Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma
Qualifications
MBChB (Bristol), MRCP (UK), MRCOphth, PhD
GMC number: 4505846
Practising since: 1998
Specialties
Ophthalmology
Consultation times
- Thursday 9am-12pm
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About
Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma is a Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist who has been caring for patients at Oxford Eye Hospital since 2013. She also sees private patients at The Manor Hospital, Oxford.
Dr
Sharma is a general ophthalmologist and also specialises in three areas:
1. Uveitis and scleritis
(ocular inflammation) in adults and children
2. Neuro-ophthalmology
3. Medical retina conditions including macular degeneration and diabetic
eye disease.
She leads the Thames Valley Regional Ocular Inflammation Service, one of the largest in the UK, and heads the neuro-ophthalmology service at Oxford Eye Hospital. Her training in both general medicine and ophthalmology means she is experienced in managing eye problems linked to conditions elsewhere in the body, such as rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, and the effects of medications including cancer treatments and hydroxychloroquine.
Dr
Sharma is founder and Chair of the UK Uveitis National Clinical Study Group and
co-chief investigator of the national ASTUTE trial. She trained at Bristol,
completed international fellowships at the Casey Eye Institute and Johns
Hopkins Hospital in the United States, and previously was a consultant at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She is rated 4.86
out of 5 on Doctify. Dr Sharma also provides expert medicolegal reports in
ophthalmology for personal injury and clinical negligence cases
Medical Secretary - Jasmine Catton
Email: Jasmine.catton@phf.uk.com
Telephone: 01865 594 299
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Conditions Treated:
General ophthalmology
Dry eye, eye injury, reduced vision, visual field loss, ocular hypertension, eye infections partial sight, loss of vision, ophthalmic emergencies
Retinal conditions
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD, wet AMD), diabetic retinopathy, macular oedema, retinal vein occlusion, retinal artery occlusion, retinal detachment assessment
Neuro-ophthalmology (adults and children)
Optic neuritis, papilloedema, idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH/pseudotumour cerebri), cranial nerve palsies (third, fourth, sixth nerve), double vision and diplopia, optic neuropathy, optic atrophy, non-arteritic ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION), giant cell arteritis and temporal arteritis, visual pathway disorders, brain tumours affecting vision, visual snow, vestibular migraine, dizziness, blepharospasm, myasthenia gravis
Paediatric ophthalmology and neuro-ophthalmology
Childhood eye disease, paediatric neuro-ophthalmology, raised intracranial pressure in children, brain tumour visual loss, neurofibromatosis (NF1 and NF2), retinoblastoma assessment
Inflammation and infection
Uveitis (anterior, intermediate, posterior, panuveitis), scleritis, endophthalmitis, ocular inflammation, eye infection, orbital inflammation, Dry eye
All eye problems linked to systemic disease
e.g Behcet’s disease, sarcoidosis, syphilis, drug side effects affecting the eye, steroid complications, eye problems from cancer treatments (immune checkpoint inhibitors, targeted therapies). Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy
High eye pressure and glaucoma
Ocular hypertension, uveitic glaucoma, steroid-induced raised eye pressure
Special interests
- Uveitis and ocular inflammation in adults and children
- Neuro-ophthalmology in adults and children
- Medical retina
- Scleritis and episcleritis
- Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screening
- Eye problems associated with systemic disease
Procedures and Treatments
- Intravitreal injections (Eylea, Lucentis, Ozurdex, Iluvien)
- Intravitreal implants
- Periocular steroid injections
- Retinal laser
- YAG capsulotomy
- Ocular coherence tomography (OCT)
- Humphrey visual field testing
- Paracentesis
Other interests
- Assessment of patients with eye side effects from cancer drugs (referrals welcome from oncologists, haematologists, and GPs)
- Second opinions before cataract, blepharoplasty, or ptosis surgery
- Functional medicine approach to eye and brain health
- Ocular migraine
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence in Ophthalmology
Dr
Sharma provides expert medicolegal reports and court testimony. She accepts
claimant, defendant, and joint instructions.
Areas of expertise include:
Clinical negligence: delayed diagnosis, failure to diagnose, failure to refer, screening failure, diabetic eye screening, breach of duty in ophthalmology
Personal injury: eye trauma, orbital injury, traumatic eye injury, road traffic accident eye injury, workplace eye injury, assault eye injury, chemical eye injury, visual field loss, reduced visual acuity, loss of vision, partial sight
Languages spoken
English, Hindi, Spanish, Telugu
Treatments and tests offered by Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma at Nuffield Health
- Glaucoma surgery (Trabeculectomy)
- Intravitreal injections
- YAG laser capsulotomy
Locations Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma works with
Related experience
Research
Co-Chief Investigator, ASTUTE Trial (NIHR-funded)
MRC Fellow, Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford
Principal Investigator, BOSU Hydroxychloroquine Toxicity Study
Chair, UK Uveitis National Clinical Study Group
Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians (MRCP)
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists (MRCOphth)
- UK Uveitis National Clinical Study Group (Founder and Chair)
- ORBIT Collaboration (Founding Member)
Other posts held
- Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist, Oxford Eye Hospital, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Oxford
- MRC Research Fellow, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Insurers Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma works with
Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aetna
- Allianz
- APRIL
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa Global
- Cigna International
- The Exeter
- First Health Trusts Limited
- Healix
- Healthcare RM
- Health-on-Line
- PHC
- Police Mutual
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
- WPA
Declaration
Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Dr Srilakshmi (Sri) Sharma does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.