Mr Christopher Stephenson
Mr Christopher Stephenson is an NHS Consultant and specialist eye surgeon having qualified as a doctor over 25 years ago. After initial work in general practice he went onto specialise in ophthalmology and was awarded a Fellowship by the College of Ophthalmologists in 1995 as well as the Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons in the same year. He then gained registration on the Specialist Register (Ophthalmology) with the General Medical Council in 1996. He is also a fully accredited laser eye surgeon holding the "Certification in Refractive Surgery" qualification from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists after under-going strict assessment in surgical skills and patient management.
Mr Stephenson has been an NHS Consultant for more than 12 years and performed over 10,000 eye surgery treatments. He currently holds the position of NHS Consultant Eye Surgeon at Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust and Addenbrooke's NHS Trust in Cambridgeshire and has previously held a Fellowship at the prestigious St Thomas' Hospital, London.
He has written and presented more than 25 scientific papers across the world including at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Congress and the renowned journal "Ophthalmology". Several scientific papers have been written alongside Professor John Marshall, Professor of Ophthalmology at St Thomas' Hospital and widely respected as one of the most influential individuals in the world in the field of laser eye surgery. Mr Stephenson also holds membership with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the United Kingdom Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
There are just 54 surgeons in the UK who have attained the Royal College Certification in laser eye surgery and Mr Stephenson, a respected Cambridge based NHS Consultant and specialist, is proud to be one of them.
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