Your surgeon
Miss Rahila Zakir, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon.
Private practice
Private consultations are offered at The London Clinic Eye Centre on Harley Street and through Imperial Private Healthcare at the Western Eye Hospital. Surgery takes place at The London Clinic and at the Western Eye Hospital.
Rahila sees a range of eye conditions, including cataracts, and offers small-incision cataract surgery with a full range of premium lens implant options — including extended-depth lenses to reduce dependence on glasses, and toric lenses to correct astigmatism. As well as routine cataract surgery, Rahila manages complex cataracts and complications of cataract surgery.
Rahila also manages retinal conditions such as retinal detachment, macular hole, epiretinal membrane, retinal tears, diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy, macular oedema, vitreous haemorrhage, vitreomacular traction and eye trauma. Miss Zakir offers second opinions on retinal surgery management options, and also manages common medical retinal conditions including macular degeneration and retinal vein occlusions.
With her clinical experience at a busy London Eye Accident & Emergency Unit, she also manages acute and urgent presentations of a range of eye conditions.
NHS practice
Rahila Zakir is based at The Western Eye Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, where she is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, and also serves as Clinical Director of Ophthalmology. She manages conditions such as retinal detachment, macular hole, epiretinal membrane, retinal tears, diabetic retinopathy, vitreous haemorrhage, vitreomacular traction and eye trauma, and offers second opinions on retinal surgery management options. As well as routine cataract surgery, Rahila manages complex cataracts and complications of cataract surgery.
Miss Zakir is actively involved in research, education and training, and holds an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer post with the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. She trains doctors at all levels, including experienced doctors who are training to become vitreoretinal specialists themselves.
The Western Eye Hospital has a 24-hour walk-in Eye Casualty, and Miss Zakir is one of the consultants in the Eye Accident & Emergency department. She also looks after the eyes of very premature babies on the Neonatal Unit at Queen Charlotte and Chelsea Hospital, providing treatment for retinopathy of prematurity.
To see Miss Rahila Zakir as an NHS patient at the Western Eye Hospital, you will need to ask your GP or ophthalmologist for a referral, and you will be sent an appointment from the outpatient appointments team. Patients who present to the Accident & Emergency department at the Western Eye Hospital may be fast-tracked for an urgent appointment with the Vitreoretinal team if required.