Professor Francisco Figueiredo: Ophthalmology

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Professor Francisco Figueiredo

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Cataract Full Pathway provider
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Royal Victoria Infirmary .

This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.

Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.

Overview

Specialises in

Medical

Surgical

Areas of interest

Corneal surgery & diseases; Cataract surgery; Corneal Transplantation (All types); External Eye Diseases; Blepharitis; Dry eye; Pterygium; Red eye

Medical secretaries

Amanda Rice
Nuffield Health Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital Clayton Road NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE2 1JP
0191 212 5214
0191 282 6269

Lynsey Cook
Nuffield Health Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospital Clayton Road NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE2 1JP
0191 212 5218
0191 282 6269

Anaesthetists worked with

Professor Francisco Figueiredo has worked with Dr Neil Cardno at the following hospitals:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)

About me

External resources

Newcastle University: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/

Current NHS consultant posts held

Professor of Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist
The Royal Victoria Infirmary and Newcastle University.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
NE1 4LP

Research interests

Corneal diseases
Stem Cells
Corneal transplantation
Keratoconus
Dry eye
Ocular allergy

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

SANDHU SS, SMITH J M, DOHERTY M, JAMES A, FIGUEIREDO FC. Do Topical Ophthalmic Corticosteroids suppress the Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Post Penetrating Keratoplasty Patients?. Eye (Lond). 2012 May;26(5):699-702.

CARR AJ, NG W-F, FIGUEIREDO F. MACLEOD RI, GREENWOOD M. Sjogren's syndrome - an update for dental practitioners. Br Dent J. 2012; 213(7):353-7.

SULLIVAN BD, CREWS LA, MESSMER EM, FOULKS GN, NICHOLS KK, BAENNINGER P, GEERLING G, FIGUEIREDO F, LEMP MA. Correlations between commonly used objective signs and symptoms for the diagnosis of dry eye disease: clinical implications. Acta Ophthalmol. Decemebr 2012. doi: 10.1111/aos.12012. [Epub ahead of print].

OSEI-BEMPONGN C, FIGUEIREDO FC, LAKO M. The limbal epithelium of the eye – A review of limbal stem cell biology, disease and treatment. Bioessays. 2013, Mar, 35(3): 211-219.

BAYLIS O, ROONEY P, FIGUEIREDO F, LAKO M, AHMAD S.. An investigation of donor and culture parameters which influence epithelial outgrowth from human cadaveric limbal explants cultured on amniotic membrane. J Cell Physiol. 2013; 228(5):1025-30.

FIGUEIREDO G, KOLLI SP, AHMAD S, GALES K, FIGUEIREDO F. The Urrets-Zavalia Syndrome following penetrating keratoplasty for keratoconus. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013; 251 (3): 809-815.

My qualifications & training

My private practice

Not Fee assured
Awaiting verification
Cataract Full Pathway provider
I offer Bupa customers standard cataract surgery on the Full Pathway package option at Royal Victoria Infirmary .

This package includes your appointments before and after surgery, as well as your surgery and mono-focal lenses. It means you won’t use up your out-patient benefit or receive any additional bills from your surgeon (or anaesthetist, if you need one) for eligible treatment.

Please call the Bupa Eye Care team to find out more about and to pre-authorise your treatment on 0345 600 7267.

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

C7340
Yag laser photodisruption of posterior capsule of lens (including laser capsulotomy) - unilateral - (1-5)

Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)
C7122
Ultrasound phacoemulsification of cataract, with lens implant - unilateral (including topical or local anaesthetic) - (1-5)

Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)
C3960
Excision of pterygium - (1-5)

Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)
C4010
Mucosal graft to conjunctiva - (1-5)

Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)
C4340
Subconjunctival injection - (1-5)

Royal Victoria Infirmary (1-5)

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