Miss Patricia Mc Gettrick FRCSI (Ophth), FRCOphth, FRCSEd

Miss Mc Gettrick has been a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon for twenty years.

Miss Mc Gettrick trained at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital Dublin, and the Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology Glasgow. She gained Consultant statues in 1988 and ran the Cataract, Medical and Surgical retinal service and Ocular Inflammation service in the Ayrshire Trust hospitals in the West of Scotland. She established a community based screening service for Diabetic Retinopathy and Glaucoma during her time in Scotland. Miss Mc Gettrick was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh because of her Commitment to education and training of non-consultant ophthalmologists in Scotland.

Miss Mc Gettrick returned to Ireland in 2000. Since then she has worked in the Midland HSE region and Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin.
Miss Mc Gettrick is a general Ophthalmologist with interest in small incision cataract surgery, Diabetic eye disease, ocular inflammatory conditions such as Uveitis and age-related eye conditions such as Macular Degeneration. She continues her interest in beneficial screening programmes, such as for Diabetes and Glaucoma.
Professional Memberships Include:

Member of the Irish College of Ophthalmologists
Surgical tutor for Cataract surgery for the Irish College of Ophthalmologists.
Member of the European Society of Cataract and refractive Surgeons. (ESCRS)
Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Member of European Vision and Eye Research (EVER)
On the register of Ophthalmic Specialists of the Medical Council of Ireland

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Having my eyes lasered was something I’d always been interested in. My prescription was minus 3.5 and I was totally fed up with wearing glasses and making sure I had ordered enough contact lenses. I just wanted to be able to wake up in the morning and see. I was totally intrigued by the procedure yet incredibly nervous about investigating it further. However, I decided to bite the bullet this year and went for a consultation at Eye Laser Ireland. After a few preliminary tests during the consultation I was told I was eligible for the procedure and, after talking thoroughly about all aspects of the surgery, I left the clinic feeling excited and confident about going ahead. A month before the surgery I went back to the clinic to have the Wavescan technology, which maps the individual characteristics of each eye - data which is used by the laser machine on surgery day. Then a few days before the surgery I began on the eye drop programme to prepare the eyes – I guess this is when the reality began to hit in! The night before I was feeling incredibly nervous and barely slept a wink but by the morning I was feeling ok and excited about putting on my glasses for the last time.

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