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In conversation with... Sheraz Daya & Katie Piper
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Sheraz Daya is a British ophthalmologist best known for his founding of the Centre for Sight in 1996 and his work in the use of stem-cell research during sight recovery surgery.
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- In conversation with Sheraz Daya Katie Piper
- Dr Sheraz Daya MST products
- Career
- Publications
- Awards and nominations
- References

Career

Daya began his professional practice in 1993, when he returned to the UK from his studies abroad. In 1995 Daya was one of the first ophthalmologists to perform LASIK eye surgery in the UK. Daya has served as the Medical Director and Consultant in the Corneoplastic Unit and Eye Bank at the Queen Victoria Hospital as well as the founder and director of the Centre for Sight, which opened in 1996. He has also worked in the fields of anterior segment and keratorefractive surgery.

In 2009 Daya delivered the Choyce Medal lecture to the United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. Daya has also been interviewed regarding other trends in ophthalmology laser eye surgery, and methods of sight restoration. Daya's use of the femtosecond laser for cataract surgery in the NHS was recently featured on Sky News
Publications
Daya has served as co-Medical Editor of the journal Cataract & Refractive Surgery Today Europe. He has also been published several times in the journal Ophthalmology, as well as in the journals Cornea, the British Journal of Ophthalmology, and the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. He has also been published in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society.