Mr. Leatherbarrow

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Mr. Leatherbarrow was appointed as consultant ophthalmic, oculoplastic and orbital surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital in July 1992. His major interests are oculoplastic, orbital, lacrimal and cataract surgery. He performs over 1,000 specialist oculoplastic/orbital/lacrimal operations per year (plastic surgery operations around the eyes).

He graduated from Manchester Medical School in 1982. He trained in general ophthalmology at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital before undertaking subspecialty training fellowships in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

He is the author of the textbook 'OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY' (published by Martin Dunitz, 2002). The second edition of his textbook is due for publication at the end of 2009.

He was been the Section Editor for oculoplastic and orbital surgery for EYE, the scientific journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, for over 15 years.

He was the founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (www.BOPSS.org) 2001-2206 and is a member of:

He is an inter-specialty member of BAAPS, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. (www.BAAPS.org.uk )

He has run an internationally renowned subspecialty fellowship for over 16 years training surgeons from around the world.

He has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed 5 book chapters. He has presented scientific papers, given lectures and run courses in many countries including the United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

His areas of expertise are:

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