Mr. Pathma Ramasamy

Mr. Ramasamy graduated from University College Cork in 2007 and received an award for being one of the top international entrants to study medicine. He completed his Higher Surgical Training in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin, Cork University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford. In 2015, Mr. Ramasamy received his Doctorate degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and won multiple national and international awards for his research into metastatic ocular melanoma. He completed his subspecialty training in medical and surgical retina in Bristol Eye Hospital and was a recipient of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists/ Bayer Clinical Fellowship Award for undertaking this well-renowned fellowship.

Mr. Ramasamy has also worked as a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin and in University Hospital Waterford. He is passionate about providing personalised, high-quality care. In the hospitals where he worked, he initiated and implemented numerous changes that led to improvements in patient experience, pathways, safety and outcomes.

He is in the specialist division of the Irish Medical Council, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and Fellow of the European Board of Ophthalmology.

Special interests:

• Cataract (including “high-risk” cataract requiring complex vitrectomy and sutured lens)
• Red eye
• Reduced vision
• Dry eye/ blepharitis
• Glaucoma
• Uveitis
• Retina
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Diabetic eye disease
• Central/ branch retinal vein occlusion
• Posterior vitreous detachment (flashes/ floaters)
• Retinal detachment
• Macular hole
• Epiretinal membrane
• Vitreomacular traction
• Vitreous haemorrhage