Ms Sharon (Ling Zhi) Heng MBBS, PhD, FRCOphth, FHEA Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon

Medical Expertise

Ms Heng is a Medical Retina specialist and provides service in diseases of the retina, including consultation and follow up of Age related macular degeneration, prevention advice, Diabetic Retinopathy Screening and treatment, Retina Vein Occlusion treatment and follow up, Central Serous Retinopathy follow up and treatment. She is proficient in cataract surgery and complex retina disease related cataracts and supervises fellows and trainees on her NHS lists. Ms Heng has founded the first retina laser course in Moorfields Eye Hospital. She provides intravitreal injection treatment and lasers for retina diseases and yag capsulotomy. She also sees patients for second opinions.

Ms Heng practices a personalised approach to treatment therapy and works through each case with her patient, going through their detailed medical problems and how holistic care may assist in their ophthalmic treatment. She speaks English, Mandarin, and can converse in Cantonese and Hokkien.

  • Diagnosis and monitoring of cataracts
  • Cataract surgery
  • Combined cataract surgery with retina lasers and/or intravitreal injections
  • Yag capsulotomy
  • Diagnosis and monitoring of cataracts
  • Cataract surgery
  • Combined cataract surgery with retina lasers and/or intravitreal injections
  • Yag capsulotomy
  • Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) – lens replacement surgery
  • For patients 45+, high errors, or not fit for LASIK
  • Corrects presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism
  • Understanding Your Eye Health History
  • Comprehensive Retina Check
  • Medication with Ophthalmic Side Effects
  • Tamoxifen Retinotoxicity
  • Hydroxychloroquine Retinotoxicity Monitoring
  • Diagnosis and monitoring of CSR
  • Treatment of CSR
  • Intravitreal injections
  • Photodynamic Therapy
  • Micropulse Laser
  • Investigation and advice on type of AMD
  • Treatment of AMD
  • Follow up and monitoring of AMD
  • Annual Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Treatment of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Treatment of Diabetic Maculopathy
  • Intravitreal injections: Antivegf/Steroid implant
  • Laser
  • Diagnosis and monitoring of Retina Vein occlusion
  • Treatment of Retina vein occlusion
  • Intravitreal injections: Antivegf/ steroid implant
  • Laser
  • Complex high myopia
  • Drug induced retinopathy
  • Sickle cell retinopathy
  • Panretina photocoagulation treatment
  • Macular Laser / Micropulse
  • Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)
  • Yag Capsulotomy
  • Discussion and plan of course of treatments
  • AVASTIN/EYLEA/VABYSMO
Steroid Implant
  • Discussion and plan of treatment
  • Steroid injection
  • Steroid implant : Ozurdex/ Illuvein

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