Louise Allen MBBS MD FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Adult & specialist Paediatric eye surgery in Cambridge UK

Welcome

This web site is intended both to provide information about my practice and as a point of reference to learn more about eye disease, and paediatric eye disease in particular.

Rather than rewrite material which has been well produced elsewhere, I have included links on these pages to other sites and documents which I feel give accurate and understandable explanations.

I hope you will find this site useful and would welcome your feedback and suggestions as to how it might be improved.

 

I offer consultations for:

Adults

• General eye problems:
  • Uncomfortable or painful eyes
  • Eyelid lumps or bumps
  • Deteriorating / double vision
  • Flashing lights and floaters
• Cataracts
• Inherited eye problems (such as Retinitis Pigmentosa)
• Aviation visual standard certification (Australia)

Children

• All eye problems, including:
  • Squint / lazy eye
  • Spectacle prescription
  • Eyelid lumps, bumps & asymmetry
  • Watery & sticky eyes
  • Congenital & inherited eye problems

My Practice

My NHS practice is based at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where I have been a full time Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon since 2001.

I specialize in all aspects of children’s eye problems and in genetic eye disease and also maintain a large general adult ophthalmic practice, regularly undertaking modern small incision cataract surgery.

In addition to my clinical work, I am the lead clinician for community ophthalmic services at Addenbrooke's. I am actively involved in carrying out and supervising ophthalmic research and have been an Associate Lecturer at Cambridge University since 2003.

If you would like to see me as a Private Patient, I offer consultations and surgery at the Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital and at the Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital. You can arrange a private consultation with me whether or not you have health insurance.

I also have an interest in Aviation Ophthalmology and am a certified ophthalmic examiner for the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority(CASA). A full description of the ophthalmology requirements for issue of a CASA medical certificate can be found here.

I hope you will find much of the information you require within these pages.

However, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions:

by email:

or

by telephone: 0845 652 1 650 (local rate)