Western Eye Hospital

Western Eye Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Geography
Location	Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom
Organisation
Care system	Public NHS
Hospital type	Specialist
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Links
Website	http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/westerneye/index.htm Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Western Eye
Lists	Hospitals in England

Western Eye Hospital (WEH) is an ophthalmology hospital in west London.

The hospital operates an emergency department 24-hours a day, for ambulance and walk-in cases. It features a minor surgical theatre, a triage system, inpatient beds and two ophthalmic operating theatres. It treats a wide range of eye conditions from glaucoma to wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of blindness.

The lead consultant is Mr Graham Duguid and the hospital is owned and operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust who also run the nearby St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, as well as Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital. WEH (formerly the Western Ophthalmic Hospital) has been providing ophthalmic services since 1856.

Alumni

• Bashar al-Assad - President of Syria (attended postgraduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital, specializing in ophthalmology)

See also

• List of hospitals in England

References

External links

• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Imperial College Healthcare Ophthalmology services
• Ophthalmology at Western Eye Hospital
• Lost Hospitals of London  – Western Eye Hospital - history of the hospital to the present

Imperial College Healthcare
Hospitals	Charing Cross Hospital Hammersmith Hospital Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital St Mary's Hospital Western Eye Hospital
Notable people	Chairman: Lord Tugendhat Chief Executive: Mark Davies Baron Darzi of Denham
Associated institutions	Imperial College London (Imperial College Faculty of Medicine Imperial College School of Medicine)
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Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°09′49″W / 51.5208°N 0.1635°W / 51.5208; -0.1635