Personalised Laser Eye Surgery

The Surgeons

Mr. C.T. Pillai MD DO FRCS FRCOphth
Medical Director
Consultant Reflective Surgeon
v Laser and CK Surgeon

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Prof. Martin Filipec
v ICL/CLE/Cataract Surgeon



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Dr. Göran Helgason
v ICL/CLE/Cataract Surgeon



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The Medical Director

At Advance VisionCare all laser vision correction procedures are exclusively carried out by our full-time Consultant Refractive Surgeon, Mr. C.T. Pillai.

• Over 15000 procedures over the last 10 years
• One of the UK's most experienced surgeons in laser eye surgery
• Highly qualified with 2 fellowships in laser refractive surgery and one in corneal surgery (UK & USA)

Our Medical Director Mr. C.T. Pillai MD DO FRCS FRCOphth , is UK & USA licensed and is also one of the UK's most experienced Consultant Refractive Surgeons. During the last 8 years he has successfully carried out thousands of LASIK treatments and is also experienced in a wide range of other eye surgery procedures (cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplantations).

In the unlikely event that there are side-effects, all patients will be personally managed by Mr Pillai and we have procedures in place if further expert management is required.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Diploma in Ophthalmology (D.O.) Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (FRCS)

Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (FRCO phth)

Track Record

Mr. Pillai acquired his extensive training and experience in the UK and the USA and is one of the few UK surgeons to have completed 2 fellowships, one in cornea and refractive surgery (University of Texas, Dallas, USA), and one in cornea surgery and anterior segment diseases (The Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK).

He was one of the first consultants in this country to carry out bilateral LASIK (both eyes are treated in the same procedure) and is now widely regarded as one of the UK's most experienced refractive surgeons, having performed over 10,000 LASIK, 1,000 LASEK, 2,000 PRK, 2,000 Phaco procedures and 250 corneal transplants.

Papers Published by Mr Pillai

• Mafra H, Dave AS, Pillai CT, Klyce SD, Wilson SE. Prospective study of corneal topographic changes produced by Extracapsular cataract surgery, Cornea vol 15 (2) pp (196-203), 1996
• Azuara-Blanco A, Sarhan AR, Pillai CT, Dua HS. Tono-Pen determination of intraocular pressure in patients with band keratopathy or glued cornea. British J Ophthalmol, vol 6 (6) p634-636.
• Azuara-Blanco A, Pillai CT, Dua HS. Cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation in anterior megalophthalmos. J of Cataract Refract Surgery1999; 25:716-719.
• Azuara- Blanco A, Pillai CT, Dua HS. Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. British Journal of Ophthalmology1999; 83((4). p399-402.
• Shah S, Sarhan AR, Pillai CT, Dua HS. Management of Persistent Epithelial Defects. Editorial in Karnataka Ophthalmologic Society.
• Azuara-Blanco A, Dua HS, Pillai CT. Pseudo-Endothelial Dystrophy Associated with Emulsified Silicone oil. Cornea 1999, 18(4); P 493-494.
• Shah S, Pillai CT, Dua H.S. Persistent epithelial defects. CME journal DEC 99.
• Pillai CT, Dua HS, Azuara-Blanco A, Sarhan AR. Evaluation of Corneal Endothelium and keratic precipitates by Specular Microscopy in Anterior Uveitis. British Journal of ophthalmology 2000; 84 (12), P 1367-1371.
• Pillai CT, Dua HS, Hossain P. Fine Needle Diathermy Occlusion of Corneal Vessels. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 2000; vol 41 (8), P 2148-2153.
• Pillai CT, Harris D. Trauma following Lasik. Optician, 2001; vol 221 (5802), P 23.
• Shah S, Sarhan AR, Pillai CT, Doyle SJ, Dua HS. The epithelial flap for photo refractive keratectomy. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2001; vol 85(4) p393-396.

Abstracts Published

• Pillai CT, Azuara-Blanco A, Dua HS. Evaluation of Corneal Endothelium and Keratic Precipitates by Specular Microscopy in Anterior Uveitis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998;39 (suppl):608
• Azuara-Blanco A, Pillai CT, Sarhan A, Dua HS. Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998; 39 (suppl): 428.
• Pillai CT, Azuara-Blanco A, Dua HS. Fine needle diathermy occlusion of corneal vessels. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1999 ;40 (suupl) :1779.
• Pillai CT, Shah S, Sarhan AR, Lake S, Dua HS. Outcome of sutured posterior chamber intraocular lenses. ESCRS Congress, Vienna, 1999.
• Pillai CT, Shah S, Sarhan AR, Dua HS, Chaudhari PR. Single surgeon series of PRK and LASIK on the VISX star excimer laser. ESCRS Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1999.
• Pillai CT, Baggely D, Harris D. Success of re treatment for Myopia and Hyperopia with Technolas 217 Laser. ASCRS Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2002
• Pillai CT, Baggely D, Harris D. Treatment of Hyeropia with Technolas 217 Laser.ASCRS Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2002
• Pillai CT, Neroo S, Harris D. Intra operative flap complications during Lasik Surgery. ASCRS Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2002
• Pillai CT, Re treatment of secondary myopia with B & L Laser. ASCRS Conference, Sanfrancisco, USA, 2003

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

• Azuara-Blanco A, Pillai CT, Sarhan A, Dua HS. Amniotic membrane transplantation for ocular surface reconstruction. Presentation in ARVO meeting Florida may 1998.
• Pillai CT, Galloway NR. Refsum Disease-20 year follow up study, presented at the Midland Ophthalmologic Society Meeting, Nottingham, April 1998.
• Pillai CT, Azuro-Blanco A, Dua HS. Evaluation of corneal endothelium and keratic precipitates by specular microscopy in anterior uveitis. Presented at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Meeting, Glasgow, April 1998.
• Pillai CT, Casey TA. Changing indications of repeat corneal grafts-20 year study. Presented at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists Meeting, 1990.
• Pillai CT, Azuara-Blanco A, Dua H.S. Specular microscopic observation of corneal endothelium in anterior uveitis. ARVO meeting, Florida, May 1998.
• Pillai CT, Dua HS Fine needle diathermy occlusion of corneal vessels, ARVO meeting, Florida, 1999.
• Pillai CT, Dua HS Fine needle diathermy occlusion of corneal vessels, ARVO meeting, Florida, 1999.
Pillai CT, Shah S, Dua HS. Outcome of sulcus sutured posterior chamber implants ESCRS Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1999.

The ICL Surgeons

The surgeons who has been specially selected by Mr Pillai at Advance VisionCare to carry out these procedures are Professor Martin Filipec and Dr Goran Helgason.

Prof. Filipec is an honorary member of the French Ophthalmological Society, a member of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, the Czech Society of Ophthalmologists, the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the European Association for Eye Research. A representative of the Czech Republic in the International Ocular Inflammation Society. He is the author and co-author of 350 lectures, 51 scientific publications and four textbooks and treatises used both at home and abroad. He lectures at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles' University, Prague and has worked on four grants in the area of transplantation and inheritable diseases of the cornea.

Dr Goran Helgason graduated from Gothenburg University, Sweden in 1984. He became a Consultant Ophthalmologist in 1991 specialising in anterior segment eye surgery. In 1996 he joined Medocular Eye Clinics, one of Sweden's best refractive surgery practices. Dr Helgason has written numerous peer reviewed papers and presented his work at the most prestigious Ophthalmic conferences all over the World. He is also an International course instructor and medical advisor for STAAR Surgical, a leading manufacturer of ICL lenses. Dr Helgason is a big advocate of ICL lenses, so much so that he chose to have Implantable Contact Lenses himself.

"After years of implanting ICLs into the eyes of my patients, I became awkward talking to them about this vision correction, wearing spectacles myself. Gradually, my patients convinced me that the ICL works so well that I thought: Why shouldn't I use it for myself, even with only low myopia? In summer 2004 I had bilateral surgery which only took 30 minutes and went perfectly. I didn't feel anything. The very next day I was back to work. I am thrilled with the result. As a surgeon, I rely on an excellent quality of vision in my daily work. My sight now is even better than I expected."

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