All staff at Sheffield Vision Centre are employed by the NHS and also work in the hospitals Eye Department. As such, they have built up considerable experience in examining and assessing eyes. Each team member at the clinic is trained to discuss suitable options with you prior to your first assessment.
Our staff take a very personal interest in your vision needs, and follow your progress over the time you attend, to make sure of the best outcome to meet with your expectations. Our staff try to ensure that you do not feel rushed, this is not a a conveyer belt clinic. They spend time to get to know you and to understand exactly what you need to get out of your vision treatment.
Matthew Edwards – Consultant Opthamologist
Professional Biography - See previous tab entitled "Our Surgeons"
Personal Biography - Matthew lives locally in Dore: He is married with three young children.
He is not a man that relaxes easily, being very dedicated to both a very busy work schedule and a hectic family life, not made any easier by the family's cocker spaniel, Mylo. He is an experienced rock climber, although this sport has nowadays been superseded with what should be described as an obsession with cycling. His idea of a relaxing weekend is to take part in a 100 mile cycling sportif, and he seems quite incapable of cycling to work in a straight line, a 30 mile detour through Derbyshire on the way to work is quite common during the summer months. We are told, he is also an accomplished pianist although we are still waiting for this to be proven.
Mr Mathew Raynor - Consultant Opthamologist
Professional Biography - See previous tab entitled "Our Surgeons"
Personal Biography - Mathew is married with two sons.
He finds living on the edge of the Peak District ideal for his outdoor hobbies of walking, cycling, photography and generally enjoying the British countryside. He was formerly a competitive ballroom dancer but time constraints no longer allow this and he has to make do with Strictly Come Dancing for his fix of foxtrot.
Jo Chalupka – Lead Nurse (Corneal / Anterior segment specialist)
Professional Biography - After qualifying in 1990 Jo spent the next 8 years specialising in Neuro-surgical theatres as a Scrub Nurse (the one who passes the instruments to the surgeon) before a car accident meant she was re-deployed to the Day Case Centre where she spent 3 years looking after several different specialities, including - General (lumps & bumps & things), Dental, Urology, Colorectal and lots of Ophthalmology. She decided to specialise in Ophthalmology and joined the Cataract Pre-assessment team in 2001.
Jo was asked by Matthew to join SVC at its inception in 2005. This was a much smaller team, before we had our purpose built facility at the Hallamshire Hospital. Thursday night clinics were spent assessing potential laser patients whilst trying to dodge the cleaners and we then had to taxi patients over the Pennines for their laser treatment on a shared laser at Manchester Eye Hospital. Thankfully our purpose built unit is now in operation and we are very proud of the facililty we have and the service that we offer.
Jo was successful in her application for the post of Anterior Segment Nurse Coordinator in 2008 and she currently splits her time between her private patients in Sheffield Vision Centre and her NHS responsibilities. Her NHS role includes assessing all patients who are due to have surgery for Glaucoma, and also all patients due for corneal operations (including all corneal transplants). She also runs her own corneal clinics within the Outpatients department.
Personal biography - Jo is married with two cats, works ridiculous hours, is totally dedicated to her patients, and also to her two corneal surgeons who she mothers terribly, she is always cheery and is a much loved member of our team. Somehow she finds the energy to enjoy her volunteer work at Sheffield Arena as a Steward in her spare time.
Jon Stokes – Optomerist Principal
Professional Biography - Jon originally trained and worked as a dispensing optician and contact lens fitter for Hamblins' medical eye centres and later Dollond and Aitchison before returning to education as a mature student to obtain a first class honours degree in optometry. He joined the NHS in 2003 and co-manages the optometry department here at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital with a specialist interest in refractive surgery and the medical application of contact lenses.
Personal Biography - Jon is married with two young boys and lives in Greenhill. He enjoys a busy family life, keeps fit by cycling to and from work everyday (but grumbles about this a lot through the winter months). Relaxation is a glass of wine when the kids are in bed, although he has been known to de-stress in an evening by playing the drums badly to the annoyance of his neighbours.
Katy Kelly - Optometrist Specialist
Katy joined the NHS in 2009 after working for a number of years as a community optometrist. She enjoys the variety of work in both the NHS clinics as well as within Sheffield Vision Centre. Her NHS role involves the fitting of specialist contact lenses, refracting and examining young children and babies in the orthoptic clinic, Diabetic retinopathy screening, and she is also involved with several clinical trials that the eye department is currently taking part in.
Katy is recently married, she lives in Sheffield, and enjoys running and the great outdoors (as well as the occasional beer after work).
Deborah Mullens - Optometrist Specialist
Professional biography – Deborah did her first degree in chemistry, many years ago (her words not mine!), she then did a few marketing jobs and went back-packing before deciding to retrain as an optometrist in 1995. She obtained a first class honours degree in Optometry and has since been working for a well respected independent Opticians here in Sheffield before joining our small team here at the Hallamshire Hospital in 2009.
Personal Biography - Deborah is married with 3 children, and when she finds time, enjoys running in Ecclesall woods and the Peaks, cycling with the family, reading books she would not normally choose, for her book club, She helps to edit "link" magazine for parents, and has recently started to learn to rock climb so she can accompany her daughter.
Heather McCormack – Service Co-ordinator -to be uploaded.
Alison Mears– Optical Care Advisor (Refractive surgery)
Karen Scriven- Optical Care Advisor (Refractive surgery)
Ann Hancock - Optical Care Advisor (Opticians)
Jayne Glasby - Optical Care Advisor (Opticians)
Tina Jarvis - Optical Care Advisor (Opticians)
Chrissie Rising – Staff Nurse
Riz Andrade – Staff Nurse
Judith Atherton – Support Worker
Andrea Parker - Support Worker
