Miss Valerie Saw
Miss Valerie Saw is a pioneering consultant ophthalmic surgeon based in central London. Specialising in cataract surgery, laser eye surgery, dry eye alongside keratoconus, corneal transplant surgery and corneal cross-linking, she practices privately for The London Clinic, Advance Vision Care and the Western Eye Hospital in the capital. Miss Saw also works for the Imperial College.
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119 Harley Street
London W1G 6AU
- Clinical Lecturer
University College London Institute of Ophthalmology
- Year qualified, 1997
- University of Sydney
• ARVO Travel Grant
• Moorfields Eye Hospital Research Medal
• Oxford Ophthalmological Congress Founder Cup
• Action Medical Research Fellowship
• Arthur Mills Prize for First Place on Honours List
• Ciba Geigy Prize for First in the Graduation Year
• Semmelweiss Prize for Infectious Diseases
• Hunter Prize and A.M. Lowenthal Prize for Prosection
• John Harris Scholarship for Medicine
• Beverley Stewart Memorial Prize for Medicine
• The Premier's Prize for First Place in H.S.C. English
Seeing Life Clearer Following Cataract Surgery – Barbara’s Story
Barbara has been short-sighted for most of her life, so when her vision began to change, she didn’t immediately realise she was developing cataracts. Miss Valerie Saw recommended cataract surgery which involves replacing the eye’s natural lens with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL). Reflecting on her journey, Barbara describes the experience as life changing.