Ms Laura Crawley

BSc (Hons), MB ChB(Hons), MRCP, FRCOphth

Special interests:

Complex Glaucoma Surgery, Red Eye & Drop side effects – patients taking drop treatment, Cataract Surgery in Glaucoma patients, Cataract surgery, Glaucoma, Emergency Ophthalmology, Cataract

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My Practice

Ms Crawley is passionate about high-quality patient care in a way that empowers patients to make decisions about eye treatments that are right for them. She offers personalised treatment plans where a doctor-patient partnership gives the best results.

Ms Crawley has an interest in reducing the burden of drops & medication to improve quality of life through maximising vision and glaucoma control by offering the full scope of cataract & glaucoma treatments. She is also internationally recognised as an expert in her field.

Professional Biography

Ms Laura Crawley is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King Edward VII’s Hospital with a specialist interests in glaucoma, cataract surgery and common red eye conditions such as blepharitis and conjunctivitis.

Ms Crawley qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 1999. There, she won the Gold Medal and Suple prizes for medicine and surgery. Having completed physician training and becoming a member of the Royal College of Physicians she undertook Ophthalmology training in Oxford, Moorfields and Imperial.

Ms Crawley has numerous expertise including bespoke cataract surgery,
glaucoma laser treatments, and minimally invasive and penetrating glaucoma surgery.

Ms Crawley holds an NHS contract at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a consultant ophthalmic surgeon. There she covers planned and emergency ophthalmology. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. She teaches undergraduates in the Department of Medicine.

She is active in Ophthalmic Research. She coordinates ophthalmology assessments in multi-disciplinary clinical trials at Imperial seeking new drugs in Oncology, Neurology and Dementia care.

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Career Highlights

I have had strong clinical training in prestigious Ophthalmology units in Oxford, Moorfields and Imperial.

I am trained & skilled in the tertiary medical & surgical management of glaucoma. I am an experienced cataract surgeon, managing high- risk angle closure cases, anterior segment revision surgery, cataracts in patients with pre-existing filtering surgery and the management of astigmatism with toric intra-ocular lenses.

I have completed over one thousand cases and have a PC rupture rate of <0.1% I graduated with Honours and the Gold Medal from University of Bristol. I am highly proficient in managing complex cataracts, tertiary glaucoma and ophthalmic emergencies including lid & globe repairs, supporting Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) as a regional trauma centre.

I was appointed as Clinical Director of Ophthalmology in June 2021 and Clinical co-lead for North West London Ophthalmology Service in June 2020 having previously served as Head of Specialty and Clinical Governance lead at Imperial 2018-2021.

I am an honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College (2015-present) and a regularly invited speaker at National & International Glaucoma & Cataract meetings.

Awards

“Consultant you would most like to look after your family” Imperial College Ophthalmology 2022
Treacher Collins Prize, awarded by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2012
Imperial College Ophthalmic Research Group Medal 2011
Alcon National Glaucoma Prize 2009
Gold Medal Winner (Final MB University of Bristol) 1999
Suple Prize for Medicine 1999
Suple Prize for Surgery 1999

Memberships

United Kingdom of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons – Council Member

Glaucoma UK charity support

North West London Clinical Reference Group – Ophthalmology Co-chair

Clinical Director Ophthalmology Imperial College NHS Trust

Publications

Yap Timothy E, Zollet Piero, Husein Salman, Murad Mohammad M, Ameen S, Crawley L, Bloom P, Ahmed F. Endocyclophotocoagulation combined with phacoemulsification in surgically naïve primary open-angle glaucoma: three-year results Eye 2021: doi10.1038/s4133-021-01734-4
Feng R, Luk SMH, Ka Wu CH, Crawley L, Murdoch I. Perceptions of training in gonioscopy Eye 2019 33(11) 1798-1802 • TAGS study group Primary trabeculectomy for advanced glaucoma:pragmatic multicentre randomised control trial. BMJ 2021 May 12;373
Vg N, Ameen S, Bloom P, Crawley L, Normando E, Porteous A, Ahmed F.Micropulse transscleral cyclophotocoagulation: initial results using a reduced energy protocol in refractory glaucoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2020 May;258(5):1073-1079
Normando EM, Yap TE, Maddison J, Miodragovic S, Bonetti P, Almonte M, Mohammad NG, Ameen S, Crawley L, Ahmed F, Bloom PA, Cordeiro MF. A CNN-aided method to predict glaucoma progression using DARC (Detection of Apoptosing Retinal Cells) Expert Rev Mol Diag 2020 Jul;20(7):737-748
Feng Rui, Luk SMH, Ka Wu C, Crawley L, Murdoch I. Perceptions of training in gonioscopy. Eye 2019 Nov,33(11):1798-1802

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