Ophthalmology is a discipline of medicine and surgery, which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
Our main aim as the Department of Ophthalmology is to provide high quality training, ophthalmic care and adapt to the challenges of a changing environment
Programmes Offered
MBChB – Undergraduate teaching in Ophthalmology
IPC – year 4
Surgical subspecialties – year 5
MMed(Ophth) – Postgraduate teaching in Ophthalmology
Fellowship programmes – Vitreoretinal surgery
Medical retina
Current Post Graduate Research Projects (MMed)
Work is in progress on the following MMed dissertations:
Name | Title |
| The outcome of selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), as a primary treatment modality vs. a secondary treatment modality. |
| The knowledge and perception of General Practitioners in the Vaal Triangle concerning common eye diseases and the role of the ophthalmologist |
| Uveitis in a tertiary hospital |
| Penetrating keratoplasty in eThekwini Health District, 2011-2013 |
| An audit of the use of radiological special investigations by the St Aidan’s Hospital Ophthalmology Department |
| Outcomes following pars plana vitrectomy in severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a tertiary hospital in Durban, South Africa. |
| Penetrating Keratoplasty in the developing world : South African Perspective |
| Human immunodeficiency virus & CD4 count in ocular surface squamous neoplasia |
| Culture isolates and antibiotic susceptibility of microbial keratitis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Prospective nonrandomized trial of Primary Conjunctival Excision Biopsy with Lamellar Sclerectomy for ocular surface squamous neoplasia |
| Subtotal exenteration with buccal mucosal graft for orbital squamous cell carcinoma |
| Three or four horizontal muscle surgery versus staged surgery for large angle congenital esotropia in children: a randomised controlled trial |
| Name | Position | Contact Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Nombuso Mathe | Acting Head of Division | +27 (0)31 260 4341 | |
| Salome Pillay | Administrator | 031 240 2295 | Pillaysa@ukzn.ac.za |