Mr Husam Elghalhud is a highly experienced Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon with a distinguished career spanning over two decades. Holding an impressive array of qualifications including an MBBCh, MD, FRCOphth, Post Grad Dip CRS, and Cert LRS, he is a respected member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the United Kingdom and Ireland Cataract and Refractive Surgery societies. Mr Elghalhud is renowned for his exceptional expertise in cataract surgery, performing thousands of procedures annually, with a career total exceeding 15,000 cataract surgeries. His proficiency extends to a wide spectrum of cases, from straightforward to highly complex, utilising both standard and premium intraocular lenses. Beyond cataracts, he is also a certified Laser Refractive Surgeon, skilled in LASIK and PRK to enhance spectacle independence and refine post-cataract vision.
Throughout his career, Mr Elghalhud has consistently demonstrated a commitment to advancing ophthalmic care. Notably, during his tenure at the Pennine Acute Trust, he led the Retina and Theatre services and served as an undergraduate supervisor for Manchester University Medical students, actively mentoring junior and senior surgeons in cataract techniques. He has a proven track record of implementing innovative treatments, such as intravitreal injections for macular degeneration, and significantly improving cataract complication rates within the trusts he has served. His extensive training, including sub-specialty fellowships in Cataract and Anterior Segment at the prestigious Queen Victoria Hospital Sussex, alongside experience at leading institutions like Moorfields and Kings Hospitals, has endowed him with a comprehensive understanding of various ocular conditions, including medical retina, neuro-ophthalmology, dry eyes, blepharitis, and general ophthalmology. His dedication to patient outcomes is further evidenced by his consistently low cataract complication rates, which remain below the national average. Mr Elghalhud is also highly skilled in the medical retina field, having performed thousands of intravitreal injections for diabetic and macular degeneration patients, and expertly utilises Argon retina lasers and various glaucoma laser treatments, including Yag and SLT lasers.
