Brian Leatherbarrow
BSc MBChB DO FRCS FRCOphth
Consultant Ophthalmic Plastic Surgeon
Brian Leatherbarrow was appointed as consultant ophthalmic, oculoplastic and orbital surgeon at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, in July 1992.
He has over 25 years of experience in ophthalmology and has been a specialist consultant surgeon for over 17 years. His major areas of expertise are oculoplastic, orbital, and lacrimal surgery for which he has a national and international reputation. He has also performed modern small incision cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) for over 17 years.
He performs over 1,000 specialist oculoplastic/orbital/lacrimal operations per year and has received referrals of patients requiring such surgery from all over the U.K. and from as far afield as Australia, Malaysia, Greece, India, Portugal, Sweden, the Ukraine and the Middle East.
He graduated from Manchester Medical School in 1982, training in general ophthalmology at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital before undertaking subspecialty training fellowships in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, and the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. He is the author of a major textbook ‘Oculoplastic Surgery’ (published by Martin Dunitz, 2002). The second edition of this textbook is due to be published in early 2010. He was the Section Editor for oculoplastic and orbital surgery for EYE, the scientific journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, for over 10 years. He has been an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He was the founder Treasurer of the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (www.BOPSS.org) 2001-2006. He is a fellow of the Royal College or Ophthalmologists and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He is a member of:
- The British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS)
- The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) *
- The European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (ESOPRS)
- The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
- Manchester Medical Society
- The North of England Ophthalmological Society
* Interspecialty member: www.baaps.org.uk
He has run an internationally renowned subspecialty fellowship for over 16 years training surgeons from around the world. He has over 75 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed 5 textbook chapters. He has presented scientific papers, given lectures and run courses in many countries including the United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He regularly operates with consultant colleagues in plastic surgery, ENT surgery, neurosurgery and neuroradiology.
Brian Leatherbarrow undertakes all operations within the fields of ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery, lacrimal surgery and orbital surgery. He is also well known for managing the complications of such surgery undertaken by plastic surgeons, maxillofacial surgeons and ENT surgeons. The operations undertaken include:
- Blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery) for hooded or puffy upper eyelids
- Blepharoplasty for puffy or baggy lower eyelids or eye bags (transconjunctival and transcutaneous blepharoplasty, tear trough / dark hollow surgery with fat repositioning, septal reset and orbicularis flap suspension surgery)
- Eyebrow lifts including endoscopic brow/forehead lift, direct brow lift, small incision eyebrow lift, temporal subcutaneous eyebrow lift, coronal lift, and internal transblepharoplasty eyebrow lift using Endotine implants
- Cosmetic and functional ptosis correction ( droopy upper eyelid surgery)
- Mid-face or cheek lifts • Facial lipostructure (Coleman fat injections)
- Non-surgical cosmetic treatments including; facial anti-wrinkle injections, dermal filler injections (Restylane), skin rejuvenation treatments using Palomar IPL (intense pulsed light) and Palomar fractional 1540 laser
- Entropion / ectropion surgery
- Eyelid/periocular tumour surgery
- Facial skin lump/lesion excisions
- Eyelid & orbital reconstruction following trauma
- Thyroid eye disease surgery for eyelid retraction
- Orbital decompression surgery for thyroid eye disease
- Orbital tumour surgery • Socket reconstructive surgery including hydroxyapatite (coral) implants
- Eyelid and eyebrow surgery following facial palsy
- Lacrimal (watering eye) surgery including endoscopic DCR/Lester Jones tubes and nasal septoplasty surgery
- Reconstruction of Mohs micrographic surgery defects
- Cataract surgery (small incision phacoemulsification) with artificial lens implantation