Sheraz Daya MD FACP FACS FRCS(Ed) FRCOphth
Mr. Sheraz Daya is the Medical Director of Centre for Sight, UK. Recruited from New York, USA in 1993, Mr Daya was Director and Consultant at the Corneoplastic Unit and Eye Bank, Queen Victoria Hospital. Mr Daya transformed the Corneoplastic Unit and Eye Bank, acquiring an international reputation for excellence in Corneal surgery and resigned from the NHS in 2011. Mr. Daya is a key opinion leader for the ophthalmic industry and is highly regarded nationally and internationally and voted on the Ophthalmologist Power List of top 100 surgeons in the world 2018, 2019 and 2020. He serves on numerous boards and committees and is also the founding Chief Medical Editor of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and many book chapters. He is regularly invited to speak at international conventions and meetings and is known for many innovations in ophthalmology, specifically stem cell transplantation, lamellar techniques and refractive surgery. He has delivered several medal lectures in the US (Whitney Sampson), Greece (Fyodorov Award), Canada W Bruce Jackson Award), and UK (Choyce Medal).
Mr. Daya was recognized for his leadership by winning the NHS award “Leadership in Improvement” of the Best of Health Awards 2009, South East England. For his contribution to Ophthalmology, he has received the Senior Achievement Award and is a Lifetime Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He is also recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award from the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS). and is currently President of the American European Congress of Ophthalmic Surgery.
