Mr Raman Malhotra - Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon

I was initially inspired by the delicate and intricate nature of eye surgery and the positive nature of my mentors in this speciality. I have since been inspired by the outcomes and impact of this to people's lives and more recently by seeing the progress made by trainees who have worked with me and are now successful surgeons in their own right. To have been part of this process is not only gratifying and rewarding but also, inspirational.

Fitting everything in the waking day. I have tried to stop emailing at night!

The people I interact with throughout the week, comprising of my team and staff colleagues as well as the sizeable number of patients and relatives I meet each week.

This is a challenging condition and one that most of us are not exposed to in our training. I was involved in using technology that we use in other aspects of my speciality to try and correct eyelid ectropion and retraction in ichthyosis. This sparked my interest. We were then fortunate to be involved in providing ophthalmic input to multi-speciality project to help devise European Guidelines for Ichthyosis Management. This, unexpectedly turned out to be a huge amount of work but something that changed my entire outlook on this condition. I learned so much in the course of this project. One thing leads to another...

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It combines my interest in science, surgery, innovation, continued learning and the care and contribution to improving people's quality of life. Also, couldn't quite cut a career as a musician!