Miss Emily Shao
Qualifications
MBBS, BSc, FRCOphth, LLM
GMC number: 7088430
Practising since: 2010
Specialties
Ophthalmology, Ophthalmic Surgery
Consultation times
- Every Thursday (Guildford Hospital)
- Alternate Fridays (Guildford Hospital)
- Alternate Saturdays (Guildford Hospital)
- Monthly Saturdays 8.00am - 2.00pm (Woking Hospital)
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About
Miss Shao treats patients with general ophthalmic problems but has a particular interest in diseases of the retina and in vitreoretinal and cataract surgery.
She has published in peer reviewed journals and co-authored book chapters and presented both nationally and internationally in the field.
Education
Miss Emily Shao graduated from Imperial College London with merit, which included time at Harvard Medical School, Boston.
She undertook postgraduate medical and surgical training at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, during which time she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Foundation Merit Award 2012 by West London Deanery, before embarking on a career in Ophthalmic Surgery.
She completed her Ophthalmic Surgical Training in the UK and through this time was awarded multiple prizes including the Trainee Researcher of the Year 2017 by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), best presentation at Congress d’Ophthalmologie, Paris 2018, and KSS Deanery School of Ophthalmology 1st Prize 2015 to name a few.
Subsequently she undertook advanced subspecialty training in vitreoretinal surgery at the world-renowned Sydney Eye Hospital, under some of the leading surgeons in the field. She was appointed as Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Royal Surrey County Hospital in August 2020 and has since been appointed the Clinical Lead of the Eye Department in 2025.
Special interests
- Routine and complex vitreoretinal surgery for conditions such as macula holes, epiretinal membranes, retinal detachments, vitreous haemorrhage, vitreomacular traction and floaters.
- Routine and complex cataract surgery, including toric and extended depth of focus lenses
- Cataract surgery in the presence of retinal disease, including in patients with low vision
- Combined cataract-vitrectomy surgery
- Retinal disease and its treatment, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion
Personal interests
Languages spoken
English, Mandarin
Treatments and tests offered by Miss Emily Shao at Nuffield Health
- Phacoemulsification
- Vitrectomy
- Anterior segment reconstruction
- Refractive eye surgery
- Visual field testing
- Cataract Surgery
Locations Miss Emily Shao works with
Related experience
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- British Eye and Vitreoretinal Society (BEAVRS)
- European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
- European Society of Retinal Specialists (EURetina)
Other posts held
- Royal Surrey County Hospital, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Clinical Lead
Insurers Miss Emily Shao works with
Miss Emily Shao works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aetna
- Alliance Surgical
- Allianz
- Aviva Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- AXA Health
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa Fee Assured
- Bupa On Demand
- BUPA Standard Cataract Pathway
- Cigna
- CS Healthcare
- The Exeter
- Healix
- Health-on-Line
- InterGlobal
- SecureHealth
- Simplyhealth
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
- WPA
Declaration
Miss Emily Shao does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Miss Emily Shao does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Miss Emily Shao does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.