Nuwan Niyadurupola

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Partner

About

Nuwan Niyadurupola trained in Ophthalmology at Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge) and at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (Norwich). He has completed two internationally renowned glaucoma fellowships at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK, and at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. During these fellowships, he was trained in the medical and surgical management of glaucoma patients, including complex cataract and glaucoma surgery. He was appointed as a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in 2013.

Nuwan specialises in small-incision cataract surgery to improve vision and reduce the requirement for glasses post-operatively. He performs complex glaucoma surgeries such as trabeculectomy with anti-wound healing augmentation, trabeculectomy bleb revision, and glaucoma drainage device implantation. He also specialises in minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, including non-penetrating glaucoma surgery, and iStent and Xen implantation. Additionally, he has extensive experience in laser procedures for glaucoma, such as laser peripheral iridotomy, laser iridoplasty, selective laser trabeculoplasty, and diode laser cyclophotocoagulation.

Having performed over 3000 cataract operations and over 1400 glaucoma procedures in his 15-year career in Ophthalmology, Nuwan's complication rate is much lower than the published national average.

He holds the position of Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Norwich Medical School (University of East Anglia) and is the lead for Ophthalmology undergraduate training at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Nuwan has a keen interest in both clinical and laboratory glaucoma research. He was awarded his research degree (Doctorate of Medicine MD) for developing a human organotypic retinal culture model for glaucoma research, a model that is successfully used at the University of East Anglia and University of Cambridge.

He has also been involved with charity work in Ethiopia and China, training doctors and other health professionals in eye treatment and surgery.

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Areas of expertise

Qualifications

Education

  • MD, University of East Anglia, 2010

  • BSc(Hons), University of Southampton, 2000

  • FRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, 2012

  • BM, University of Southampton, 2001

Training

  • Glaucoma Fellow Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia, 2011

  • Glaucoma Fellow Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 2007

Languages

  • English

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