Biography

Professor Biswas has over 27 years’ experience in ophthalmology and for the last 22 years he has specialized in children’s eye problems, developing unparalleled expertise in:

• Paediatric strabismus/lazy eye
• Paediatric Corneal and External Disease;
• Paediatric Corneal Transplantation;
• Developmental abnormalities of the front of the eye in children
• Retinopathy of Prematurity;
• Congenital and Developmental Glaucoma in children
• Inherited eye diseases in children

Career history

• Medical School: St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1986-1992).
• Ophthalmology training at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital (1994-2002).
• Ocular Genetic research fellowship 1999-2000, including a 3 month visiting research fellowship at the Jules Gonin Ophthalmic Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Great Ormond Street Hospital and King's College Hospital (2001-2002).
• Consultant Ophthalmologist - Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, with a specialist interest in paediatric ophthalmology since 2002.
• Clinical Head of Division, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital,  2012- 2018
• Chair of the North of England Ophthalmological Society 2019-2021
• Chair of The Paediatric Sub Committee of the Royal College of  Ophthalmologists since 2019
• Head of the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Paediatric Ophthalmology Service to date
• Professor of Ophthalmology since August 2023

Achievements

Professor Biswas has established:

• A popular and highly sought after paediatric ophthalmology training fellowship.
• Paediatric corneal transplantation service
• Multidisciplinary clinics in paediatric cornea, ocular allergy and retinal disease

Contributor to national guidelines for Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening and Treatment in the UK

Authored or co-authored over 70 publications in peer reviewed journals plus chapters in textbooks.

Nominated for a national award for establishing the Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening Service in Manchester

Awarded the Duke Elder Medal by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in May 2023

Conditions treated:

• Childhood squint (strabismus /lazy eye)
• Childhood cataracts
• Corneal & external eye disease in children
• Allergic eye disease in children
• Children’s retinal diseases
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Genetic and inherited eye diseases in children
• Coats’ disease
• Glaucoma in children