Lash, Mr Stephen

 BM, BSc (Hons), MCOptom, FRCOphth, MBA

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Sub-specialty

Vitreo-retinal surgery and cataract

Training and education

Trained as an optometrist at Aston University, Birmingham
Pre-registration optometry training at Essex County Hospital, Colchester 1993-94
Southampton Medical School 1995-1999
Ophthalmology training on Wessex rotation 2002-2009
MBA with distinction from Southampton Business School 2007-2009
Fellowship in vitreo-retinal surgery in Melbourne 2009-2010

Experience

Mr Lash has worked at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust since March 2010 as a locum consultant and became a permanent staff member in April 2011.

Mr Lash initially trained as an optometrist in the early 90s and then went on to medical school in Southampton. After completing house jobs at Southampton University Hospital he trained in ophthalmology, completing basic surgical training at Bournemouth eye unit and then Southampton eye unit. He subsequently completed his higher specialist training on the Wessex rotation between Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Southampton. He did his vitreo-retinal fellowship in Melbourne before gaining his consultant post at Southampton eye unit.

Key achievements

Gaining a distinction in his MBA completed whilst training in ophthalmology.
Establishing and developing a private patient strategy for Southampton eye unit to support the unit including the ‘premier’ cataract service.
Establishing a quarterly optometric education meeting within the eye unit.

Key awards and prizes

George Wheatcroft Prize for the top mark in further investigative techniques in his optometry professional qualifying examinations, 1994.
Edith Newitt prize for medical finals at Southampton Medical school, 1999.
Runner up two years in a row in the National Duke Elder Ophthalmology prize.
CMI prize for the top mark in his MBA, 2009

Research

Marketing and ophthalmology published in the Journal of Management and Marketing in Healthcare, 2010
Various publications around developing referrals from optometrists and the interface between optometrists and ophthalmologists
Research interests include the application of various management disciplines to medicine and the effect of vitreous on visual function.