About Miss Rebecca Ford
BMBCh (Oxon) MA (Cantab) MEd MRCP(UK) MRCSEd FRCOphth
Rebecca is a nationally and internationally renowned oculoplastic surgeon based in Bristol UK. She has more than 15 years experience specialising in all aspects of eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery. She received an NHS National Clinical Impact Award in 2023.
Rebecca's background and credentials
Rebecca Ford has been a consultant oculoplastic surgeon in Bristol Eye Hospital since 2014.
After studying medical sciences at Cambridge she qualified in clinical medicine from Oxford University in 1997. She completed an internal medicine rotation in Plymouth gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians before registrar training in ophthalmology in London, including the world famous Moorfields Eye Hospital. She did oculoplastics fellowships in Brighton and Birmingham for a year each and worked as a consultant in Aberdeen and Birmingham before moving to Bristol.
She has provided a regional referral service in orbital surgery and complex oculoplastics for the South West for the last ten years, and is experienced in all aspects of oculoplastic surgery. She enjoys working with specialists in related fields and is a founder member of the Bristol Cranio-orbital Skull Base Group. She previously served as Clinical Director of Bristol Eye Hospital.
Her other passion is medical education. She has a Masters in Surgical Education from Imperial College London and is the current Chair of Education at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. She is also the Head of School for the Severn School of Ophthalmology. She has been supervised around twenty fellows from around the world for advanced training in oculoplastics and finds this one of the most rewarding aspects of her NHS work.
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Rebecca has a special interest in thyroid eye disease and is the Committee Chair of the Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust, a charity that supports people with TED and promotes education and research about the condition. She has also done charity teaching work in China with Lifeline Express and Indonesia with RCOphth, as well as volunteering in Cambodia through Khmer Sight.
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REBECCA'S TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
OCULOPLASTICS FELLOWSHIPS
2009-2011
Rebecca's subspecialty training fellowship years were in Brighton and Birmingham. This provided an excellent grounding in the eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery with high volume surgical experience.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS
2000: MRCP Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
2003: MRCSEd Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2011: FRCOphth Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
OPHTHALMOLOGY TRAINING
2001-2009
Rebecca's ophthalmology registrar training was in London, including Moorfields Eye Hospital, and ophthalmology Senior House Officer training was in Bath and London.
DEGREES
2010: Master of Surgical Education, Imperial College London (with distinction)
1994 / 1998: BA / MA, Medical Sciences, Cambridge University
1997: BMBCh Oxford University
GENERAL MEDICAL ROTATION
1997-2000
After house jobs in Oxford and Plymouth Rebecca honed her general medical skills with SHO jobs in A&E in Cardiff and general medicine in Plymouth, leading to the MRCP qualification.
Contact
To book an appointment or make an enquiry:
Phone
01179064247
MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
For research publications see full list on Rebecca's Researchgate page.
Book chapters shown below.
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THYROID EYE DISEASE
2019
Chapter on thyroid eye disease and its management, for nurses and allied health professionals.
STRABISMUS
2009
Chapter on strabismus for trainee ophthalmologists.
THE VISUAL SYSTEM
2013
Chapter on history, examination and assessment of the visual system for medical students and other healthcare practitioners.
LYMPHOCYTIC, PLASMACYTIC, HISTIOCYTIC AND HEMATOPOIETIC TUMOURS OF THE ORBIT.
2007
Chapter for ophthalmologists in major ophthalmology textbook.
