Dr Usman Mahmood is a highly experienced and accomplished Ophthalmologist with an ophthalmic career of over two decades in the UK. He is presently based in West Scotland, Glasgow and Edinburgh, but his career has seen him work across many areas of the United Kingdom. He provides expert ophthalmic care in all aspects of general ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology understanding the link of the brain with eyes and sight. He provides personalised care that is tailored to the specific requirements of each patient.
Dr Mahmood began his ophthalmic training in the United Kingdom in 2003 after his pre-registration house officer training at Ealing in London. His Senior House Officer training, Registrar training and subsequent Advanced Specialty Training saw him rotate across several hospitals in England, culminating in Cambridge. He then proceeded to advanced fellowship training jobs in University Hospital Leicester, followed by his final Fellowship in his last year of training at the world-renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital. He accepted an NHS consultant job in the University Teaching Hospitals Hull from where he resigned after nearly a decade, in 2020. He has since worked in the private sector and also the Golden Jubilee NHS Hospital Glasgow.
He offers expert management in the following areas of Ophthalmic Surgery:
- Cataract
- Lens based refractive surgery / Refractive lens exchange
- Lens exchange
- YAG laser and management of posterior capsule opacification (PCO)
- Strabismus/Squints/Double vision/Abnormal Head Posture Surgery
- Neuro-ophthalmic disorders
- Retinal Dystrophies
- All Paediatric Ophthalmology conditions
- All conjunctival disorders (conjunctivitis, lumps and bumps)
- Eyelid disorders (eyelid abnormalities, lumps and bumps)
Patients seeking private ophthalmic care with Dr Mahmood can be assured of personal and compassionate care. Dr Mahmood has personally performed over 10 000 cataract and lens exchange procedures.
Outside work, Dr Mahmood is a committed father, husband and son. He loves travelling, swimming, snorkelling and hiking.
