Biography

Ms Gupta has been a consultant for over ten years having started her initial training at Manchester Medical School she also completed an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience. Most of her ophthalmology  speciality training was undertaken at the prestigious Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Princess Alexandra Eye Hospital in Edinburgh with a year or so in between on the Leeds rotation. Ms Gupta completed her sub-speciality training in Edinburgh and was also a consultant at Princess Alexandra Eye Hospital in Edinburgh for 3 and a half years before returning to her roots and joining Manchester Royal Eye Hospital as a consultant in June 2018.

Ms Gupta is a senior examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (London) leading and setting the prestigious Royal College of Ophthalmologists Duke Elder exam for undergraduate medical students (taken by those keen to pursue a career in Ophthalmology). She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators. Among her other accolades, Ms Gupta is a module lead for MSc Primary care Ophthalmology at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer. She is also co-lead for a module for the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science MSc - University of Manchester. Ms Gupta currently leads the hydroxychloroquine service at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Conditions treated by Ms Gupta: 

• Cataracts and cataract surgery
• Laser capsulotomy
• Retinal laser 
• Age Related Macular degeneration including intravitreal injections
• Diabetic retinopathy including laser or intravitreal injections
• General ophthalmology
• Emergency conditions