Pari Shams
Consultant telephone:
0208 401 3478
Area(s) of specialism / subspecialism:
- Periocular plastic and reconstructive surgery (eyelids, eye-socket and orbit)
- Lacrimal surgery (watery eyes)
- Periocular oncology
- Eye-socket disease
- Orbital disease
- Thyroid Eye Disease
- Periocular trauma
- Facial dystonia
- Facial nerve palsy
Year of first medical qualification:
1999
Location of initial medical training:
Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital, London
Further key experience:
Fellowship training in oculoplastic, lacrimal and orbital surgery and oncology
1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
2. South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, Australia.
3. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, U.K
4. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, U.S.A.
Date joined Moorfields:
2006 as specialist registrar, appointed consultant 2014
Membership of professional /national/regional bodies:
1. Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
2. Member of the Royal College of Physicians
3. General Medical Council
4. Medical Defence Union
5. Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society
Current NHS/university posts, whether full/part time, and starting year:
Full time consultant ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, Croydon University Hospital and St Georges Hospital NHS Trusts
Other professional achievements:
Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in Anatomy and Basic Medical Sciences, University of London.
Research interests:
Lacrimal disease and surgery
Thyroid eye disease
Languages spoken:
English, Farsi