Meet the Team at the Peckar Eye Clinic
Mr Clive Peckar, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon
Mr Clive Peckar attended St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, London University, gaining the Hudson Prize in Ophthalmology in 1971. He was Research Senior Registrar at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University leading to an MSc in 1983. He was appointed Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to Warrington Hospital NHS Trust in 1983. His surgical experience includes cataract surgery since 1973, corneal transplantation since 1975, phakoemulsification (small incision cataract surgery) since 1991, Visococanalostomy (glaucoma surgery) since 1997 and Canaloplasty since 1995 (when Mr Peckar was responsible for the introduction of this procedure into the UK and Europe). His papers and publications have included work on ophthalmic lasers, corneal specular microsurgery including video training aids, surgical skill transfer in surgical simulation 'wet labs' and non-penetrating glaucoma surgery (Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty).
Mr Peckar's current practice covers all areas of general ophthalmology with special interests as previously detailed plus endothelial specular microscopy and cornea elevation scanning mapping topography. Mr Peckar was responsible for the design and establishment of the Warrington Microsurgical Teaching Centre - a 'wet lab' teaching area for the practice of ophthalmic surgery on porcine eyes.
Mr Peckar is a Director of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and is Director of Surgical Skills Training for the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). He is Medical Editor of EuroTimes, a monthly publication of the ESCRS with a distribution of 41,000 copies.
Special Clinical Interests
Cataract, corneal transplantation, corneal endothelium, non-penetrating glaucoma surgery (Canaloplasty).
Research Interests
Cataract, glaucoma surgery (Viscocanalostomy and Canaloplasty), corneal endothelium.
Current Posts
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Warrinton Hospital, North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK.
Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology at Shantou University Medical College, China and at Harbin Medical University, China.
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies
Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Fellow and Examiner of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Director of the United Kingdom and Ireland Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.
Member of the Publications Committee of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS Publications).
Member of the Programme Committee of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS).
Contact Mr Clive Peckar via his private secretary: Laraine Woodall
Tel/Fax: 01925 470957
International: +441925470957
or send an e-mail: laraine.woodall@peckareyeclinic.co.uk
Laraine Woodall, Private Secretary & Practice Manager
Laraine was educated at Smithills Grammar School in Bolton. In 1963 she commenced her nursing training at Bolton District General Hospital, initially as a Cadet Nurse for two years then as a Student Nurse. She became a State Registered Nurse in 1969 and continued to work on the Acute Medical Unit until her marriage in 1970, when she left Bolton and moved to Warrington.
Laraine worked on the out-patient department at Warrington Infirmary until she left in 1971 to take a career break to bring up her children. In 1978 she returned to work within the Warrington Health Authority, firstly as a School/Clinic Nurse, based at Garven Place, and then as a Health Visitor Assistant, based at Woolston Clinic, where she gained her Family Planning Certificate.
In 1986 she returned to hospital nursing, working in the Elderly Care Unit at Warrington Hospital.
In September 1988 Laraine moved to the BUPA North Cheshire hospital where she opened the out-patient services. Over the next few years the department increased in size and Laraine progressed from Staff Nurse to Sister and then Out-Patient Manager until her retirement from nursing in 2004.
In January 2004 Laraine was invited by Mr Peckar to become his Private Secretary/Practice Manager as she was well acquainted with the majority of his patients, and his clinical practice, through working with him in the Outpatient Department (since he moved his Private Practice to Stretton in 1988).
Contact: Laraine Woodall
Tel/Fax: 01925 470957
International: +441925470957
or send an e-mail: laraine.woodall@peckareyeclinic.co.uk
Kirsty Eagers, Private Optometrist (Optician)
Kirsty Eagers is Mr Peckar’s Private Optometrist at the Peckar Eye Clinic, Spire Cheshire Hospital.
For many patients Kirsty is the first member of the team they meet when they attend the clinic. Kirsty’s job is to check each patient’s refraction and to provide other measurements that Mr Peckar may need to help him decide on the treatment plan for each individual patient.
The following tests may be carried out depending on the patient’s problem: -
- Refraction: This tests the type of lenses the patient may need to achieve clear vision for different activities.
- Fields Test: This measures the extent of the patient’s peripheral vision “visual field” using the Humphrey Field Analyser.
- Endothelial Specular Microscopy: This measures the size and distribution of the cells on the back of the patient’s cornea which are responsible for keeping the patients vision clear.
- Elevation Scanning Topography: This maps out the total shape of the cornea and is like an aircraft flying over the hills and valleys “in order to produce a contour map”.
Kirsty Eagers Résumé
Kirsty studied at the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, qualifying in 1999 with a BSc (Hons) Optom. She completed her training with a pre-registration year at Specsavers Opticians in Newcastle before taking “ten months out” to travel in Australia and South East Asia. On returning to the UK Kirsty settled in Manchester where she worked as a “high street optometrist” at Vision Express. At the same time, however, Kirsty decided to also work as a “hospital optometrist” in order to utilise her training more fully and keep up to date with the management of different and more complicated eye conditions.
In February 2002 she commenced sessional work at Warrington Hospital NHS Trust and in the Peckar Eye Clinic at the BUPA North Cheshire Hospital (now re-named the Spire Cheshire Hospital).
Membership of Professional Organisations:
College of Optometrists
Association of Optometrists |
