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Sheraz Daya

Sheraz Daya is a British ophthalmologist. Daya founded the Centre for Sight in 1996, and works in stem-cell research and sight restoration and correction surgery.

Sheraz Daya
OccupationOphthalmologist

Education

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Sheraz Daya first became interested in becoming an ophthalmologist in his grade school days after seeing a television documentary about corneal surgery. In 1982, midway through his medical studies, he decided to focus on opthalmology after watching an eye surgery performed by Peter Eustace, one of his professors.[1] Daya graduated from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1984.[2] Following this, he interned at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast[3] and from 1985 to 1988 he was a resident in internal medicine at the NY Downtown Hospital in New York.[4] He later specialized in Ophthalmology in New York and a Fellowship in Cornea, Keratorefractive and Anterior Segment Surgery at the University of Minneapolis, Minnesota.[3]

Career

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Daya began his career in New York City, where he served as director of cornea and external disease at the Catholic Medical Centre. In 1993, Daya became the director and consultant ophthalmic surgeon of the Corneo Plastic Unit and Eye Bank at the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust in East Grinstead.[2][5] In 1995 Daya was one of the first ophthalmologists to perform LASIK eye surgery in the UK.[6] In 1996 Daya founded the Centre for Sight, where he serves as director,[7][8] which opened in 1996.[6] An article written about himself and the clinic after its 25th anniversary wrote that over the years the clinic has become “a reference centre for the Ophthalmic industry with international visitors regularly visiting to observe new technology.”[9] Through this, he has also worked in the fields of anterior segment and keratorefractive surgery,[5] and the use of femtosecond laser during cataract surgery in the NHS.[10]

Daya has also used stem cell treatment during corneal transplant surgeries,[11][12][13] and was the world's first person to perform live corneal transplantation with a femtosecond laser in 2006.[14] The technique of stem cell transplantaction was shown in the documentary film The Science of Seeing Again.[2] In 2009 Daya delivered the Choyce Medal lecture to the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons.[5] He has been able to treat patients with both sight decrease and those with previously permanently non-functioning eyes due to birth defects.[15] His patients have included public figures including presidents, prime ministers, and members of royal families.[9]

In 2012 Daya and his team performed restorative surgery on television personality Katie Piper, who had suffered blindness following an acid attack.[16] Daya has also been interviewed regarding other trends in ophthalmology[17] and methods of sight restoration.[18][19] In 2017 Daya was shown in a BBC documentary providing advice on how laser eye surgery is supposed to be performed.[20] In the 2019 Daya transitioned his transplant technology to involve the placement of only a small fragment of donated corneal tissue to the eye of patients with more minor vision problems, which alleviated the need for lower prescription glasses like reading glasses. It was initially subject to a human trial with 100 subjects in partnership with the US company Allotex. He has also worked as a consultant to biotech firms including Bausch & Loeb.[21] In 2023 he was appointed to the Board of Orbis UK.[22] He is President-elect of the American-European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery and will take up presidency in June 2024.[23]

Publications

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Daya has served as co-Medical Editor of the journal Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe.[5] He has also been published in the journal Ophthalmology,[24][25][26][27] as well as in the journals Cornea,[28][29][30] the British Journal of Ophthalmology,[31][32] and the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.[33][34] Daya has also been published in the Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus[35] and Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society.[36] He has also penned pieces for the mainstream media, including The Guardian.[37]

Recognition

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In 2008 Daya received the Leadership for Improvement award from the National Health Service's South East Coast Best of Health and Health and Social Care Awards[38][39] Then in 2009, Daya received the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology[40] and the Choyce Medal from the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons.[5][41] In 2017 he delivered the Whitney Sampson Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.[42] In 2018 Daya was awarded the Fyodorov medal by the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery.[43] That year he was also named to The Power List, which is released annually by The Ophthalmologist magazine, and was named to the list in 2019 and 2020 as well.[44] In 2022 he was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery.[45]

Personal life

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Daya is married to Marcela Espinosa-Lagana, who is also a medical doctor.[46]

References

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  1. ^ "Sheraz Daya". The Ophthalmologist. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c McCormick, Emily. "Achievements of ophthalmologist recognised". www.aop.org.uk.
  3. ^ a b "Ignore the "Gurus" and Follow the Evidence". The Ophthalmologist.
  4. ^ "COS Annual Meeting and Exhibition - 2013 - Guest speakers". www.cos-sco.ca.
  5. ^ a b c d e "CRST Europe Chief Medical Editor Awarded 2009 Choyce Medal". Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe. 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Education Education Education". Optometry Today. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  7. ^ Emma White. "Feature: Center for Sight". Optician Online. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  8. ^ "Sheraz Daya". 10 November 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Centre for Sight celebrates 25 years of Eye Surgery Innovation – Business & Industry Today". www.businessandindustrytoday.co.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  10. ^ Stephen Dixon. "Coping with Cataracts". "Sky News". Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  11. ^ Haq, Wasif (2 October 2016). Stories & Glories from Pakistan & Australia. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN 9781329020245 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ By (28 April 2005). "I lived to see my miracle" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Adult stem cells restore sight - BioNews". www.bionews.org.uk.
  14. ^ "ESCRS Endophthalmitis Study results highlight annual meeting in London". www.healio.com.
  15. ^ "Thalidomide poses new challenges". 23 April 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  16. ^ "The gift of sight – Dr Sheraz Daya and Katie Piper". www.rcsi.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Researcher: Implants replacing eyeglasses". United Press International. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  18. ^ "Artificial Cornea Allows Blind Man to See Again". Fox News. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  19. ^ Christine Doyle (20 April 2004). "Iris recognition brings us closer to having perfect vision restored". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  20. ^ McCormick, Emily. "BBC investigates regulation of laser eye surgery". www.aop.org.uk.
  21. ^ Frederick Hampton Roy (2008). Refractive Surgery. Saunders/Elsevier. p. 23.
  22. ^ "Orbis board members". Orbis. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  23. ^ "About Us". AECOS. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  24. ^ Daya SM; Watson A; Sharpe JR; Giledi O; Rowe A; Martin R; James SE (March 2005). "Outcomes and DNA analysis of ex vivo expanded stem cell allograft for ocular surface reconstruction". Ophthalmology. 112 (3): 470–7. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.09.023. PMID 15745776.
  25. ^ Ilari L, Daya SM (July 2002). "Long-term outcomes of keratolimbal allograft for the treatment of severe ocular surface disorders". Ophthalmology. 109 (7): 1278–84. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01081-3. PMID 12093650.
  26. ^ Ilari FL, Daya SM (January 2001). "Living related conjunctival limbal allograft for the treatment of stem cell deficiency". Ophthalmology. 108 (1): 126–33, discussion 133–4. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(00)00475-9. PMID 11150276.
  27. ^ Daya SM; Tappouni FR & Habib NE (November 1997). "Photorefractive keratectomy for hyperopia: six months results in 45 eyes". Ophthalmology. 104 (11): 1952–8. doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(97)30001-3. PMID 9373132.
  28. ^ Daya SM; Chan CC & Holland EJ (October 2011). "Cornea Society nomenclature for ocular surface rehabilitative procedures". Cornea. 30 (10): 1115–9. doi:10.1097/ICO.0b013e318207f135. PMID 21642849. S2CID 22152473.
  29. ^ Maccheron LJ, Daya SM (June 2012). "Wedge resection and lamellar dissection for pellucid marginal degeneration". Cornea. 31 (6): 708–15. doi:10.1097/ICO.0b013e31824000e3. PMID 22575848. S2CID 29257179.
  30. ^ Daya SM; Bell RW; Habib NE; Powell-Richards A & Dua HS (July 2000). "Clinical and pathologic findings in human keratolimbal allograft rejection". Cornea. 19 (4): 443–50. doi:10.1097/00003226-200007000-00007. PMID 10928754. S2CID 30649801.
  31. ^ Nanavaty MA, Daya SM (October 2012). "Outcomes of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in keratoconic eyes with previous hydrops". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 96 (10): 1304–9. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302110. PMID 22863946. S2CID 32333417.
  32. ^ Beckingsale P; Mavrikakis I; Al-Yousuf N; Mavrikakis E & Daya SM (June 2006). "Penetrating keratoplasty: outcomes from a corneal unit compared to national data". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 90 (6): 728–31. doi:10.1136/bjo.2005.086272. PMC 1860233. PMID 16714264.
  33. ^ Giledi O, Daya SM (September 2003). "Unexpected flap thickness in laser in situ keratomileusis". J Cataract Refract Surg. 29 (9). Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery: 1825–6. doi:10.1016/s0886-3350(03)00242-6. PMID 14522308.
  34. ^ Giledi O; Mulhern MG; Espinosa M; Kerr A & Daya SM (May 2004). "Reproducibility of LASIK flap thickness using the Hansatome microkeratome". Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 30 (5): 1031–7. doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.09.070. PMID 15130640. S2CID 25371517.
  35. ^ Comer RM; Daya SM & O'Keefe M (October 2001). "Penetrating keratoplasty in infants". Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 5 (5): 285–90. doi:10.1067/mpa.2001.117568. PMID 11641637.
  36. ^ Lindstrom RL, Sher NA, Barak M, DeMarchi J, Tucci A, Daya S, Hardten DR, Frantz JM, Eifermn RA, Parker P, et al. (1992). "Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy in high myopia: a multicenter study". Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society. 90: 277–96. PMC 1298439. PMID 1494824.
  37. ^ "Eye surgery techniques work well: what matters is enforcing standards of care". The Observer. 3 January 2015. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  38. ^ "Miracle workers win two awards". Queen Victoria Hospital. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  39. ^ Siobhan Ryan (18 April 2008). "NHS workers awarded at ceremony". The Argus. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  40. ^ "Past Achievement Award Recipients". American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2009. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  41. ^ "Medal Lecturers". United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  42. ^ "Sampson Lecture". American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  43. ^ Administrator. "Ελληνική Εταιρεία Ενδοφακών - Scientific Program". www.hsioirs.org.
  44. ^ "The Power List 2018". The Ophthalmologist. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  45. ^ https://www.aao.org/Assets/71a09974-4cd5-43e3-8534-e551d470bd8d/637993592778830000/refractive-surgery-2022-syllabus-pdf?inline=1
  46. ^ "Centre for Sight Gives Patients the Royal Treatment". CRSToday. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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