Faculty

Milind heads the Vision Surgery & Research Centre in East Yorkshire and is the Founder and CEO of CustomLens AI, a platform which aims to make universal spectacle freedom post-cataract surgery the norm. He has over 30 years of clinical and surgical experience in three continents in the field of ophthalmology with sub-speciality experience in cataract, cornea and refractive surgery.

His pioneering and innovative work in the fields of Refractive Cataract Surgery, Lens Exchange Surgery and Laser Vision Surgery are well recognised. Whether it is organising the annual State of the Art Refractive and Cataract Surgery Symposium in Hull, running a surgical workshop in India or lecturing in China, Europe, Africa or America; teaching is a passion. His peers have honoured him with numerous invitations to demonstrate his surgical techniques via live satellite transmission at national and international conferences. Other honours include membership of the International Intraocular Implant Club, an international select group of pioneers in vision correction surgery.

He trained initially in Yorkshire before taking up the prestigious Iris Fund Research Fellowship at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London. He was a Lecturer in Oxford before joining the Hull Royal Infirmary as a consultant. He left to set up this independent, innovative patient-focused centre.

He is a Past President of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, a past member of the scientific committee and a founder member of the refractive surgery committee of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. A leader in his profession he is respected for his clinical experience, surgical skills and his dedication to sensitive patient focussed care. His reputation has attracted patients from all parts of the country as well as from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.