BSc (Hons) MCOptom
Senior Optometrist
Gillian trained in optometry in Glasgow, and has almost thirty years' experience of clinical optometry. She has worked in Fleet Street since 1983, establishing her own practice in 1995.
BSc (Hons) Med Biochem, BSc (Hons) Optom, MCOptom,
Optometrist & Contact Lens Practitioner
Lavinia graduated from Brunel University in 1999 as a Medical Biochemist and joined Moorfields Eye Hospital, Institute of Ophthalmology, where her research into "Angiogenesis and Drug Resistance in Uveal Melanoma" resulted in the publication of two papers. She then graduated as an Optometrist from City University in 2002. Soon after, she was awarded the 'Stephen Dawson prize for Clinical Excellence' from the Institute of Optometry, London. She achieved membership to the College of Optometrists in 2003. She is also a member of the General Optical Council and the Association of Optometrists. As well as being in practice, Lavinia also lectures and teaches at the Institute of Optometry and City University.
BSc(Hons) MCOptom
Optometrist
Shafquet qualified as a Dispensing Optician, winning the Association of British Dispenising Opticans prize for best final year examination before going on to read Optometry at The University of Ulster, Coleraine. Whilst reading Optometry, Shafquet completed his registration and was awarded fully registered Dispensing Optician Status.
Shafquet completed his Optometry post-graduate training at the world renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital where he continued as a sessional Optometrist specialising in complex Contact lens work and general adult Optometry and Ophthalmology
Shafquet also worked as a Clinical Supervisor and Mentor at the Institute of Optometry to newly graduated pre-registration Optometrists.
Shafquet was appointed to the first ever NSCAG-funded post of Craniofacial Optometrist at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a post he held for two years.