr Bowes sees patients with all types of ophthalmic conditions and has a particular interest in cataract and corneal surgery.  He has extensive expertise in refractive cataract surgery aiming to significantly reduce a patient's dependence on spectacles following surgery.  Having completed two corneal fellowships at Cambridge University Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, he also has expertise in all forms of modern corneal transplantation, corneal collagen cross-linking and laser capsulotomy.

Mr Bowes obtained his medical degree with distinction from University College London Medical School in 2009 and has won numerous academic prizes and a commendation for the prestigious Duke Elder Prize for Ophthalmology. He completed his residency training in Cambridge, during which he became the Chair of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists' Trainee Group and undertook the Cambridge University Chief Residents Programme. He was awarded his Fellowship in Ophthalmology by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in 2016.

Alongside his clinical practice, Mr Bowes is actively engaged in research and teaching and has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals. He also frequently lectures in both the UK and internationally and has run several wetlab surgical training courses for trainee surgeons. He holds professional memberships with the European and UK and Ireland Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS, UKISCRS).