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Experts in refractive and corrective eye surgery

Viewpoint Vision Services Ltd is a leading independent eye clinic based in St Helens.

Protect your eyes

Viewpoint Vision Services Ltd is an independent private clinic offering corrective eye surgery procedures with outstanding patient experience and exceptional surgeons.

 

We are in St Helens, Merseyside, close to Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, Chester, Cheshire, North Wales, Leeds and Birmingham. You can meet your team of experts below.

Meet the team

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Mr. Deepak Chitkara

For more than 25 years, Mr Chitkara has established a reputation as one of the leading experts in Refractive or Corrective Eye surgery in the UK and internationally.

 

He was a graduate of Manchester University Medical School in 1983 – MBChB with Honours in Physiology and Biochemistry, Mr Chitkara trained as an Eye surgeon in Manchester and North-East England passing his specialist post-graduate exams and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologist (FRCOphth) in 1993.

 

He developed a passion for corrective (refractive) eye surgery during his specialist training in Cornea and Refractive Surgery in the USA. The fellowship was completed with distinction under Professor Marguerite McDonald in New Orleans in 1995. Prof McDonald is the first person in the world to perform Laser eye surgery and a world-renowned authority in Corneal and Laser Eye surgery.

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Clinical excellence

As part of his research project, he helped to develop the First Radar Tracking Excimer Laser for corrective eye surgery produced by Autonomous Technologies. This same technology is used today by NASA to dock the space shuttle with the International Space Station and is now used in eye lasers to follow the eye during laser treatment.

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Mr. Dragnev

Mr Dragnev has started his career in the field of Ophthalmology in 2004 and has spent time training in Bulgaria, Germany and the UK. He was appointed as a Consultant Ophthalmologist at St Helens Hospital in 2014. Mr Dragnev is the Diabetic Retinopathy lead at St Helens hospital and manages medical retina conditions as well

(Age-related macular degeneration, central retinal vein occlusion, and Branch retinal vein occlusion).

 

He has a high level of expertise carrying out cataract surgery under local or topical (only drops) anaesthesia. Mr Dragnev has performed more than 15000 cataract surgeries with a much lower complication rate than the national average. He has experience with Toric, Trifocal, Enhanced Monofocal, Piggy bag intraocular lenses which provide patients with improved independence from glasses after surgery.

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Clinical excellence

Mr Dragnev holds a specialist interest in the medical and surgical management of glaucoma- trabeculectomy, non-penetrating glaucoma surgery (viscocanalostomy), Preserflo implant, XEN implant, Hydrus microstent, iStent Laser treatment etc.

 

He has knowledge performing combined glaucoma and cataract surgery, which can help patients improve their eye pressure control and stop their drops after the intervention.

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Clinical excellence

Miss Kovacova’s interest in oculoplastic surgery started during her university studies. As a medical student interested in reconstructive plastic surgery she won a scholarship to spend a year in Italy training in their renowned plastic surgery units. She graduated with distinction from Jessenius Medical Faculty in Slovakia in 2007. She then decided to become an Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastics surgeon, she moved to the UK and trained in St Paul’s Eye Unit, Aintree, and Alder Hey Hospitals. Following completion of her surgical training in the NorthWest she went on to perfect her surgical expertise further and completed oculoplastics fellowship at Chelsea and Westminister hospital in London where she was mentored by Mr Richard Scawn and Mr Naresh Joshi. She also underwent postgraduate aesthetic training focusing at injectable treatments at Harley Academy. She was appointed as a substantive NHS consultant in 2019. She currently leads Oculoplastics service at St Helens NHS Trust. She remains an honorary consultant at Chelsea and Westminister hospital where she continues her research projects. 
Miss Kovacova has an interest in education and surgical training. She is a member of surgical faculty of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and regularly dedicates some of her time to training junior ophthalmologists at surgical courses. 
Miss Kovacova is a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and a Member of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society.

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Mr Rehan Rajput

Mr Rajput is a UK trained Consultant Ophthalmologist specialising specifically in eyelid surgery. He completed his undergraduate medical degree from King’s College London during which time he also spent a year at Imperial College Business school. He has completed fellowships in Oculoplastic surgery (treatment of eyelid and tear duct conditions) both in the UK, Nottingham University Hospitals, and internationally at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Furthermore, he has also completed international clerkships at the world-renowned Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. Mr Rajput has held NHS Consultant appointments at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and the Mersey and West Lancashire NHS trust.

A clinic with an excellent reputation

Viewpoint Vision remains at the leading edge of technological developments in Corrective surgery. In addition to advanced Laser surgery we also offer the very latest and advanced Multifocal and Extended Depth of Focus (EDOF) implants for Lens replacement surgery.

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We offer a range of eye treatments

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Laser eye surgery

Laser eye surgery may help with conditions including short-sightedness, far-sightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia.

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Keratoconus

Keratoconus is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve.

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Make an appointment

If you have problems with clouded vision, get in touch with us to discuss how cataract surgery may alleviate the problem.

Customer stories & testimonials

"Had my Lasik surgery on both eyes back in November, it is something I'd never look back on. I was made very relaxed by Deepak during the surgery to the aftercare, which I must say has been very thorough and second to none. I now don't have to wear contact lenses or glasses because my eyesight is now as good as 20/20 vision. I couldn't recommend Viewpoint highly enough! Thank you"

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When it comes to corrective eye surgery, you can depend on the experience of our team at Viewpoint Vision Services Ltd in St Helens. Call us today on 01744 646643.

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